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This guide covers Psychology and Counselling resources.
- Articles (journals, newspapers, magazines)
- Background Information
Psychological Tests - More Information
Videos & Documentaries
Concepts & Definitions
Drugs & Medicines - Books & Ebooks
Research Methods
Theses
Articles (journals, newspapers, magazines)
Key psychology article databases:
Discover
Searches multiple journal article databases simultaneously. Databases include PsycINFO, Mental Measurements Yearbook, Business Source Complete, ERIC and Health Databases on EbscoHost. Excellent starting point for undergraduates.
PsycINFO
Main database for psychology. Included in Discover searches.
Scopus
Multidisciplinary topics, includes Medline. Excellent coverage of scholarly journals. Excellent for citation searching.
Google Scholar
Google’s academic search. Excellent coverage of scholarly journals and good for New Zealand topics. Includes Pubmed.
Full list of article databases recommended for psychology.
Database Licence Information
Legal guidelines about how and by whom Library-subscribed article databases may be used.
Background Information
ScienceDirect Reference Works
Excellent comprehensive overview of psychology and counselling topics. Titles include Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy, Hormones, Brain and Behavior and Comprehensive Clinical Psychology.
eLS (Encyclopedia of Life Sciences)
Biological aspects of mental disorders
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-V
DSM-IV-TR mental disorders Print version only available
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology
Detailed full-text articles on psychology and counselling, including biological psychology, psychological tests, research methods and statistical procedures.
Psychological Tests
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Full text reviews of commercially published tests from 1985 onwards. Note: there is a limit of 4 simultaneous users. Also available via Discover.
Print reviews of tests from 1940-1984.
PsycTESTS
Full text unpublished tests from 1980 onwards, including actual test instrument and links to the literature. Includes information about availability of some tests that are commercially available.
School of Psychology Test Library
Psychology students are able to borrow psychological tests (commercially published, non-commercial and unpublished) from the School of Psychology Test Library at the Manawatū Campus. Contact Hung Ton (H.Ton@massey.ac.nz) in the School of Psychology for more information.
More Information
Videos & Documentaries
PsycTHERAPY
View videos of unscripted "live" therapy sessions with individuals, couples and families, as well as experts modelling a range of therapeutic approaches. Includes keyword searchable transcripts of the interviews.
Counseling and Therapy in Video
View videos of scripted therapy sessions and discussions of interview techniques. Includes keyword searchable transcripts of the interviews.
eTV
View recorded television programmes from New Zealand and selected international channels.
Statistics
Concepts & Definitions
Oxford Reference Online Premium
Includes A Dictionary of Psychology.
Drugs & Medicines
Medicines Complete
Online access to key international drug references.
Medsafe Medicine Data Sheets
Prescribing information for specific medicines approved for distribution in New Zealand.
UpToDate
An evidence based, peer reviewed, full text resource that contains information on more than 10,000 topics, access to Lexi-com drug monographs and interaction information for drugs and herbs.
Books & Ebooks
Search Discover
To find books, journals, DVDs & other material held by Massey.
Postgraduate students and staff: Search Libraries Worldwide to find and request books that are not held by any Massey University Library.
Books and Ebooks at Massey Library
Google Books
Searches across the full-text content of a huge range of books. You can then check by searching Discover to see if the book is held by Massey University Library.
Research Methods
Sage Research Methods
Full-text content relating to research methodologies from books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, journals, and videos.
Search the Library for material on research methods in psychology
Theses
Finding Theses
Locate Massey, New Zealand and international theses.
Help & Demonstrations
- How Do I Find?
Help on finding information - Search Techniques
Useful Links
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Referencing
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