Psychology Guide

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Classic psychology footage
Academic Video Online includes original footage from famous psychology experiments, like the Milgram Obedience experiment and Zimbardo's Stanford Prison experiment, as well as talks by Carl Rogers.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)

These are some titles of peer-reviewed, full text journals available through EBSCO's Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection :  

  • Annual Review of Psychology
  • British Journal of Psychology
  • Current Psychology
  • Educational & Child Psychology
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Journal of General Psychology
  • Journal of Occupational Psychology
  • Journal of Psychology
  • Personality & Social Psychology Review
  • Psychology Today
Using the Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection Database

Searching: Looking for a specific topic?

  1. Enter your topic in the search bar
  2. From the results list, narrow your results on the left side of the page
    • Select "Peer Reviewed"
    • Change the "Publication Date" span
    • Narrow results further by selecting any addition criteria 
  3. Choose an article of interest

Browsing journals: Looking for a specific theme or journal title?

  1. At the top of the page click "Publications"
  2. Browse the journals available through the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection:
    • Browse journals by typing your terms into the "browse" bar
      • Under the browse bar select "Alphabetical," "By Subject & Description" or "Match Any Words" 
    • Browse by letter 
  3. Look for "PDF Full Text" or "HTML Full Text" for journals in full text
  4. Click into the journal to see if it is peer reviewed (Peer Reviewed: Yes / Peer Reviewed: No)

Browsing journal issues: Looking to see what articles a journal might have?

  1. After browsing the journals and choosing a specific journal:
    • Select a specific volume and issue on the right side of the page
    • The following results will be all of the articles from the selected issue  
Gale OneFile: Psychology

These are some titles of peer-reviewed, full text journals available through Gale OneFile: Psychology :

  • Annual Review of Psychology
  • British Journal of Psychology
  • Current Psychiatry
  • Journal of Social and Psychological Sciences
  • Journal of Psychiatry and Neurosciences
  • North American Journal of Psychology
  • The Psychological Record
  • Psychology, Society, & Education
Using Gale OneFile: Psychology

Searching: Looking for a specific topic?

  1. Type your topic into the search bar and search
  2. Narrow results by selecting limiters on the right side of the page.
    • check the box next to "Full Text Documents"
    • check the box next to Peer-reviewed Journals"
    • click "Custom Date Range" to narrow to the last five or ten years 

Browsing journals: Looking for a specific theme or journal title?

  1. Under the search box, click either
    • "Publication search" to look up a journal by title
    • "Subject guide search" to explore different topics 
  2. Make sure to select "full text" and "peer-reviewed" to limit the results list
  3. Choose a journal of interest

Browsing journal issues: Looking to see what articles a journal might have?

  1. After doing a publication search and selecting a specific title:
    • Use the dropdown box under "Index coverage" to select which year you would like to browse
    • Select the issue you would like to browse
    • The results page will include all the articles in that specific volume/issue