Library resources
- Psychology resources in the Library
- Accessing electronic journals
- Using Key Texts
- Searching for articles on a topic
- Accessing resources not available at York
- Subject arrangement
Psychology resources in the Library
- The University Library provides a wide range of print and online resources to support teaching, learning and research in Psychology. Use the YorSearch Catalogue to find out what is held in the Library and to link to online resources. The main collections of printed books are held in the JB Morrell Library. Click here for more information on the subject arrangement in the Library. You can find out more about borrowing items from the collections by clicking here.
Accessing electronic journals
The majority of the journals provided by the Library are available online. Use Find e-Journal to link directly to electronic journals. In addition, both YorSearch and Classic Catalogue provide Find it links to electronic journals. Electronic journals may be used on and off-campus.
[Back to the top]Using Key Texts
The Key Texts area on the ground floor of the JB Morrell Library contains copies of core texts that are in high demand. Key Texts can be borrowed for short periods of time during the day or overnight. You can book Key Texts in advance to help you organise your work. For more information on Key Texts, click here.
Searching for articles on a topic
The Library provides a range of resources that are designed to help you identify articles and books on a topic or by a known author. These resources are provided via the Library's MetaLib Gateway. The Psychology section of the MetaLib gateway provides access to important resources such as Web of Science, Medline and PsycINFO.
You can login to MetaLib to conduct simple searches. Alternatively, click on the name of a resource to conduct a search using the resource's own interface. You can find out more about searching effectively in the Workbook tab at the top of this page.
Accessing resources not available via the Library
During your research you may need to access a resource that is not available via the Library. When this happens there are several options available to you:
- Request a copy through the Interlending Service. Please note that charges apply to this service.
- Access it at another library:
- The British Library Document Supply Centre at Boston Spa is a local resource that holds over 8.5 million books and serials. The Library provides a free mini-bus service to Boston Spa.
- Sign up to SCONUL Access. This will allow you access to a large number of university libraries around the UK.
- Suggest that the Library purchases a copy. You can do this by contacting Janette Colclough, the Academic Liaison Librarian for Psychology (see the Your Librarian tab at the top of this page). Items will be considered for purchase based on their cost and the benefit that they would bring to the Library collection.
Subject Arrangement
The following is a summary of the main subject divisions relevant to Psychology as arranged in the Library. It is not a comprehensive list of all subjects covered.
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Your Librarian
Janette Colclough:
BA (Hons), MA
Academic Liaison Librarian for the Department of Psychology
Email: janette.colclough@york.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1904 32 3892
Appointments: I am happy to meet with staff and students, either individually or in groups, to talk about Library services and resources. If you would like to meet with me, please contact me by email.
I can help you learn to:
- Search effectively in your subject area
- Use print and electronic resources
Please let me know:
- How you would like the Library services to be improved
- If you have any suggestions for additions to the Library collection
- If there are any other ways in which I can help you
Workbook
| Title | Introduction to information resources for psychology (PDF  , 1,333kb) | ||
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| Description | Step-by-step guide to literature searching using the MetaLib gateway, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Appendices cover electronic journals and search tips. | ||
| Author | Janette Colclough | Updated | October 2011 |
Related links
Preprints, working papers, books
- Classics in the History of Psychology - an effort to make the full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from psychology and allied disciplines available on the World Wide Web. The site also contains links to relevant works posted at other sites.
Databases and datasets
- Autism Data – is a database provided by The National Autistic Society’s Information Centre, it lists over 18,000 published research papers, books, articles and other material on autism and Asperger syndrome.
- MetaLib (York users only)
A gateway to bibliographic databases, statistical datasets, electronic journals and other Web resources available to members of the University. Includes guides and links to help. Also allows cross-searching of resources, and Alerts. Login with your University username and password to access all of these features. - PSYCLINE - an index of 2,000+ online psychology and social science journals linking to journal home pages and information available on the Web. You may use it to find out about existing journals in the field, contact publishers, browse tables of contents and abstracts, and locate online articles. Covers English, German, French, Dutch, and Spanish language journals.
Directories of psychology resources
- Find a Psychologist - a service offered by the British Psychological Society (BPS), which enables you to find details of UK psychologists via the Internet.
- INTUTE: Psychology – aims to provide trusted sources of selected, high quality Internet information to aid with study and research.
Societies and other organisations
- American Psychological Association - the APA is a professional organization that represents and promotes psychological research and practice in the United States.
- American Psychological Society - the APS is a membership organization that aims to to advance scientific psychology and its representation as a science in the United States.
- British Human-Computer Interaction Group - the British HCI Group is a specialist group of the British Computer Society (BCS), providing support for those working on the analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of technologies for human use.
- British Psychological Society - the BPS is the representative body for psychologists and psychology in the UK, responsible for the development, promotion and application of psychology in the public interest.
- Forum for Independent Psychotherapists - FiP is an accrediting organisation of the Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy section of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.
- Society for Neuroscience - the SfN is a membership organization that aims to promote the exchange of information among scientists and physicians researching the brain and nervous system.
- Society for Research in Child Development - the SRCD is a multidisciplinary, professional association with a membership of researchers, practitioners, and human development professionals from over 50 countries.
- United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy - UKCP is an umbrella group aiming to promote and disseminate research in the area of psychotherapy, and to regulate standards of training and practice of psychotherapists in the UK.
Teaching and learning
- APA guide to Psychological Tests - the APA neither sells nor endorses testing instruments, but it does provide guidance in using available resources to find psychological tests. Answers to frequently asked questions are provided here.
- APA Style – frequently asked questions and guidance on using APA style, including assistance on referencing, punctuation, grammar and writing style.
- Higher Education Psychology Network archive - The Higher Education Psychology Network was based at the University of York from 2004 to 2011. This is an archived version of the Psychology Network’s website holding copies of publications, reports and resources produced during its lifetime.
- Internet Psychologist - A "teach yourself" tutorial on Internet information skills for psychologists.
- JISCmail - many academic based e-mail discussion lists on a range of topics, including Psychology, Psychiatry, & Medical Psychology. Hosted by the UK-based Jiscmail service, with instructions and an archive of messages.
- Psych Web - this website contains lots of psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology.
- Psychological Testing Centre - Managed by the British Psychological Society, includes information for test users and covers tests and research issues.
- SurfStat - is an online introductory textbook on statistics for psychological research.
Cognitive sciences
- Allen Brain Atlas - is a freely available scientific resource developed by the Allen Institute, which provides maps of the expression of approximately 20,000 genes in the mouse brain.
- Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience - based at the University of Oxford, the Centre supports and promotes interaction between interdisciplinary research groups in basic and clinical neuroscience across a large number of university departments in Oxford and elsewhere.
- CogPrints - an electronic archive for papers in any area of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science, Philosophy, Biology, Medicine, Anthropology that are pertinent to the study of cognition.
- Online papers on consciousness - This is a directory of 5,000+ online papers on consciousness and related topics.
Forensic Psychology
- David Willshire's Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry links - this page is maintained by David Willshire, a specialist psychologist in Clinical Psychology and in Forensic Psychology based in Melbourne, Australia. Content of the site includes information on numerous aspects of forensic psychology from psychiatry and mental health to law and criminology.
- Directory of Expert Witnesses - This online directory of members of the British Psychological Society allows members of the legal profession and others to find and contact expert witnesses in the field of psychology. The database is searchable by geographical location, area of litigation expertise and type of experience as an expert witness.
- Division of Forensic Psychology - a Division of The British Psychological Society (BPS). The Division aims to represent the interests of psychologists whose work involves them in the criminal and civil justice.
- Forensic Science Society - the society maintains this website from its headquarters in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Content of the site includes the forensic web which has details of careers in forensic psychology, conferences and training courses, plus information about the society, its publications and a set of external related weblinks.
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (US) - a branch of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan. NACJD acquires, archives, processes, and provides access to computer-readable criminal justice data collections for research and instruction. The NACJD website, hosted and developed by the University of Michigan, provides downloadable access to over 550 criminal justice data collections free of charge. The data relates to penal law and criminal justice at US Federal and State levels.
Psycholinguistics
- Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics - the Institute's research topic is psycholinguistics, i.e. the study of mental processes involved in language production, language comprehension and language acquisition, as well as the relation between language, thought, and culture - cognitive anthropology.
Medical Psychology & Psychiatry
- Center for Evidence Based Mental Health - promotes and supports the teaching and practice of evidence-based mental healthcare.
- NHS Evidence – the A-Z of Topics provides access to the latest guidelines, systematic reviews and research for a range of mental health issues.
Career opportunities
- Jobs.ac.uk - browse under Psychology.
