Research guide to psychology resources
Be efficient in your research and use the various databases, reference works and additional literature in the field of psychology.
Databases
We recommend that you search the databases in order to research and review up-to-date and discipline-specific content on a topic. They mostly contain references to resources as well as full text articles from journals. Depending on the database, additional types of publications such as conference reports, book chapters, pictures, videos and much more are included.
Overview
The table below provides an overview of the databases in the area of psychology. Please note that databases marked with an asterisk (*) require special access information. You will find more information in the details of each database.
| Name | Subject | Content |
|---|---|---|
| PsycINFO | psychology and related fields | references, some full texts |
| PSYNDEXplus | psychology | references |
| Open Test Archive | psychology | description of open access testing procedures, full texts |
| PsycARTICLES | psychology | full texts |
| PsycEXTRA | psychology | references, some full texts |
| PsychAuthors | psychology | directory |
| Psychotherapy.net | addiction, counseling, psychotherapy | videos |
| PsycTESTS | psychology | description of test procedures, in some instances with full texts of scales and surveys |
| PsycTHERAPY | counseling, therapy | videos |
| PSYNDEXplus Tests | psychology | description of test procedures |
| PTSDpubs | Post-traumatic stress disorder | references, some full texts |
| PubPsych | psychology, education, medicine | references, some full texts, research data |
* Requires access information. You will find more information in the details of each database.
Open access portals
Search for scientific publications that are worldwide freely available, also known as open access publications.
Reserve collections
The following links will take you directly to the ZHAW swisscovery search portal. You can use them to display a list of the titles contained in the respective reserve collection.
Please note that physical titles in the reserve collections cannot be borrowed and are only available in the library. If available, additional copies can be borrowed.
Reference works
Reference works are the ideal starting point for your research. In addition to defining concepts, they help you to gain an overview of a topic, narrow down a topic and find key concepts for future work.
All electronic reference works can be found and searched in ZHAW swisscovery. The selection of titles below provides you with a quick introduction to your specialist area. General reference works can also be found with the monolingual (in German) and multilingual dictionaries (in German).
Bachelor's and master's theses
Selected bachelor's theses from the School of Applied Psychology are available in the ZHAW digitalcollection (2008-2014) or in the search portal ZHAW swisscovery (2000-2014).
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