APA PsycBooks

APA PsycBooks is a digital library of psychology eBooks from the American Psychological Association. It includes classic and current titles on topics like mental health, brain science, learning, and behaviour, perfect for coursework, research, or exploring psychology in depth. 

Top Tip!
Use specific keywords (e.g., child development, cognitive bias) to get better search results, and don’t forget, many books in APA PsycBooks include chapter-level indexing, so if you don’t need the whole book, you can jump straight to the chapter that is most useful.

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APA PsycBooks

APA PsycBooks is a digital library of psychology eBooks from the American Psychological Association. It includes classic and current titles on topics like mental health, brain science, learning, and behaviour, perfect for coursework, research, or exploring psychology in depth. 

Top Tip!
Use specific keywords (e.g., child development, cognitive bias) to get better search results, and don’t forget, many books in APA PsycBooks include chapter-level indexing, so if you don’t need the whole book, you can jump straight to the chapter that is most useful.

GUIDANCE

APA PsycInfo

This database is published by the American Psychological Associations and provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. Documents indexed include journals, articles, books, dissertations and more. 90% of the 3,000+ titles indexed in APA PsycINFO® are peer-reviewed.

  • Applied psychology
  • Communication systems
  • Developmental psychology
  • Educational psychology
  • Experimental human and animal psychology
  • Personality
  • Psychological and physical disorders
  • Physiological psychology and neuroscience
  • Professional personnel and issues
  • Psychometrics and statistics
  • Social psychology
  • Social processes and issues
  • Sports psychology and leisure
  • Treatment and prevention
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APA PsycInfo

This database is published by the American Psychological Associations and provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. Documents indexed include journals, articles, books, dissertations and more. 90% of the 3,000+ titles indexed in APA PsycINFO® are peer-reviewed.

  • Applied psychology
  • Communication systems
  • Developmental psychology
  • Educational psychology
  • Experimental human and animal psychology
  • Personality
  • Psychological and physical disorders
  • Physiological psychology and neuroscience
  • Professional personnel and issues
  • Psychometrics and statistics
  • Social psychology
  • Social processes and issues
  • Sports psychology and leisure
  • Treatment and prevention
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APA PsycTests

This database is published by the American Psychological Association and provides bibliographic, plus full text and multimedia of psychological tests from the early 1900s to the present. Test records include descriptive summaries of the test and its development and administration, mostly drawn from articles in peer-reviewed journals or books, with downloadable tests. 75% of the test records contain the actual test or test items.

  • Developmental measures
  • Scales for beliefs, Relationships, or expectancies
  • Aggression, coping, or functional status questionnaires
  • Racial and ethnic identity scales
  • Resilience, anger response, or substance abuse inventories
  • Physical health related assessments
  • Personality assessments
  • Educational measures
  • Neuropsychological assessments
  • Aptitude and achievement measures
  • Competency measures
  • Occupational measures
  • Intelligence tests
  • Military tests
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