Psychological Experiments Online Now Available

Psychological Experiments Online is a new source of audio, video, text and web sites about psychological experiments from the 20th and 21st centuries. You can browse or search by experiment, psychologist, methodology, subject, title and publisher and limit by date, format and content type. This is a growing collection of resources.

If you have questions or would like assistance, contact Mike Davis, Psychology Liaison Librarian, at 413-545-6822.

New ProQuest and Chadwyck Databases

The Libraries have activated the following reference databases under the ProQuest and Chadwyck Healey names. You may find each resources in the UMass Amherst library catalog or listed in the Libraries’ Research Databases listings:

If you would like assistance using any of these sources, contact a reference librarian.

New Trials for PsycTESTS and PsycTHERAPY

The Libraries now have trials to the American Psychological Association databases PsycTESTS and PsycTHERAPY. PsycTESTS has a summary, descriptive data and the full-text of psychological tests and measures of achievement and aptitude, intelligence, cognitive functioning, occupations, personality, and more. PsycTHERAPY is a database of streaming psychotherapy demonstration videos. You can search or browse by therapist, therapeutic approach, title, keyword and other details.

The trials go through October 11th, 2011. Contact Mike Davis, Psychology library liaison, 413-545-6822 with questions or comments.

Counseling and Therapy in Video – new addition

Counseling and Therapy in Video provides recordings of counseling sessions and demonstrations; consultations; and lectures, presentations and interviews for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology and psychiatric counseling. Browse or search for videos by themes, video types, subjects, therapy types, therapists and more.

If you have questions or would like assistance using this new resource, contact Mike Davis, Psychology Library Liaison, at 413-545-6822.

New Reference Source: Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Business and Psychology

This Cabell’s Directory is a searchable list of journals about business, economics, marketing, accounting and psychology. You can retrieve and sort titles by name, type of review, number of external reviewers and acceptance rate. The journal listing is a .pdf document with submission, contact and publication information; review process information; topics covered; and manuscript specifications.