Research Guides: MCUTS: Psychology

Research Coach

Make a research coach appointment with a librarian today and get help framing research questions, finding or accessing resources, and citation help. Students can meet with a librarian face-to-face in Jackson or through Microsoft Teams video conferencing.

Subject Databases

APA PsycINFO
PsycINFO® database provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
Psychology
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This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time.
Health and Wellness
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A consumer health resource providing thousands of full text medical journals, magazines, reference works, and multimedia on a full range of health related issues from current disease and disorder information, alternative medicine, and more.
Social Work Abstracts
The Social Work Abstracts database contains more than 45,000 records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.

Maximum of 4 users at the same time.
Opposing Viewpoints
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Find balance and perspective on hundreds of topics with articles from multiple viewpoints, biographies, news, and interactive maps.

Useful Websites

American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States.
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association is dedicated to ensuring humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorders, including intellectual disability and substance-related disorders.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
Psych Central
Psych Central is the Internet's largest and oldest independent mental health and psychology network. Since 1995, it has been run by mental health professionals offering reliable, trusted information and over 160 support groups to consumers. We are today's modern voice for mental health information and advocacy and have the broadest online reach and recognition of any mental health network online today, touching the lives of over 1.5 million people around the world every month.

Online Writing Guides

The Owl at Purdue
200 free resources including, Writing and Teaching Writing, Research, Grammar and Mechanics, Style Guides, ESL (English as a Second Language), Job Search and Professional Writing
APA Research Guide
This guide features examples and explanations on the APA citation style.

APA Publication Manual

The APA citation style is used mainly in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and other fields. Check with your professor to see which edition you should use as both editions are being used.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832161
Publication Date: 2019-10-01