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Psychology: electronic resources

  • Contact Subject Librarian for Psychology: Sally Houston.
  • For resources within the Library, look at  Psychology subject guide
  • Ask at the Library enquiry desk for help in using the catalogue and the electronic resources.

Online Databases

Databases give access to information found in journals, conference papers, newspapers, reports and other publications. Some databases provide the full text of publications online, others only index journals or provide summaries of the articles. The databases listed below are available to Goldsmiths students and staff both on and off campus. Goldsmiths IT username and password are required for off campus use. For more details, see E-resources A-Z list.

Please remember that once you have registered at Senate House Library, you have access to all their e-resources and can borrow books from there.

Key databases for psychology

We do not subscribe to all the journals in these collections, but you are able to browse the Table of Contents of those we do not pay for, and you are usually able to view a list of subscribed journals. In any case, our subscriptions are identified with icons by the title.

  • Psycinfo An abstract database of psychological literature in the behavioral and social sciences from the 1800s to the present; but has links to full text where available.
  • PsycARTICLES A database of full text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association
  • PBSC Psychology & Behavioural Sciences Collection - a comprehensive full text resource covering the key subjects within this field and which can also be used in conjunction with PsycInfo.
  • Science Direct Online Research level multi-discliplinary database of full text journals covering psychology, sociology and other related topics. We do not subscribe to all the titles, but our subscriptions are marked with a green icon.
  • ISI's Web of Knowledge Research level citation indexes covering thousands of the world's leading social sciences journals.The Social Sciences Citation Indexes are particularly useful for Psychology research.
  • JSTOR Archival material of multidisciplinary subjects, some titles going back to the 1930s. If accessing this from home, please use this link.
  • Box of Broadcasts (BOB)
  • Ethnographic Video Online
  • Social Theory - full text articles on European Philosophers (in English an German language).
  • IngentaConnect Access to some of this multi-disciplinary collection of full text journals, including social sciences, international studies, and the environment.
  • Proquest CSA Illumina This is a collection of databases, including Sociological Full Text, ASSIA, and British Humanities Index, which cover the social sciences.
  • Cambridge journals online Access to about 40 titles from all disciplines.

Psychological and Psychometric Tests

The library does not hold any psychological or psychometric tests.  This is because of their specialized nature.  They have to be carried out under professional supervision by a qualified psychologist.  Many of them are copyright-protected and are not publicly available.  It is worth contacting an author direct to ask permission to use their test, as sometimes an author will happily allow a student to do so under special conditions and will then send the test to the student personally.  The Psychology Department has its own Test Library and students can also refer to their Handbooks for further details about it.  If a test is not there, students should speak to their tutor initially for further guidance.

Electronic full text books

  • NetLibrary - a collection of full text multi-disciplinary ebooks all listed on the catalogue, but only available from within College.
  • Dawsonera - a collection of full text multidisciplinary ebooks all listed on the catalogue, but only available from Dawsonera's website with Goldsmiths IT username and password, at the moment.

Free e-journals

See audio-visual collections for our full range of audiovisual material, all of which are listed on the catalogue.

See E-resources A-Z list, E-journals and E-books for a full list and further information.

Newspapers and other reference material

  • Newspapers for a list of newspaper portals, and our Proquest full text selection of British newspapers.
  • Who's Who 2011 Online - Biographical details.
  • Credo Reference - a collection of 100 Reference titles cross-searchable in all disciplines. Includes Dictionaries, Biographies, Encyclopedias.
  • Government statistics - most are now published on the web.

Exam papers

To look at past exam papers, logon using your college IT username and password.

Research methods

Web sites of interest

  • Inform25 A group of over 120 libraries from 39 universities in the Greater London area. The site includes a union catalogue for cross-searching library catalogues selectable by geographic zone and subject specialization.
  • Senate House Library Register here in person for free and then take advantage of their extra resources-both printed and electronic.
  • Intute Selects high quality subject-specific web resources. Particularly strong in the Social Sciences.
  • LTSN Psychology Learning & Teaching Support Network subject centre.
  • Internet detective A tutorial which helps to develop the critical thinking required for internet research.
  • Companion for undergraduate dissertations Free online resource for undergraduate students.