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Internet Resources

For online tutorials in best use of the web for research; evaluating web resources and which search engines to use for what - see our Online Tutorials pages.  (see also - RDN's  Virtual Training Site which offers tutorials on web use by subject.)

Laboratory Report Writing

Recommended text: O'Shea, Robert.P. (2006). Writing for psychology.  5th edition. South Melbourne: Thomson.

Psychology report writing (PDF)(from University of Nottingham, UK)

Australian University Psychology Depts.

Australian Psychology Departments

Professional Organisations

Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD)

American Psychological Association

American Psychological Society

Australian Psychological Society

Canadian Psychological Association

Index to Psychological Societies

Learning Disabilities Association of America

Scholarly Societies - Psychology

Society for Mathematical Psychology

Directories

AmoebaWeb
A site from Vanguard University. Features include a long list of full-text online journals, and extensive information on research design and methods.

Psychology Subject Directories - University of Sydney

Uniserve Psychology site
A joint Aust university website containing psychology teaching materials.

About.com - Psychology

BUBL - Psychology

Google Directory - Psychology

Infomine - Psychology

Internet Public Library - Psychology

Intute - Psychology - Resources are evaluated and categorised using the APA PsycINFO coding scheme. Coverage focuses on areas of psychology relevant to the social sciences.

Psychology World Wide Web Virtual Library

Psych Web

Psych Central Psychology Web Pointer

General Psychology

Encyclopedia of Psychology
The Encyclopedia of Psychology is intended to facilitate browsing in any area of psychology via:

Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications
By David W. Stockburger, Southwest Missouri State University, this text was originally published in 1996

PsychCrawler
PsychCrawler is a product of the American Psychological Association created to provide quick access to quality content in the field of psychology

Psychological Research on the Net
Sponsored by Hanover College Psychology Department (USA), this site links to known psychologically related experiments on the Internet

Psychology Online Resource Central
Author statement: "Psychology Online is simply an attempt to present the best of the best and share them with students and colleagues"

PsycNET
Hosted by the American Psychological Association

PsychWeb
Has psychology related information for students and teachers of psychology

Science.gov
US government's science and technology site. Links to technical reports, journal citations, databases, US govt web sites and fact sheets

Social Psychology Network
Site owner states: "the largest social psychology database on the Internet. In these pages, you'll find more than 5,000 links related to psychology"

Society for Research in Child Development
"The purposes of the Society are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings"

Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Site includes membership information, the code of ethics, and information for the public on consulting a psychologist.

Psychological Tests

APA Testing and Assessment
This site has statements from APA about tests, links to FAQ page and other useful resources

Big 5 Personality Test

Human Memory site
Provides a number of online memory tests and memory improvement courses

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Mental Measurements Yearbook Database on SilverPlatter contains critical reviews and descriptive information for more than 1,000 commercially available instruments

ETS Test Link (Educational Testing Service)
A database containing information about more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices. A small subset of downloadable tests are available to purchase from the ETS Store.

Preprints

CogPrints: Cognitive science e-print archive This is an electronic archive for papers in any area of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.

Ready Reference

MITECS: The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences MITECS online
Available as an Abstracts-only version to the general public

Web Extension to American Psychological Association Style (WEAPAS)
Referencing online documents in scientific publications

Conferences

Yahoo Directory - Psychology Conferences 

AllConferencesCom - Psychology

Search Engines

Scirus
A science-specific search engine aimed at scientists and students

Jux2 (in Beta)
A metasearch engine. At jux2, you can compare results from Google, Yahoo and Ask Jeeves search engines

Yahoo - Psychology
Lots of information for various branches of psychology. A good site for links relating to the history of psychology.