Research guide to psychology resources | ZHAW University Library

Be efficient in your research and use the various databases, reference works and additional literature in the field of psychology.

Databases

Reserve collections

Reference works

Bachelor's and master's theses

Databases

Name	Content	Guide
PsycINFO	Subjects: Psychology and psychologically relevant aspects from related disciplines such as psychiatry, medicine, social sciences, education, philosophy, law, sport, criminology, linguistics and business Coverage: International, mainly English Content: Focus on journal articles, some only abstracts Special feature: Comprehensive for psychological research, published by the American Psychological Association APA	Quick guide APA video guides
PSYNDEXplus	Subjects: Psychology and psychologically relevant aspects from related disciplines such as psychiatry, medicine, social sciences, education and business Coverage: Mainly German Content: Focus on journal articles, some only abstracts Special feature: Comprehensive for German-language psychological research. Includes the German translation of the “Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms” of the American Psychological Association APA	PSYNDEXplus guide
PsycTESTS	Subjects: Psychological tests and measurement instruments Coverage: International, English Content: Psychological test procedures with information on usage options, costs, availability	OVID video guides Search for and borrow psychological test materials
PSYNDEXplus Tests	Subjects: Psychological tests and measurement instruments Coverage: Mainly German Content: Psychological test procedures with information on usage options, costs, availability	Search for and borrow psychological test materials
Open Test Archive	Subjects: Psychology and related disciplines Coverage: International, multilingual Content: Test instruments Special feature: Freely accessible; test materials can be downloaded and used for research, teaching and practice	-
Open-Access Test Procedures	Subjects: Psychology and related disciplines Coverage: Mainly German Content: Test instruments Special feature: Freely accessible; test materials can be downloaded and used for research, teaching and practice	-
Psychotherapy.net	Subjects: Psychotherapy and counselling Coverage: International, English Content: Videos of real-time therapy or counselling sessions	-
PsycTHERAPY	Subjects: Psychotherapy and counselling Coverage: International, English Content: Videos of real-time therapy or counselling sessions	-
PsycARTICLES	Subjects: Psychology, psychiatry, social sciences, behavioural sciences and related disciplines Coverage: International, English Content: Peer-reviewed journal articles	OVID video guides
PsycEXTRA	Subjects: Psychology, behavioural and health sciences Coverage: International, English Content: Grey literature, e.g. newsletters, magazine articles, research reports, conference papers, annual reports Special feature: Contains hard-to-find professional literature outside the peer-review system	OVID video guides
PsycCRITIQUES	Subjects: Psychology, social sciences Coverage: International, English Content: Reviews of books, films and videos Special feature: No longer updated since 2018	-
PsycAuthors	Subject: Psychology Coverage: German Content: Biographical information and publication lists of German-speaking academic authors	-
PubPsych	Subjects: Psychology and related disciplines Coverage: International, mainly English and German Content: Journal articles, books, research reports Special feature: Freely accessible	Quick guide
PTSDpubs	Subject: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Coverage: International, English Content: Focus on journal articles, some only abstracts	-

Reserve collections

The following links will take you directly to the ZHAW swisscovery search portal. You can use them to display a list of the titles contained in the respective reserve collection.

Please note that physical titles in the reserve collections cannot be borrowed and are only available in the library. If available, additional copies can be borrowed.

Chlopczik: Angewandte Systemtheorie

Hauri/Borgese: Gruppenphänomene

Widmer: Tiefenpsychologische Ansätze (PS1-1)

Reference works

Reference works are the ideal starting point for your research. In addition to defining concepts, they help you to gain an overview of a topic, narrow down a topic and find key concepts for future work.

All electronic reference works can be found and searched in ZHAW swisscovery. The selection of titles below provides you with a quick introduction to your specialist area. General reference works can also be found with the monolingual (in German) and multilingual dictionaries (in German).

Title	Additional information
APA Dictionary of Psychology	-
APA Handbooks in Psychology	Limit by "Show" to APA Handbooks
Diagnostisches und Statistisches Manual Psychischer Störungen DSM-5®	-
Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie	-
Enzyklopädie der Psychologie	To display all volumes, please click on the link "Volume" in the e-media portal.
Enzyklopädie Erziehungswissenschaft Online (EEO)	-
Handbook of Personality Development	There are further handbooks of Routledge on the topic of psychology.
Handbuch Coaching und Beratung	-
Handbuch der Psychologie	To display all volumes, please click on the link "Volume" in the e-media portal.
Handbuch Qualitative Forschung in der Psychologie	There are further handbooks of Springer on the topic of psychology.
Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie	-
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences	-
Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology	There are further handbooks of Oxford on the topic of psychology
Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Psychology	-
The Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience	-

Bachelor's and master's theses

Selected theses from the School of Applied Psychology are available in the ZHAW digitalcollection (2008-2014).

Theses applied psychology (in German)