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	-
PsychPorta	Subject: Psychology Coverage: The German-speaking region & Luxembourg Content: Publications, datasets, author profiles	-
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.

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Reference works

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Not sure where to start yet? Reference works are a good first step: they provide definitions, give an overview of a topic and help you find the right search terms for your research.

You can find all reference works in ZHAW swisscovery. To help you get started quickly in your specialist area, we have put together a selection of titles below.

General reference works can be found with the monolingual and multilingual dictionaries.

APA Dictionary of Psychology: Comprehensive dictionary of the American Psychological Association (APA)
APA Handbooks in Psychology: APA handbook series; limit by "Show" to APA Handbooks
APA Style Manual: Manual for citing (APA 7th ed.) and academic writing
Diagnostisches und Statistisches Manual Psychischer Störungen DSM-5®: Internationally authoritative classification system for mental disorders
Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie: Standard reference work
Enzyklopädie der Psychologie
Handbook of Personality Development and further handbooks of Routledge on the topic of psychology
Handbuch Coaching und Beratung
Handbuch der Psychologie
Handbuch Qualitative Forschung in der Psychologie and 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
Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Psychology
The Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience: Standard reference work

Bachelor's and master's theses

Selected theses from the School of Applied Psychology are available in the ZHAW digitalcollection.

Theses applied psychology (in German)