Key resources for Psychology , Counselling and Public Health

You can access all of the key electronic databases from Library Search. Remember to sign in to with your University user ID and password to get full functionality.

PsycARTICLES – This is an American Psychological Association (APA) database containing full-text articles from over 50 peer-reviewed Psychology journals covering 1985 to the present.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection – This database provides nearly 575 full text publications and covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, counselling, and observational and experimental methods.

Science Direct – This provides some full text access to scientific and technical peer-reviewed journals. Coverage is all aspects of science, including Psychology and Counselling.

Web of Science– Very large database covering a wide range of science subjects and is particularly good for interdisciplinary searches. Offers citation searching. You can also register for EndNote Online via Web of Science.

Here are some other subject databases which may be helpful in your research. All of these are available via Library Search.

Nursing and allied health: CINAHL A comprehensive source of journal articles covering a wide range of subjects aimed at nursing & allied health professionals, also useful for medicine.

Sports and exercise science: SPORTDiscus Database of literature for sports and sports medicine journals. Provides extensive coverage in the areas of fitness, health and sport studies.

General health and health science: Health Research Premium Collection (HRPC) A huge database of health-related journals, books, evidence-based resources, videos and audio and dissertations.

JSTOR archive – includes back issues of core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. Note: material generally excludes the three previous years.

SocINDEX with Full Text – a high quality sociology research database containing full text articles from almost 800 journals dating back to 1908.

American Psychological Society – the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States.

All in the Mind – BBC Radio 4 programmes.

AllPsych – one of the largest and most comprehensive psychology websites, referenced by hundreds of colleges and universities around the world.

American Psychological Society – the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States.

British Psychological Society – the representative body for psychology and psychologists in the UK.

European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association – an interdisciplinary society supporting European researchers of evolutionary accounts of human cognition, behaviour and society.

Evolutionary Psychology – online peer-reviewed journal (now gone to Sage).

Human Behavior and Evolution Society – a society for all those studying the evolution of human behavior.

International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) –  a global union of neuroscience organizations aiming to promote and support neuroscience training, teaching, collaborative research and advocacy.

Mind – mental health charity offering advice and support & campaigning for better services and understanding.

Mindhacks – Neuroscience and psychology news and views.

Online Psychology Research – links to hundreds of Psychology related studies currently being run on the internet by Psychologists and academics across the world.

Royal Society of Psychiatrists –  the professional body responsible for education and training, and setting and raising standards in psychiatry.

Sharp Brains – tracking health and wellness applications of brain science.

Social Psychology Network – one of the largest Internet sites devoted to psychological research and teaching.

British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies – the lead organisation for CBT in the UK.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) – aims to  to support counsellors and help them better serve their clients.

British Psychoanalytic Council – is a professional association representing psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Centre for Mental Health – UK’s leading authority in mental health research.

Department of Health – lead, shape and fund health and care in England.

The Foundation for Psychotherapy & Counselling – for Counsellors, Psychodynamic Psychotherapists, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists and Group-Analytic therapists who completed their training at UK training institution WPF Therapy.

Health & Care Professions Council – regulating health, psychological and social work professionals.

MentalHelp.net – mental health and mental illness information.

The National Counselling Society – supporting NCS members, the public and the development of the profession of Counselling & Psychotherapy.

NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) – provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.

UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) – the UK’s leading professional body for the education, training and accreditation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors.

PhD theses can be useful sources of unpublished information. University of Sunderland theses are added to the Sunderland Repository. You may find theses from other universities via EThOS or PQDT Open.

SURE (Sunderland Repository)
Search research written by University of Sunderland staff.

EThOS (e-theses online service) –  from the British Library
EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service with approximately 400,000 records relating to theses awarded by over 120 institutions. Around 160,000 of these also provide access to the full text.

PQDT Open
PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge where the author has opted to publish as open access. This includes international Universities

Newspapers can be useful as both primary and secondary sources of information. As well as providing commentary on events, newspaper articles can provide insight on how the public viewed an event or incident.

Newsstream – Gives access to many contemporary news sources from around the world – find out more about on our blog.

University of Sunderland subscribes to two key legal databases – Lexis Library and Westlaw – where you can find legislation, case law and journal articles related to your subject.

Find Lexis Library or Westlaw in the Database A-Z list

UK Legislation is also published on https://www.legislation.gov.uk

Need to know more about the Library’s key resources for Law? Take a look at our subject guide for Law.