Psychology
Literature- and information resources for psychology, clinical psychology and work and organisational psychology
Main content
Welcome to the library`s resource page for Psychology!
This page provides guidance for finding various literature and information sources.
Directly below you will also find information on some听frequently asked questions.
If you can not find or access the literature you need, please contact us.
See opening hours and contact information for the Social Sciences, Music and Psychology Library.
For contact information for your subject librarians, see the bottom of this page.
- Using the library catalogue Oria - see information on how to search and order.听
- If you want information on literature searching, you find guidence on the topic
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- Information on reference management tools听(e.g. EndNote).听
FINDING LITERATURE AND INFORMATION RESOURCES:
Books
Most books are written by one or more authors responsible for the whole book. However, some books have individually authored chapters. These books will also have one or more editors. Be aware of different reference criteria for the two types of books.
Books aiming to present an overview on a specific topic or subject area are often edited books with 鈥淗andbook of鈥︹�� in the title. For more information, go to 鈥淩eference works and reviews鈥�
听The library discovery tool听 identifies all books available to us, both ebooks and physical books.
听Ebook platforms can be searched directly for additional search functionality:
- 听These are books published by the American Psychological Association. Search terms will identify book chapters as well as books. This database also has many older, classic titles.
- 听Here we have access to books from many publishers. Your search terms will be matched against words in title and full text. This can be especially useful when searching for narrow topics.
Journal articles
Most journal articles present primary studies or focused theoretical contributions. However some articles are more extensive review articles. For more information, go to "Reference works and reviews"
You can use Oria to search for journal articles, but the advanced search capabilities are somewhat limited. For a thorough search, it is advisable to use specialized databases. Many such databases are available - check our .
Important databases
The following databases contain key information about journal articles and other academic publications. You follow links to full text or the library ordering service.
- 听(on the Ovid platform) is the most extensive database听for psychological literature (indexing more than 2300 journals). It contains information about journal articles, books, book chapters, doctoral theses and more.听
- MEDLINE is a central database for medical and health literature (indexing more than 5500 journals).
- : 听This is a platform with advanced searching capabilities, especially useful for systematic searches.
- (Medline): a free platform access to MEDLINE, also including听extra publications from PubMed Central.
- is one of the world`s two largest interdisciplinary databases (indexing more than 22听000 journals).
Search engines
- is maybe听the largest search tool for academic literature. Your search terms will be matched against words in title and full text. Searches can be limited to title, but it`s not possible to limit to title & abstract, which is part of the default setting in most databases.
- Pros: Easy to do a quick search or find a specific article; good coverage of non-English publications (which are often poorly covered by other databases).
- Cons: Not suited for advanced searching, or to get a full overview of what is published on a topic. Results can be noisy. And although it aims to be limited to scientific literature, this is not always the case.
- Recommendation: Use another database as your primary tool for comprehensive and systematic searches, and supplement with Google Scholar when appropriate.
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- is a free information retrieval system for psychological resources with a European focus. It offers a selection of resources from a growing number of . Advanced Search has the same search interface and possibilities as does Advanced Search in Google Scholar.
Norwegian journal articles
These are often missing from international databases but should be searchable in Oria or Google Scholar. You can also search for articles in 听and听听(former name Idunn).
Reference works and reviews
For reference works, encyclopedias and dictionaries you can try searching in Oria, or go directly to a relevant platform.
Suggested sources:
- - Use the "Material type" filter to see encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- - Oxford Reference (short descriptions and definitions of terms and concepts)
- (longer articles on various subject areas)
- - in-depth, quality, scholarly research reviews. Browse by subject or use the search function. Psychology (e.g. Acculturation and Health, Social Psychology and Social Justice) and Sociology. These can also be found in Oria. If we don't have access to an electronic copy, check for it in Oria - some are only available as physical books.
You can search for reviews as you would for journal articles. Most databases have a filter for the results list, where you can choose "review articles". See relevant databases listed in the section above ("Journal Articles").
is a resource specialized in systematic reviews. It , including Cochrane, Medline/Pubmed and PsycInfo.
Reports, policy documents and other "grey literature"
Norwegian reports can be found in Oria, as it indexes documents from most Norwegian institutional archives. You will also find a number of international reports in Oria.
Google and Google Scholar can also be valuable sources for identifying reports in Norwegian and other languages.
However, if there is a particularly relevant organisation you need reports from, we recommend checking directly on their website - many websites have a section called "documents", "publications" or "reports", e.g:
- (The Norwegian Directorate of Health)
- (Norwegian Social Research)
- (Norwegian Institute of Public Health)
- (Statistics Norway)
Master thesis and dissertations
You can find Norwegian master thesis and PhD dissertations in . You can use "Material type" in advanced search to limit your search to master theses or dissertations.
If you want to find theses from UiB, you can search directly in (Bergen Open Research Archive).听
Some international works may be found by Oria, but we advise additional searches. For example, .
Methods literature
The library can offer access to many physical books as well as e-books, covering qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, which you can search for in Oria and loan from the library.
You also have access to , an online platform with a large collection of methodological literature.
Resources for clinical psychology听
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A 5-volume resource from the publisher Wiley, including more than 500 articles.
Covering: Classification/Diagnosis and Assessment, Historical, Philosophical and Conceptual Issues, Legal Issues, Methodological Issues, Professional Issues, Psychological Disorders of Treatment and Prevention.
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A collection of review articles presenting a large selection of various types of psychotherapy.听
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Guidelines from Norsk barne- og ungdomspsykiatrisk forening, 4.鈥痚d. (Norwegian only)听
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An international, multilingual听database听containing with information on a large number of听systematic reviews on topics related to physical and mental health.
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Systematic reviews on effects of interventions听improving the mental health and welfare听of children and adolescents. INSUM is developed by RBUP (Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eastern and Southern Norway).
(The Norwegian Electronic Health Library)
This is a publicly funded online knowledge service for healthcare professionals and students in Norway. The library provides free access to point-of-care tools, guidelines, systematic reviews and a wide variety of other full-text resources.听
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International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision.听
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International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 11th Revision (not yet available in Norwegian).
