Psychology Career & Professional Resources

Organizations

American Psychological Association (APA)- The oldest national psychology organization.
Publishes scientific and clinical journals. Promotes mental health and scientific psychology.

Association for Psychological Science (APS) - Founded to promote psychological science.
Publishes scientific journals.

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)- Graduate, professional and internship information for those interested in I/O psychology.

American Psychology-Law Society- information on graduate programs and careers in forensic psychology (Division 41 of APA).

American Occupational Therapy Association - information on graduate programs and careers in occupational therapy.

American Rehabilitative Counseling Association - information on careers in rehabilitative counseling.

Developmental Disabilities Agencies in New York City (including Staten Island) providing social, psychological, and educational services to the community (see also internship link on left hand menu)

Information

APA Format Help (Purdue University)
APA format tutorial (APA)
*NOTE: these may not match the Cozby book you have for stats due to changes in APA format that came out in 2010. If you have any questions, ask your professor.

Psych Web - psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology.

Psychology Information Online

Psych Site - information for students and teachers of psychological science (Nipissing University, Canada).

GRE Information- information about the test.

How to find Psychological Tests (from APA)

Buros Institute of Mental Measures (for information on psychological tests)

Careers & Jobs

New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI, Manhattan): Click on "Career Information" for listing of job openings

APA Career & Job Site
Research Network
Sciencejobs.org
US Federal Government Jobs
(note: for research jobs with BA/BS, search for "research assistant" or similar terms)

Research

Horrmann Library (click on article databases for online psychology indices and full text articles)

The Association for Psychological Science (APS) makes all of its journals available for free and in full text (PDF) online.

Medline/PubMed Journal Search - search online database for scientific journal (research) articles in psychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and other biomedical areas.
Google Scholar

New York Public Library Electronic Databases. You must have a NYPL library card number to use some of these services.

  • Location of NYPL branches in Staten Island