Research Guides: Forensic Psychology: Start Your Research Here

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change

Electronic Resource 2021

Clinical Manual of Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Electronic Resource 2019

Criminal trials and mental disorders

Electronic Resource 2019

Essentials of Psychological Assessment Supervision

Electronic Resource 2019

Essential Psychotherapies

Electronic Resource 2019

Ethical conflicts in psychology

Electronic Resource 2019

Forensic Psychologists

Electronic Resource 2020

Introduction of Forensic Nanotechnology As Future Armour

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Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education

Electronic Resource 2021

Nature and Nurture in Mental Disorders

Electronic Resource 2020

Recommended Online Encyclopedia Databases

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DSM-V Online (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition; American Psychiatric Association) "This is the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-V."
Gale eBooks (Gale Cengage Learning) A comprehensive collection of reference resources such as subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries, available in a single database.
Oxford Bibliographies Online Kean University's subscription to Oxford Bibliographies provides subject modules focusing on Criminology, Education, Psychology, and Social Work. For these modules, "leading scholars have produced a literary guide to the most important and significant sources in an area of study they know best. The guides feature a selective list of bibliographic citations supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult."
SAGE Knowledge Provides reference resources such as subject-focused dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference materials published by SAGE.

Recommended Multimedia Databases

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Counseling and Therapy in Video (Alexander Street Press) Provides access to a collection of online videos that enable students to observe the practice of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling.
Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) Films on Demand provides access to "video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content." Click "Collections" to access videos in various subject areas, such as Art & Architecture, Allied Health, Biology, Business & Economics, Criminal Justice & Law, Drama & Theatre, Education, English, Gender & Sexuality, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Psychology, and more. The platform also offers Archival Films & Newsreels.
Psychotherapy.net Features a library of streaming videos relevant for clinical psychology.
Symptom Media Film Library (Symptom Media) Features an online mental health education and training film library with hundreds of mental health simulations. These films provide visual guideposts to enhance understanding of mental health diagnoses and decrease the stigma associated with psychological issues. The collection includes DSM-5-TR and ICD 10 Guided Case Studies and Assessment Tools. Each video ranges from 30 seconds to 15 minutes and includes a full-text transcript.

Psychological Tests and Measures Databases

The following databases provide information to identify psychological tests and measuring instruments.

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Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) (OvidSP) Provides "information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. HaPI...[helps] identify measures needed for research studies, grant proposals, client/patient assessment, class papers/projects, theses/dissertations, and program evaluation." NOTE: Permits only 10 simultaneous users. Please Logoff when finished.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCOhost) (VALE) Offers reviews of standardized tests in education, business, psychology, and leadership. Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language.
PsycTests (EBSCOhost) (VALE) “Serves as a repository for a growing selection of psychological tests and measures, including thousands of actual test instruments and test items that are available for immediate download and use in research and teaching.”

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Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change

Clinical Manual of Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Criminal trials and mental disorders

Essentials of Psychological Assessment Supervision

Essential Psychotherapies

Ethical conflicts in psychology

Forensic Psychologists

Introduction of Forensic Nanotechnology As Future Armour

Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education

Nature and Nurture in Mental Disorders

Recommended Online Encyclopedia Databases

Recommended Multimedia Databases

Psychological Tests and Measures Databases

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