PsycBOOKS^®

PsycBOOKS is a full-text database of books and chapters in the American Psychological Association's array of quality electronic databases. Each month books published by APA and classic books from other publishers are added to the database.

Launch Date

 August 2004

Content – August 2008

 Full text in PDF of 1,566 scholarly books and 24,161 chapters
 748 books published by APA, including 100 out-of-print books from 1950–2002
 818 classic resources in psychology
 Exclusive electronic release of the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology; more than 1,500 authored entries

Functionality

 Browsing by book title (alphabetical), author, table of contents (chapters), abstract
 Precise searching and recall via PsycINFO's standard abstracting and indexing of books and chapters

Exclusions

 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition
 Directories
 Books for popular audiences (Magination Press, APA LifeTools)

Embargo Period

 Approximately 12 months

Updates

 Monthly—new releases enter database in the year following copyright year

Language

 English

Availability

 Annual site license for institutions with data fees tiered by institution size and type
 Inclusion in APA packages for individuals, both members and non-members (see Access and Pricing for APA Members and APA Gold for non-members)

Vendors

 APA PsycNET®
 CSA
 EBSCO
 OCLC
 Ovid Technologies
 ProQuest
 Other major vendors as contracts are negotiated