WASHINGTON — The American Psychological Association is pleased to announce that they have made significant content additions to their full-text book database PsycBOOKS®. Thirty-three new books from the 2014 copyright year have been added as the result of APA eliminating the 12-month embargo previously in place on current titles, plus all current volumes of the rapidly growing APA Handbooks in Psychology® reference book series are now accessible in the PsycBOOKS database. This positive move forward makes PsycBOOKS the most current and comprehensive, chapter-level electronic access option available for APA-published scholarly and professional books.
Going forward, all users of PsycBOOKS — including clinicians, researchers, librarians and students — will have chapter-level, electronic access to APA-published scholarly and professional books as they are released, avoiding the previous 12-month waiting period for access to new APA published books. In addition, users will now enjoy expanded access to the electronic versions of all the volumes that are currently part of the APA Handbooks in Psychology reference series — gaining instant access to the entire collection of reference books. These changes will enable users to immediately discover and benefit from the most current and complete coverage of scholarly and professional books published by APA.
“Removing the restrictions on newly published APA titles and adding valuable reference materials to the already expansive collection of published works in PsycBOOKS is an important step in our continued commitment to advance the science of psychology,” said Gary R. VandenBos, PhD, APA publisher. “Making the PsycBOOKS database the most current and comprehensive resource for scholarly books published by APA is in keeping with APA’s mission to help facilitate the creation, communication, and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives.”
These new titles combined with an extensive backfile of classic, historical and out-of-print works, makes PsycBOOKS an indispensable resource for institutions and libraries serving psychology, mental health and behavioral science research. Significant in scope and depth, PsycBOOKS contains centuries of book content that offers the full breadth of knowledge in psychology and related fields — making the collection a fundamental resource for undergraduate education, and a crucial research tool across the behavioral sciences.
PsycBOOKS is now the most comprehensive database of full-text APA scholarly books available. The database includes current and classic peer-reviewed books that provide a pathway through the evolution of psychological thought, offering access to the full scope of knowledge in psychology and related fields. Updated monthly, PsycBOOKS includes the newest scholarly and professional books published by APA. Essential to the work done across the behavioral sciences, PsycBOOKS is also a valuable resource for research in related fields including education, public health, sociology and more. PsycBOOKS is available for subscription directly from APA on APA PsycNET®, and also from EBSCO, Ovid Technologies and ProQuest. Additional information is available on the PsycBOOKS webpage.
The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes nearly 130,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives.