Professional Orientation & Ethics

Databases

PsycINFO ** PsycBOOKS

PsycINFO A comprehensive index to literature in psychology. Indexes all major psychology journals, books, chapters, dissertations. Does not provide full text.

Use PsycINFO to research general topics in ethics and professional standards. Check the thesaurus for relevant subject headings.
In the thesaurus, click on a subject heading to see a list of related subject headings:
Look for information on more specific topics related to ethical issues:
A sample citation from the above search:

PsycINFO and RefWorks

When you have citations you want to put into RefWorks, either citations you have marked from a search or the entire set of results from a search, find the tiny 'disc' icon on the righthand side of the search results screen and click on it:
Tell it which records to export, then choose "Export to RefWorks"
Hit "OK." You should be prompted to open your RefWorks account, and the citations will automatically be exported for you.

PsycBOOKS, A full text database of books published by the APA.

You can also use PsycBOOKS to research general topics in ethics and professional standards. It is produced by the APA and uses the same thesaurus that you find in PsycINFO:
Use the advanced search screen to search for information on a specific topic. A search for "ethics and impaired professionals" turns up 3 full-text chapters (remember, this is books not articles):
Or you might come across the title of a book that is published by the APA, in PsycINFO for example, as in the citation below:
Check for the book or a specific chapter from it in PsycBOOKS:

PsycBOOKS and RefWorks

To export citations from PsycBOOKS, you must first add them to a folder. As you do this, notice where it says "Folder has items."
When your folder has everything you want to export, click on the folder icon to open it.
Once in the folder, you can email citations & full text, save items, or export. Select the items you want to put into RefWorks, and choose Export:
Choose "Direct export to RefWorks" and then hit the "Save" button. You will be prompted to log into your RefWorks account and the citations will be automatically exported for you.

Last Updated: 4/21/08