Professional Orientation & Ethics

Databases

PsycINFO A comprehensive index to literature in psychology. Indexes all major psychology journals, books, chapters, dissertations. Provides limited full text links, including links to some full text book chapters [see info on PsycBOOKS, below] and also links to our Journals A-Z List so you can quickly see if we subscribe to any particular journal.

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:
Use the Advanced Search screen to search for more specific topics related to ethical issues:
A sample citation from the above search:

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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):

Saving Citations: PsycBOOKS

You can email or print citations from PsycBOOKS in the same way that you can from PsycINFO, or use Zotero.