Forensic psychology

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Key online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

Handbook of forensic psychology [electronic resource]	Includes a range of information on forensic psychology, including its history and practices.
Handbook of forensic psychology: resource for mental health and legal professionals	Covers basic issues, assessment, mental disorders and forensic psychology, and special topics.

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APA dictionary of psychology

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Databases and journal articles for Forensic psychology

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Key databases for Forensic psychology

Databases	Notes	Help
PsycINFO	PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines.	Help is available from the EBSCOhost search page.
PsycARTICLES	PsycARTICLES, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.	Help is available from the EBSCOhost search page.

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Database search tips

Define your topic and identify the main concepts involved
For example forensic psychology and law
- Make a list of keywords for each concept
  For example
  forensic psychology, criminal psychology
  law, lawyer, legality, legalities, legislation,
- Think about how you can combine these keywords in your search using OR, AND or NOT
  Keywords on the same concept combine with an OR
  Combine different concepts with an AND
  For example
  forensic psychology OR criminal psychology
  and
  law* OR legislation
- Appropriate truncation symbols can be used in databases to find variations of a word, for example law* finds law, laws, lawyer, lawyers and so on

For help with searching databases see Connecting and Combining Search Terms or Truncation/Wildcards/Phrase searching: Basic or Online training or Ask the Library

Key internet sites for Forensic psychology

It is important to critically evaluate all information you find particularly information found on the web.

This is a starting list of internet sites. You may want to do your own searches using search engines

Useful starters

Carpenter's Forensic Science Resources A list of links compiled by R. Scott Carpenter, Assistant Public Defender, Knoxville, Tennessee.

David Willshire's Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry Links Australian site providing annotated links on forensic psychology.

Forensic Psychiatry A list of annoted links on forensic psychiatry from the University of Adelaide.

Zeno's Forensic Site Includes associations and Societies, journal links, education, conferences, jobs and mailing lists

Psych Web Links to internet psychology resources, online journals, academic departments and careers information.

Forensic Psychiatry Resources Compiled by Dr. Myron Pulier who is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Psychwatch : Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry Lists organizations, forensic journals, law enforcement and forensic sites.