Online Subscription Resources for Psychology
When you join Esher Sixth Form College as a student you will have access to the following online resources:
Proquest Ebook Central
Ebook Central is designed with mobile in mind. Access the site from your tablet or phone, and download e-books for offline reading. Here you will find AQA Psychology textbooks 1 and 2, as well as study/revision guides, Essential Maths for Psychology and other useful textbooks such as Key Studies in Psychology by Richard Gross and Aiming for A in Psychology. The content is exactly the same as the printed books.
Learning on Screen – BoB
On demand TV and Radio for Education. This academically-focused system allows staff and students, at subscribing institutions, to record programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels; and search an archive of over 2.2 million broadcasts. You can search for programmes, use the TV guide or try searching by selecting “Public Playlists” first, and then typing in Psychology. You will then get access to some great playlists for Psychology created by teachers and lecturers at other Colleges and Universities. Try searching the Public Playlists for Psychopathology or Biopsychology.
Issues Online
Issues Online is the best place to click-start research and studies, with high-quality print and digital learning resources focus on contemporary social issues. Here you will have access to the Issues books covering many Psychology subjects, such as Citizenship and Participation, Crime and Justice, and Family and Relationships as well as many useful and interesting articles relating to Psychology.
JSTOR
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Some excellent higher level books and articles, and providing you with access to 35 journals for Psychology.
Hodder A Level Magazines (Philip Allan Magazine Archive)
Philip Allan Magazines provide a wealth of resources that are ideal for challenging subject knowledge and preparing students to excel in exams. Here you will find Psychology Review, you can click on the magazine and select the edition you would like, or use the search box at the top and search for a topic and then select filter by subject: Psychology. Psychology Review provides articles by experts in the field written specifically for A-level students, up-to-date discussion of research, and support for examination and maths skills. The editorial board, headed by Cara Flanagan, has commissioned topical and focused new material for the 2019/20 volume.
MASSOLIT
Over 3,000 lectures across more than 400 courses … MASSOLIT works with academics from the world’s best universities to produce high-quality, curriculum-linked videos for A Level and the International Baccalaureate. This fabulous resource gives you access to lectures from experts in their field. Psychology students will find lectures on Biospychology, Issues and Debates, Psychopathology, Attachment, Memory and Social Influence to back up your lessons in College.
Oxford Journals
Oxford Journals is a division of Oxford University Press, which is a department of Oxford University. Oxford Journals publish well over 230 academic and research journals covering a broad range of subject areas, two-thirds of which are published in collaboration with learned societies and other international organizations.
Proquest News and Newspapers
The ProQuest News portfolio comprises two categories: Contemporary News and ProQuest Digitized Newspapers. With its continually-expanding Contemporary News and Digitized Newspapers programs, ProQuest provides the most comprehensive resource for nearly every kind of researcher seeking news information from the mid-18th century to today’s news. From a single interface, researchers can access news reports, editorials, and, with ProQuest Historical and Recent Newspapers, advertisements, stock tables, cartoons, and more. With a powerful search engine, more than 3,000 of the world’s news sources, such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian & Observer, The Globe and Mail, The Times of India, and many more are open to discovery.