Books & Encyclopedia Entries

APA PsycBooks contains the full text of books chapters, including APA titles and classic books, entries from the Encyclopedia of Psychology, and all volumes of the APA Handbooks in Psychology series.

To access the Browse feature, click on Browse in the tool bar then on Books & Encyclopedia Entries APA PsycBooks..

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You have the option to browse by title, author (default), topic, latest release, publication year, or release date. You also have the option to show only APA Books, APA Handbooks, Classic Books, or entries from the Encyclopedia of Psychology.

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Title

Title gives you an alphabetical list of all the book titles.

  • Browse the title list.
  • Click on TOC: Chapter PDFs below the title to view its table of contents.
  • Then click PDF below the chapter title to see the full text of that chapter.

Author

Author gives you an alphabetical list of authors.

  • Click the plus sign next to the author’s name to open up a list of titles.
  • Click on TOC: Chapter PDFs below the title to view its table of contents.
  • Then click PDF below the chapter title to see the full text of that chapter.

Topic

Topic gives you a list of subject areas.

  • Click on a topic for a list of relevant book titles.
  • Click on TOC: Chapter PDFs below the title to view its table of contents.
  • Then click PDF below the chapter title to see the full text of that chapter.

Latest Release

Latest Release gives you the books most recently added to PsycBooks.

  • Click on TOC: Chapter PDFs below the title to view its table of contents.
  • Then click PDF below the chapter title to see the full text of that chapter.

Publication Year

Publication Year gives you a list of book titles by year published.

  • Click on a year range to view the specific years within the range, then click on a specific year.
  • Click on TOC: Chapter PDFs below the title to view its table of contents.
  • Then click PDF below the chapter title to see the full text of that chapter.

Release Date

Release Date gives you a list of book titles by their release date.

  • Click on a year range to view books the specific years within the range, then click on a specific year.
  • Click on TOC: Chapter PDFs below the title to view its table of contents.
  • Then click PDF below the chapter title to see the full text of that chapter.

Note: You may navigate through the browse lists either by using the letter navigation bar at the top of the list or entering the first word(s) in the Jump to box.

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