 
With more and more information being made available on the Internet, it is not surprising that there is much that is of use to students (and faculty) interested in psychology. Although listing all of the sources for psychology related topics would take pages and pages, there are a couple of places on the World Wide Web that students (and faculty) might want to investigate. Psychology Subject Guide -- A list of the most important links you will need to write a paper in psychology. The Encyclopedia of Psychology
is intended to facilitate browsing in any area of psychology. There
are two paths envisioned for 1.Original information generated by respected researchers and practitioners in various fields of psychology. 2.A hierarchical database of links to websites providing information about scientific psychology. One of the most interesting is a site called PsychWeb that is maintained at Georgia Southern University by Russ Dewey. It provides links to most of the sites that are related to Psychology students, including careers. An interesting thing about this site is that it includes links to a number of graduate schools. This should be an interesting (and economical) way to get information about graduate schools for those who plan to go on after their stay at Allegheny. CyberPsychLink is a portal for general information related to psychology and medicine. A new site that provides a number of interesting links to useful information is provided by the University of Northern Iowa. In addition to some interesting career information (also see section below), it provides links to sites that have study skill and time management information. There are two "official" professional psychology sites, one for each of the major professional organizations, the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Society (APS). The Social Psychology Network claims to be the largest social psychology databases on the Internet with more than 5,000 links to psychology-related resources. In addition to very extensive, well-organized links, the site offers five discussion forums, links to online psychological research experiments, distance-learning links, and links to psychology-related software. A related site that has links to many full-text articles in psychology and social services can be found at the social work site. Or try the Social Psychoology Archives. Want to know more about One of the great things about psychology is that it often provides insights into current events. Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University has a new site (RealPsychology) that applies solid psychologial reserach and theory to items in the news. Check it out!There are lots of sites on the web that can be useful to career planning for psychology majors. However, the best place to start is the "Careers in Psychology" page at Georgia Southern University. Not only does it provide most of the information you need for making the most of your undergraduate years, planning for graduate school or a job, it provide links to a number of other site on career planning. The page, by the way, summarizes the material from a one-credit course on careers that is offered at Georgia Southern. Check it out. A new site, Graduate Applicant's Portal, is designed to act as a clearning house of information on applying to graduate school in psychology, and to make this knowledge accessable on a single website. The site contains links to other webpages with valuable information, book recommendations on the application process, polls to improvve the site, site-unique advice on graduate programs, a message board to exchange information and experiences, and other information relevant to the application process. Other useful sites with career related information include,
Questions about sex, relationships, alcohol, nutrition, emotional well being? Well, just Ask Alice. Ask Alice is a web site that provide a raft of useful information about topics that concern college students. Here is another (here2help) site that provides help for problems often confronted by college students. . Psychtalk Psychtalk is a discussion list for students interested in the field of psychology. It is open to undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in communicating about topics and controversies that are related to psychology. Faculty are also welcome to join, but they should keep in mind that the discussions are primarily for students. Some the issues that were covered last year include: nature/nurture, child abuse, free will, DSM IV, serial killers, pornography, GREs,sexism, the insanity defense, MRIs, genetics and behavior, grad school, homosexuality, facilitated communication, capping the major, internships, and on and on. To subscribe, send a message to: psychtalk-request@fre.fsu.umd.edu The message should read: subscribe psychtalk your name Messages sent directly to the list should be sent to: psychtalk@fre.fsu.umd.edu 9/05
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