Websites
Finds from the Web
Listed here are psychology-related websites as well as information on how to evaluate websites for reliability.
Writing Websites
These websites can teach you to write better.
- The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
This website and the printed Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation present American English rules and guidelines. The book is a perennial bestseller, and the site offers a wealth of free information.
- Designing an Effective PowerPoint Presentation: Quick Guide
A presentation on effective PowerPoint design from the OWL at Purdue.
- Grammar Girl
Covering the grammar rules and word choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers, Grammar Girl makes complex grammar questions simple ….
- Grammarly
Grammarly is a spelling and grammar checker that comes as a desktop app, a Word plugin, and a Chrome plugin.
- Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue.
- UW–Madison Writer’s Handbook
Instructional materials on academic and professional writing.
Psychology Websites
- Association for Psychological Science
APS is the leading international organization dedicated to advancing scientific psychology across disciplinary and geographic borders.
- Buros Center for Testing
The Buros Center for Testing shares its expertise in assessment-related endeavors by providing critical appraisals of tests and descriptive information, offering psychometric consultation services, and developing deeper understanding of testing and assessment practices.
- Careers in Psychology
Explore careers in psychology. Search through our database of every psychology career you can possibly imagine.
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. NIMH is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest biomedical research agency in the world.
- Psych Web
Psych Web is dedicated to students and teachers of psychology. It contains career advice for psychology majors, a review of psychology and religion as an academic discipline, and a full-length, free introductory psychology textbook.
Read Websites Critically
Anyone can publish anything on the internet.
Use the Spider Method to ensure that your internet sources are appropriate for your research.
- Source
Who wrote the information? Is he qualified? If you can’t find an author, you shouldn’t trust the information until you verify it elsewhere.
- Purpose
Why does this website exist? Is it intended to sell a product or convince readers of something? Can you detect any bias?
- Information
Is the information current? Check for a publication date. If there isn’t one, you need to verify currency with another source.
- Domain
Be aware of the host site. Is the domain .edu or .gov? These domains sometimes have more authoritative or reliable information.
- Educational
Who is the intended audience? Is there adequate depth to the information? Are you sure it’s not a hoax site or satire?
- Reliability
Is the same information available on other websites? Triangulate with other sources to improve the chance of getting complete or accurate information.