Selected free e-resources

CARRIE: A Full-Text Online Library
Bibliomania
Bartleby.com - Great Books online
American Library Association

The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest and largest library association in the world, providing association information, news, events, and advocacy resources for members, librarians, and library users.

Translatum-gr The Greek Translation Vortal

Translatum.gr is the first Greek Translation Vortal. Its aim is to provide an extensive reference tool for all the matters which involve translators in general, and Greek translators in particular. In order to enhance communication amongst translators, it offers a forum where translators can discuss their issues as well as an on-line translation journal where they can publish their papers.

ArtLex-Art Dictionary

Contains more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references.

European Patent Office (EPO) Espacenet

Espacenet offers free access to more than 80 million patent documents worldwide, containing information about inventions and technical developments from 1836 to today.

IBM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND LICENCING

IBM's vast collection of intellectual property can increase one’s ability to operate and growth of one’s business, making it more efficient or launch new products. Working with IBM's IP means much more than licensing patents. Clients can work directly with members of IBM's team of 250,000 scientists, researchers, engineers, developers and technologists who built one of the world's largest IP portfolios. This broad collaboration creates a diversity of viewpoints, backgrounds and expertise that enables profound new solutions. Helping clients solve these problems is one of the many ways IBM continues to generate innovation that matters for our company and the world.

United States Patent and Trademark Office

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. In doing this, the USPTO fulfills the mandate of Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, of the Constitution that the legislative branch promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries. The USPTO registers trademarks based on the commerce clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). Under this system of protection, American industry has flourished. New products have been invented, new uses for old ones discovered, and employment opportunities created for millions of Americans. The strength and vitality of the U.S. economy depends directly on effective mechanisms that protect new ideas and investments in innovation and creativity. The continued demand for patents and trademarks underscores the ingenuity of American inventors and entrepreneurs. The USPTO is at the cutting edge of the nation's technological progress and achievement.

Stanford Prison Experiment

This Web Site is a detailed presentation of the Stanford Prison Experiment, conducted in 1971, which examines the psychological transformation that subjects underwent as prisoners and guards in a simulated prison environment.A narrative accompanies the pictures and video clips that chart the arrest, processing, and daily life of the inmates, along with the eventual transformations experienced by the role-playing subjects and others involved in the experiment. They are also provided links to additional documents related to this classic social psychology experiment and to other prison research and criminal justice resources.

Center for Cognitive Studies

The Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University is a research unit that serves as a locus for the graduate and undergraduate interdisciplinary programs in cognitive science, and that provides an administrative home for various research projects in cognitive studies undertaken by the Co-directors and their associates.

Royal College of Psychiatrists

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional body responsible for education, training, setting and raising standards in psychiatry.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

SAMHSA was established in 1992 and directed by Congress to target effectively substance abuse and mental health services to the people most in need and to translate research in these areas more effectively and more rapidly into the general health care system. Over the years SAMHSA has demonstrated that - prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover from mental and substance use disorders. Behavioral health services

Society for Judgment and Decision Making

The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is an interdisciplinary academic organization dedicated to the study of normative, descriptive, and prescriptive theories of judgments and decisions. Its members include psychologists, economists, organizational researchers, decision analysts, and other decision researchers. The Society's primary event is its Annual Meeting at which Society members present their research. It also publishes the journal Judgment and Decision Making.

Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) is an interdisciplinary scientific organization dedicated to the study of hormonal processes and neuroendocrine systems that regulate behavior. This focus is unique among professional societies, thus SBN’s annual meetings and its journal Hormones and Behavior provide vital forums for the integration of ideas across the field of behavioral neuroendocrinology.

Screening for Mental Health

Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (SMH) is dedicated to promoting the improvement of mental health by providing the public with education, screening, and treatment resources.

PsycLine

PSYCLINE is owned and managed by psychologist Dr. Armin G?nther, University of Augsburg, Germany. The website started in 1995 under its former name Links to Psychological Journals and has won a high reputation as one of the (if not as the) most comprehensive and up-to-date index of psychology and social science journals on the web.

PsychCentral

Psych Central is the Internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health social network. Since 1995, it has been run by mental health professionals offering reliable, trusted information and over 200 support groups to consumers. We are today’s modern voice for mental health information, emotional support and advocacy.

American Psychoanalytic Association

The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), the oldest national psychoanalytic organization in the nation, was founded in 1911. APsaA, as a professional organization for psychoanalysts, focuses on education, research and membership development.

Psych Web

This Web site contains lots of psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology.

International OCD Foundation
National Institute of Mental Health

The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.

Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is committed to alleviating the suffering caused by mental illness by awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in scientific research.

National Alliance on Mental Illness

NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research and is steadfast in its commitment to raise awareness and build a community for hope for all of those in need.

Mental Help Net

The Mental Help Net website exists to promote mental health and wellness education and advocacy.

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