CogPrints
This database collects scholarly articles in the fields of psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience that are free to review.
California University Libraries
A curated shelf of free databases, journals, digital libraries, and research guides for students of the Master of Applied Psychology and Master of Communication & Media Studies programs — no institutional login required.
Open access to the full text of articles, books, and more for students of Applied Psychology.
This database collects scholarly articles in the fields of psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience that are free to review.
This database includes full-text scholarly books that are peer reviewed. You can search or browse by keyword, like Psychology, which returns more than 800 books, and filter by other factors, like Language, etc.
This database collects thousands of journals that are open access. Do a keyword search or narrow down by journals or articles. You can also filter by the topic of Philosophy, Psychology, Religion.
Here you’ll find free scholarly articles from the American Psychological Association (APA).
Starting with Google Scholar is a great way to begin your research. This database indexes millions of articles, books, and more and will link you to a full text when available.
This database compiles free full-text articles on matters related to psychiatry, psychology, and behavioral health.
Register for a free account with JSTOR, which allows you to read up to 100 journal articles online every 30 days.
The paid resource JSTOR offers open access to journals and ebooks online, as well as primary sources and open images and media.
Here you can quickly look up open access journals in a variety of fields.
The resource offers free access to nearly 3,000 scholarly books. You can search by keyword or browse by subject, including Psychology, which returns more than 300 books.
Access scholarly textbooks about Psychology and related topics for free.
In this fully free database, you’ll find articles from journals devoted to global public health, medicine, and mental health.
This database from the National Library of Medicine allows you to filter for full-text documents on psychology topics.
This database connects researchers with those looking to source the full text of an article or resource. Many researchers have published their articles available free to read, or you could reach out to them individually for the article for which you’re hoping to access.
Here you’ll find the full text of over a million articles in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Search by keyword or browse by Subject Area.
In this database, you’ll find thousands of free full-text journal articles and journals, including on topics related to psychology.
See also the “Gratis List” — over 120 full-text psychology journals compiled by the PsychReg Journal of Psychology. Below are some of the most popular and well-respected open access journals in the field.
A leading journal about cognitive models in psychology research available for free.
This is the official journal of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science offered free as open access.
An open access journal that covers a wide range of topics in psychology.
A wildly respected open access journal about a variety of topics in the field of psychology.
An important full-text journal about the psychology topics of judgment and decision making.
A journal that explores mindfulness meditation and related topics. Search for full text articles.
The PJP is a full-text journal of psychology.
A full-text journal that explores the intersection between social psychology, cognitive science, and affective neuroscience.
A guide from the American Psychological Association (APA) about how to approach doing research into psychology as a university student.
A digital library of more than 19 million digital objects, like images, books, and journal articles.
This website links to free online university courses on psychology on topics like “Introduction to Psychology” and “Abnormal Psychology” from universities like Yale, Carnegie Mellon, and Wesleyan. Also includes open courses on doing research in the field of psychology.
A resource for collegiate writing with guidance on everything from grammar and reference styles to writing research papers. Their robust collection of handouts help guide students through the process of crafting a research paper.
This website helps instructors who are teaching different subsets of psychology. Resources include syllabi, journal articles, and more. This could be a good source to find pathways through the diverse field of psychology.
An interdisciplinary field exploring the intersection of psychology and spirituality. Most resources below are free and open access; a few paid databases are marked accordingly.
This EBSCO resource is the premier resource for students of religion. With more than a million full-text articles on all topics related to religion, ATLA RDB is a great tool to use when you’re beginning to research.
This database collects scholarly articles in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics that the authors have posted free for anyone to review.
Obtain free scholarly articles from the American Psychological Association (APA)
Starting with Google Scholar is a great way to begin your research. This database indexes millions of articles, books, and more and will link you to full text when available.
This database compiles free full-text articles on matters related to psychiatry, psychology, and behavioral health.
This database includes key research resources for psychology students, like the full text of more than 500 e-books from the American Psychological Association (APA). JSTOR covers humanities topics relevant for Transpersonal Psychology students, including journals related to Religion and Philosophy.
A journal that explores mindfulness meditation and related topics. Search for full-text articles.
From ProQuest, this database with close to 700,000 articles includes the full text of scholarly journals on topics of interest to Transpersonal Psychology, like Metaphysics and Philosophy of Religion.
In this fully free database, you’ll find articles from journals devoted to global public health, medicine, and mental health.
From the National Library of Medicine, PubMed is the premier index of medical-related articles, with more than 37 million articles included about every topic imaginable.
This database collects 129 active full-text journals and magazines and 105 active full-text peer-reviewed journals on topics related to religion and philosophy, including world religions, religious history, and philosophy of language.
Start here to conduct a search for full text articles on the topic of Transpersonal Psychology.
This resource is geared towards helping health care professionals who incorporate spirituality in their care. The SCA’s Caring for the Human Spirit (CFHS) journal is free online.
In this database, you’ll find thousands of free full-text journal articles, including on topics related to Transpersonal Psychology, like the periodical The Humanistic Psychologist and The International Journal of Jungian Studies.
Foundational and contemporary readings — journal articles, book chapters, and full texts — all freely accessible online.
This article is a good place for beginners to start when researching the intersection of Buddhist philosophy and Western psychology.
This article looks at the ways Maslow impacted the development of Transpersonal Psychology.
This article is a great starting place if you want a quick summary of Transpersonal Psychology.
This article offers a good introduction to how the Buddhist practice of mindfulness can be adopted into psychotherapy.
Stansilov Grof is a founding father of Transpersonal Psychology, and this is one of his foundational texts.
This relatively recent article takes a look at where Transpersonal Psychology is today.
On EBSCO, this resource lays out an introduction to Jungian archetypes, which are of interest to students studying Transpersonal Psychology.
This article examines the relationship between transpersonal therapy and psychotherapy.
Maslow is a key founder of themes in Transpersonal Psychology, and this is one of his essential texts.
An open text book that offers a great introduction to Jung’s theories.
This article offers a look at how practices from Hinduism can be incorporated into psychology.
Open access to the full text of articles, books, and more for students of Communication & Media Studies.
Collects more than 100 scholarly ebooks free to use on topics related to the Humanities.
This database includes full-text scholarly books that are peer reviewed. You can search or browse by keyword, like Psychology, which returns more than 800 books, and filter by other factors, like Language, etc.
This database collects thousands of journals that are open access. Do a keyword search or narrow down by journals or articles. You can also filter by the topic of Philosophy, Psychology, Religion.
Starting with Google Scholar is a great way to begin your research. This database indexes millions of articles, books, and more and will link you to a full text when available.
Register for a free account with JSTOR, which allows you to read up to 100 journal articles online every 30 days.
The paid resource JSTOR offers open access to journals and ebooks online as well as primary sources and open images and media.
Compiled by the International Association for Media and Communications Research, this list of open access journals about Communications and Media contains many global journals, which might be a benefit for students who speak languages other than English.
Here you can quickly look up open access journals in a variety of fields.
The resource offers free access to nearly 3,000 scholarly books. You can search by keyword or browse by subject, including Media Studies, which includes more than 1,250 books.
This free database collects open source scholarly journals on topics related to the humanities, including Media Studies.
Access free scholarly textbooks about Journalism, Media Studies & Communications.
Here you’ll find the full text of over a million articles in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Search by keyword or browse by Subject Area.
In this database, you’ll find thousands of free full-text journal articles and journals, including on topics related to psychology.
This free digital library holds more than 50 million videos, images, sounds, and texts.
A digital library of more than 19 million digital objects, like images, books, and journal articles.
Preserves millions of free texts, movies, websites, music, and more.
Free access to the Library of Congress’ catalog, including more than 20 million books, serials, manuscripts, images, and more.
This free online library is devoted to digitizing books and magazines from the history of cinema, recorded sound, and broadcasting.
An open access journal about the connections between communications and the public.
An open access journal taking a global look at communications.
An open access journal that looks at how journalism and media intersect.
A peer-reviewed, scholarly publication about film and media studies offered through the University of Michigan. Many of the features in the journal are available for all to read, like reviews and archival content, like Fifth Issue.
An open access journal that deals with the intersection of mass communications and journalism.
This free full-text journal explores topics in the Humanities, including Media Studies.
An open access journal about mass media and communications.
An open access journal focused on media theory and covering a variety of topics, such as film and communications.
An open access journal about film history available for free online.
A peer-reviewed open access journal that covers topics related to mass media and communications.
More than 7,000 advertisements from American and Canadian periodicals between 1911 and 1955.
From JSTOR, a database of images available to access if you have a free registered account.
Free access to more than 5 million images and other media objects.
More than 145 million images, videos, and sound free to use.
Organized by the Association of College & Research Libraries, this comprehensive guide collects resources for students of Media and Communications. If you want to drill down into a specific niche in the field, this guide is a great place to start your research as it includes topics like Advertising, Health Communications, Media Ethics, and more.
This list collects free online courses and certificates in the subjects of Media, Culture, and Society.
A resource for collegiate writing with guidance on everything from grammar and reference styles to writing research papers. Their robust collection of handouts help guide students through the process of crafting a research paper.
General open catalogs and national libraries worth knowing about, beyond the two program lists above.