Psychology: IUPsyS Global Resource: CD ROM

Psychology: IUPsyS Global Resource, Edition 2006, Editors: Michael J. Stevens (Illinois State University, USA) and Danny Wedding (Missouri Institute of Mental Health, USA)

The CD-ROM Psychology: IUPsyS Global Resources   (edited by Michael J. Stevens and Danny Wedding) [Price: $37.50 / £25.00+VAT. ISBN: 1-84169-621-8] provides a broad range of information about Psychology worldwide. This replaces earlier volumes entitled International Directory of Psychologists that appeared in 1958, 1966, 1980, and 1985, and The IUPsyS International Directory: Major Research Institutes and Departments of Psychology, which appeared in 1993 with contact information for organizations in over 170 countries. The CD-Rom (Edition 2006) contains the following new databases: 

• An Annotated Bibliography for Internationalizing the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum: 1974-1995 by John M. Davis, Krystle A. Frahm, Catherine A. Bower, and Richard Brian Cano at Texas State University, which appears in the Bibliography section.
• Reorganization of the Origin and Development of Scientific Psychology Around the World into four parts:
       1. National (Country) Disciplines,
       2. Specialty Areas in Selected Countries,
       3. Indigenous Psychologies Around the World, and
       4. International Psychology,
  all under the supervision of John G. Adair.
  
  In addition to the reorganization, there are the following additions:
  
  (i) Two entries to “Origins - National (Country) Disciplines” on scientific psychology in Africa by A. Bame Nsamenang (previously published in 1995 in the International Journal of Psychology) and in Australia by Alison F. Garton (an updated replacement to the entry by Alison M. Turtle, which appeared in the 2005 Edition).
  
  (ii) Articles on the origins and development of social psychology in selected countries, which appeared in a 2005 special issue of the International Journal of Psychology, edited by John G. Adair, in “Origins - Specialty Areas in Selected Countries”.
  
  (iii) An article on indigenous psychology in the Philippines (Church & Kagitbak, 2002) in “Origins - Indigenous Psychologies Around the World,” reproduced from the International Journal of Psychology.
  
  (iv) Introductory and concluding chapters from the Handbook of International Psychology, edited by Michael J. Stevens and Danny Wedding (2004), also appear in “Origins - International Psychology”.
• Fourteen Reviews of Books Relevant to International Psychology obtained from the American Psychological Association's PsycCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology—APA Journal of Reviews, edited by Danny Wedding.
• The addition to the Ethics in Psychology resource of the 2005 International Compilation of Human Subject Research Protections produced by the Office for Human Research Protections of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (users will need PDF reading software, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, to read this document).
• Abstracts from the 2004 ICP Congress convened in Beijing, August 2004.
• Abstracts from the 2004 meeting of the International Society of Clinical Psychology, also convened in Beijing, August 2004.
• Abstracts from the 2003 Middle East/North Africa Regional Conference on Psychology (MENA RCP) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, accompanied by a Summary of the Conference from the International Journal of Psychology (Sabourin & Knowles, 2004).
• The addition to the ICAPindex of an International Journal of Psychology article by Adair, Coelho, and Luna (2002) evaluating the international status of the psychology literature.

As well as substantial updates to the following databases and resources:

• The National Tour database — updated contact information on the officers of 44 of the 89 national psychological organizations (including 2 new National Psychological Organizations), together with descriptions and histories of the current state of their psychology - cross-linked with the national Bibliography.
• The Directory of International Psychological Associations and Related Organizations, with 34 new entries.
• The Directory of Major Institutions for Psychological Research and Training, which contains contact information for scholarly institutions in approximately 150 countries, with over 300 new or revised entries and expansion of entries for less developed countries.
• The History of Psychology section, revised and updated by Warren Street, which includes a Timeline colour-coded for specific regions of the world with new entries from 2000–2005, along with a paper on the contributions of Theodule Ribot to clinical psychology and the challenges in writing an international history of this field.
• The Bibliography of World and Regional Psychology 1974–2005, with updated country and regional entries for 2005 coded for areas of psychology - cross-linked with the National Tour.
• The International Psychology Information Clearinghouse, compiled by Division 52 of the American Psychological Association, with over 80 new or revised resources. This resource has also been merged with last year's Selected Internet Resources.

Databases and resources from previous editions that have been retained are:

• The book History of the International Union of Psychological Science edited by M. R. Rosenzweig, W. Holtzman, M. Sabourin, & D. Bélanger (originally published in print in 2000).
• The Young Child and Family – a Working Directory of Centers Involved in Research and Applied Work in Developing Countries and Eastern Europe.
• The Directory of International Grants and Fellowships in the Behavioral, Social, and Health Sciences, compiled by the Office of International Affairs of the American Psychological Association.
• The Directory of Health Experts and Organizations, compiled by the IUPsyS and World Health Organization (HealthNet).
• The Ethics in Psychology section.
• The Program Abstracts of three previous International Congresses of Psychology (Brussels – 1992; Montréal – 1996; Stockholm – 2000)
• The Proceedings of the 1992 ICP, Brussels (originally published in 1994), International Perspectives on Psychological Science (Vols. I and II, and The Proceedings of the 1996 ICP, Montréal (originally published in 1998), Advances in Psychological Science (Vols. I and II).
• The ICAPindex, which makes accessible information about the scientific programs of the International Congresses of Applied Psychology for 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002.
• The Human Capital Initiative documents for advancing human welfare, first published by the APA Observer.
• Selected Policy Briefings to US Congress by distinguished psychologists, made available by the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, along with the Closing Plenary Speech to the 2003 World Science Forum by H. E. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia.
• Survey of countries on the relation between Psychology and Cognitive Science.
• Information on the IUPsyS, including its aims, structure, statutes, history, members, and its official Journal, the International Journal of Psychology.
• The List of Publications under the Auspices of the IUPsyS.