1.  Browse Websites

• PsycPORT: Psychology Newswire from APA

2.  Review Your Textbook

3.  Google Scholar or Library OneSearch - use ther search box provided on the ASU Library's home page

4.  Browse Current Journal Issues - see below and left on this page.

Think of demographic variables or categories to help refine your research topic.

Sample Demographic Variables

• Age
• Education
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Socioeconomic Status

Sample Categories

• Elderly
• College Graduate
• Caucasian
• Male
• Middle SES

Browse current journals issues to discover possible topics for your research. You can also link to a list of over 600 online psychology journals available to you through ASU Library. 

HINT: You may be asked to enter your ASURITE ID and Password to access the contents.

General      Cognitive     Developmental      Social Psychology      Clinical      Law      Health     Trauma

 General Psychology

• American Behavioral Scientist
• American Journal of Community Psychology
• American Psychologist
• Annual Review of Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
• Humanist Psychologist
• Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
• International Journal of Psychology
• Journal of Black Psychology
• Psychological Science

Cognitive Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience

• Applied Cognitive Psychology
• Behavior and Brain Sciences
• Cognition
• Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
• Cognitive Psychology
• Memory and Cognition

Developmental Psychology

• Adolescence
• Attachment and Human Development
• British Journal of Developmental Psychology
• Child Development
• Infant and Child Development
• Infant Behavior and Development
• International Journal of Behavioral Development
• Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
• Journal of Child and Family Studies

Social Psychology

• British Journal of Social Psychology
• Journal of Experiemental Social Psychology
• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
• Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
• Personality and Social Psychology Review
• Social and Personality Psychology Compass
• Social Psychology Quarterly

Clinical Psychology

• Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
• British Journal of Clinical Psychology
• Clinical Psychology
• Clinical Psychology Review
• International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
• Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
• Journal of Clinical Psychology

Psychology and Law

• Annual Review of Law and Social Science
• Behavioral Sciences & the Law
• Criminal Justice and Behavior
• Law and Human Behavior
• Law and Psychology Review

Health Psychology

• British Journal of Health Psychology
• Health Psychology

Trauma

• Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
• Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
• Trauma, Violence & Abuse
• Violence Against Women