Career Appendix for Psychology Students

American Psychological Association (Revised annually). Graduate study in psychology. Washington, DC.

American Psychological Association (1993). Getting in: A step-by-step plan for gaining admission to graduate school in psychology. Washington, DC.

Keith-Spiegel, P. (1990). The complete guide to graduate school admission: Psychology. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Keller, P.A. (Ed.). (1994). Academic Paths: Career decision and experiences of psychologists. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Kilburg, R.R. (Ed.). (1991). How to manage your career in psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Mayne, T., & Sayette, M. (1990). Insider’s guide to graduate programs in clinical psychology. New York: Guilford.

Rheingold, H.L. (1994). The psychologist’s guide to an academic career. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Useful Web Sites

The home Web site of the American Psychological Association is a true megasite, and it is a good place to start Web surfing for psychology students and professionals alike. The site is carefully and professionally written, organized, and maintained, and it offers an enormous array of resources for anyone interested in the serious study of psychology. A major new fee-based service that recently was added to the APA Web site is the online availability of full-text APA journal articles from 1995 to the present for members and affiliates (see box). The articles are searchable via a quick search or a more comprehensive field-restricted search, and, in addition, journals can be browsed by title.

You'll need your eight-digit member ID and your password to gain access to the articles. Free services offered at the APA Web site include documents on psychology for the general public; legislative news about psychology; information about undergraduate and graduate education in psychology; listings and descriptions of APA's books, journals, and conferences; information about the 50 divisions and state-affiliated associations; and information about how to become a full or associate member of the APA. The Student Information section of this Web site is especially well done. It helps students think through the process of mapping out their future, exploring different kinds of psychology-related careers and educational paths to reach them. The site also includes selected articles and the classified position announcement ads that appear in the "APA Monitor," the monthly newspaper of the APA. Of particular interest to students are the sections announcing special opportunities and awards, such as the Summer Science Institute. PsycNet offers topical and timely material on current events related to psychology. If you become a regular visitor to PsycNet, you might want to take advantage of its URL-Minder service through which you will receive e-mail whenever the site is updated. Fortunately, the site is searchable by keyword - a very useful feature in a site so large.

The American Psychological Society maintains a Web site housed at Hanover College, which includes links to databases for research funding, electronic journals, lists of discussion groups, and a software archive. The society was founded in 1988 and is dedicated to the advancement of psychological science and the giving away of psychology in the public interest.

This well-designed Web site offers information on careers, book releases, government regulations, and CPA documents and links to journal articles. Material is presented in both English and French.

The IPEDS Database helps you learn about the range of salaries for faculty at colleges and universities around the country. You can enter up to 24 school names at a time and the search engine will return the average salary at each for instructors through full professors. There is also a link to the list of institutions included in the database. The database goes as far back as 1994-95 and searches for disparity between male and female salaries. Data such as these can be used for research projects or class exercises.

Above are two Web sites that list job openings in psychology and are always kept current. The Chronicle's list is updated weekly, while the APA's is done monthly.

Up-to-date job postings by the Social Psychology Network Job Posting Forum. Browse through other ads, or post your own. No registration is necessary.

This site offers career-related information for students, including data about thousands of companies, demographic data by state in the United States, and hints on resume preparation.

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