Psychology -- Resources & Services (Main Library)

• Employment Opportunities in Psychology
• Employment & Compensation in Psychology
• General Job Websites
• Career Information & Advice
• Careers in Psychology -- articles (2014 -- 2020) related to careers and preparation for careers in psychology or counseling

In addition to the specialized employment resources listed below, search the General Job Websites.  These general job search sites can often provide leads to relevant professional positions that may not be found through the specialized job sites.  Additionally, you will find position announcements on many of the Professional Association Websites.

Most of the following sites are produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (US Dept. of Labor) these links provide statistical data on employment and earnings (mean & percentile) by industry, and geography (national, state and local).

These resources provide a wealth of information related to career development, including information related to the kind of work entailed, educational requirements, employment opportunities and projections, earnings, professional organizations and additional sources of information.

Full-text journal articles providing information about careers and career preparation in the fields of psychology and counseling

1. Display this list of articles, and then click on any item to open a side bar.
2. Scroll down the side bar to the URL field and click on the URL link.  This will usually take you to the source of the full-text PDF.
3. If the URL link did not provide access to the full-text article, scroll down the side bar to find the journal name, volume, issue and pages.
4. With the above information in hand, click on the UC Libraries E-Journals page to enter your information to find your article.  

Those items not available (e.g., book chapters)  can usually be retrieved by following step #1 above and then collecting the bibliographic information, e.g., book title, author, isbn, etc., and looking up this information in our Summon tool. 

 If you have any difficulty retrieving the full text for items in these lists, please contact the Criminal Justice UC Libraries liaison.