Publisher's Synopsis
The 2003 edition of the CD-ROM is published as part of the International Journal of Psychology and is automatically distributed to all Journal subscribers on an annual basis. It is also available to users for separate purchase as a free-standing reference tool, and for 2003 the individual purchase price has been significantly reduced.
The CD-ROM was first published in 2000, and is an annually updated and expanded electronic collection of information resources on international psychology. New additions for 2003 include the ICAPindex database, which holds scholarly program information for the quadrennial International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) organized by the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). This database contains records from the last five ICAPs of the 20th century. Selected papers from a Symposium on Ethics held at the 2002 International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) in Singapore have been added for 2003, and with the inclusion of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (EFPA) Meta-Code of Ethics, a more comprehensive Ethics Section has taken shape for 2003.
Other new material includes selected relevant papers from previous Science and Public Policy Briefings to the US Congress, plus the APA's International Psychology Information Clearinghouse which contains useful information for psychologists and psychology students all around the world and is designed to foster international collaboration in teaching, research, practice, and public service within the discipline of psychology.
Updates have been made to the National Survey which is a database of the history and state of psychology nationally and contains national society contact information (including postal, electronic and internet addresses); the Directory of International Psychological Organizations; as well as updates to the important material related to the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), including its members, statutes and publications. See the Contents list below for features which remain from previous editions, many of which have been modified and updated for the 2003 edition of the CD-ROM.
The resource tools are held as separable, searchable files using proprietary integrated software. Links allow the user to search from country in one resource file to research institute in a second file to a congress author in a third. The IUPsyS's new, updated electronic resource guide will make information about psychological science and its worldwide context more readily available and will be especially helpful to those seeking international collaborations or wishing to trace the development of psychology in a country or region.
