The APA book catalogue, complete and online
The APA PsycBooks digital library brings the American Psychological Association’s book programme onto one platform — full titles, not previews, spanning the whole discipline. Classic works that shaped psychology sit next to contemporary scholarship, with both edited-collection chapters and single-author monographs indexed for search.
Inside this resource
Full books across the discipline
Every major area of psychology is represented — clinical, cognitive, developmental, social and beyond — as complete APA books you can read cover to cover rather than sample.
Classic and current in the APA PsycBooks digital library
Foundational titles that defined subfields are shelved alongside the latest scholarship, so you can read the origin of an idea and its current treatment in the same session.
Chapters and monographs, indexed
Both edited-book chapters and full monographs are catalogued and searchable, which means you can pull a single authoritative chapter or work through an entire volume as the task requires.
Who this serves
- Psychology students and faculty — course texts and foundational books without chasing print copies.
- Clinicians and researchers — authoritative monographs and edited chapters for reference and citation.
- Libraries of one — the APA book catalogue on a personal login instead of a campus card.
Before you buy
Are these full books or extracts?
Full books. Complete APA titles are included, along with individual chapters from edited collections.
Which areas of psychology are covered?
All of them — clinical, cognitive, developmental, social and more, across classic and contemporary titles.
The chart
| Format | Online ebook library (subscription) |
|---|---|
| Content | Complete APA books and chapters |
| Access | EBSCOhost account |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association |
| Department | Research |
| Delivery | Emailed once your order is verified |


A. Moreau –
Being able to grab a single authoritative chapter for a lecture instead of buying the whole book is brilliant.
Dr. Grace L. –
Full APA monographs on a personal login is a genuine luxury. Read two cover to cover for my course prep.
psych_daniel –
Great mix of classic and new. A couple of very recent titles were not in yet, but the catalogue is deep.
reader_om –
Good library. The reader is functional rather than elegant, but the books themselves are the real reason to subscribe.
Dr. Nia B. –
Clinical and developmental coverage is strong. Search across chapters works better than I expected.