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March 2016 Vol. 53 No. 7

[Visited Dec'15]  Oxford Clinical Psychology is a thoughtfully curated, useful collection of current e-books and resources—an array of more than 100 Oxford University Press titles authored by experts in their fields—that fully anticipates the needs of professional clinicians and students of clinical practice.  These recently published e-books, alongside classic versions of the publisher's print titles, provide a convenient online format that is especially suited to the needs of psychologists who practice in clinics, labs, offices, and other off-campus spaces.

The collection's interface is inviting, offering a clean, familiar graphic display and smooth search experience.  To begin, users may search the collection by browsing a list of all titles, or they may search by category of interest.  Categories include Specialty, Disorders and Clinical Problems, and Series.  The first section points to more than 15 specialties and subspecialties (e.g., Geropsychology, School Psychology, Criminal and Forensic Psychology).  The Disorders and Clinical Problems section offers more than 20 subcategories (e.g., Addictive and Substance Use Disorders, Hoarding Disorder, Trauma).  The highlight of the Series section's content is the Treatments That Work series, a respected, widely read group of titles that include more than 1,000 chapters from nearly 90 works.  A handy feature of the series allows users to modify, download, and print the online forms and work sheets from the Therapists Guides and Workbooks content for their own teaching and clinical purposes.

Like the Treatments That Work forms, the collection's search and results management features are highly versatile.  Users may conduct quick or advanced searches, and wildcard characters are allowed.  Users may refine their search results by using the clearly indicated filters on the left-hand navigation bar.  Search results include books, book chapters, and abstracts written by book authors.  Each book chapter is assigned its own DOI, and it is possible to e-mail, post to social media, download, print, and annotate PDF files of each chapter.  This collection is destined to become a standard resource for psychology graduate students, clinicians, and other investigators who seek an authoritative selection of resources on psychological disorders and treatments.

--J. J. Elder, Emory University

Summing Up: Highly recommended. Advanced students, faculty, researchers, and practitioners.