Psychology Subject Guide

PRINT RESOURCES         Article Databases          Internet Resources

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Biographical Dictionary of Psychology  Ref  BF109.A1 B56 1997
• A Dictionary of Psychology   Ref BF31 .C65 2001                                                              
• Dictionary of Behavioral Science   Ref BF31 .D48 1989                                                                                      
• Encyclopedia of Human Behavior [1994]   Ref BF31 .E5
• Encyclopedia of Psychology   Ref BF31 .E523 2000                                                           
• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  Ref H41 .I58 2001                                                              
• The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences   Ref BF311 .M556 1999

Guide

• Library Use : a Handbook for Psychology   Ref BF 76.8 .R43 1992  

Style Manual

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
  Ref BF 76.7 .P83 2001 (2nd copy on Reserve)

Thesaurus

• Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms    Ref Desk Z695.1 .P7 T48 2001

Yearbooks

• Annual Review of Psychology, 1952-      BF 63 .D56 (main collection) 
  Also online at  http://www.annualreviews.org/
• Mental Measurements Yearbook, 1938-  Ref LB 3051 .Z98
  

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ARTICLE DATABASES  

• Academic Search Premier
  ASP provides full text of more than 4700 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, health science, education, and multi-cultural journals.  In addition, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 8200 journals.  Full-Text and indexing go as far back as 1975.
• PsycArticles
  Covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 25,000 searchable full text articles from 38 journals published by the APA and 4 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 42 journals. Coverage spans from 1988 to the present.
• PsycINFO
  PsycINFO (APA) contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines. Journal coverage, spanning 1987 - present, includes international material selected from more than 1,500 periodicals written in over 35 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. Over 60,000 references are added annually through weekly updates.

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SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES  

• American Psychological Association
• Classics in the History of Psychology 
• Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 
• Psych Central
• Psychology World Wide Web Virtual Library
• Social Phobia / Social Anxiety Association 

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