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Psychology:

A Research Guide


Contents: Bibliography | Handbooks and Encyclopedias | Periodical Indexes and Abstracts | Electronic Reference Sources
Baxter, Pam M. Psychology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 1993.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF121 .B39X 1993)
Descriptive entries of over 500 sources in psychology and related disciplines. Most of the information sources are from reference tools published from 1970 to 1991.

Bibliography

Watson, Robert Irving. Eminent Contributors to Psychology. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1974.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF121B .W37)
Volume 1, a bibliography of primary references, deals with references to the works of deceased eminent contributors to psychology. Volume 2, a bibliography of secondary references, is a collection of references to sources in which the contributors and their contributions are discussed by others.
Mental Health Resources Online
Location: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/psyc/resguide/mentalh.htm)

Handbooks And Encyclopedias

Byrne, John H. Learning & Memory. New York: Gale, 2003.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF318 .E53 2003)
An overview of history and recent progress in understanding learning and memory.
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. New York: Wiley, 2001.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF31 .E52 2001)
A handy reference for current knowledge in psychology and behavioral science.
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology. 3 vols. Boston: Academic Press, 2004.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF636 .E53x 2004)
A collaborative effort of members of the International Association of Applied Psychology contains over 300 articles on various aspects of the subject aimed at a broad spectrum of readers.
Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. 3 vols. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications, 2005.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref RC489 .B485 2005)
A review of key features and issues of all methods of interest in these therapies for all age groups. Also points to more focused and technical resources.
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. 4 vols. San Diego: Academic Press, 1994.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF31 .E5 1994)
Lengthy overviews of major disciplines in the study of human behavior. Each article contains an outline, a glossary, cross references and a bibliography.
Encyclopedia of Mental Health. 3 vols. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998.
Location: Morris Library-Reference (Ref RA790.5 .E53 1998)
Articles in this encyclopedia have been chosen to reflect major disciplines in the study of mental health.
Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences. 4 vols. Boston: Academic Press, 2003.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref RC334 .E52x 2003)
The scope of inclusion is such that it is of greatest use to individuals and students from other disciplines than those directly working in the field and who wish to gain an understanding of the subjects.
Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8 vols. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2000.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF31 .E52 2000)
This is an encyclopedia of psychology that is broad in scope with subject matter analysis on a number of differing levels. Signed entries with bibliographies adds to authority of text.
Handbook of Child Psychology. 4 vols. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF721 .H242 2006)
A significant source in the field of child psychology as both an update on changes in the field and a guide for generating new questions for further research.

Periodical Indexes And Abstracts

Cumulated Subject Index to Psychological Abstracts. Washington, D.C.:American Psychological Association.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF1BP6521)
Cumulated subject indexes and supplements covers Psychological Abstracts from 1927-1983.
Author Index to Psychological Abstracts 1894 to 1935 and Psychological Abstracts 1927 to 1963. Cumulative Author Index to Psychological Abstracts 1964-1980. Boston, Mass: G.K. Hall & Co.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF1B.P652)
Cumulated author indexes and supplements covers Psychological Abstracts from 1927-1980.
Education Index. New York: H.W. Wilson.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref L11B .E38)
This index to educational journals includes such topics as educational psychology, exceptional children, and mental health. Includes author listing of citations to book reviews since 1975. Library has 1929-1996.
Exceptional Child Education Resources. Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref LC3950B .E93)
Psychological studies and articles on gifted and special education.

Electronic Reference Sources

Biological Sciences Set
Location: Library Databases
This is an interdisciplinary database to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
Education Full Text
Location: Library Databases
Electronic index to over 400 periodicals included in Education Index. It also includes the full text of some of the most important education journals from 1996 forward. Covers 1983-present.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) [Cambridge Scientific Abstracts]
Location: Library Databases
This file corresponds to the print indexes of Resources in Education and CIJE. ERIC is enhanced with Get It! links.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) [EBSCOHost]
Location: Library Databases
International Abstracts of Human Resources
Location: Library Databases
Is a guide to the literature of management, human resources, and personnel. Includes a subject category "behavior in organizations."
MEDLINE
Location: Library Databases
Online database corresponds to Index Medicus for last 12 years. Medline is enhanced with Get It! links.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Location: Library Databases
The electronic version of the Mental Measurements Yearbook containing description information and critical reviews of commercially-available standardized English-language educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological and achievement and intelligence tests. This database contains data from Yearbooks 9 through 16.
PsycINFO
Location: Library Databases
An electronic index to professional and academic literature in psychology and related fields. It indexes,with abstracts, articles related to psychology and published in journals and chapters in books. The indexing from 1887 to 1926 is of APA journals and those from 1921-1926 from the Psychological Bulletin. Book chapter coverage starts in 1967. There is an online thesaurus as well as the printed Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms for subject searching assistance. Coverage is from 1806 to current. PsycINFO is enhanced with Get It! links.
Web of Science
Location: Library Databases
A huge, multidisciplinary database corresponding to Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, published by the Institute for Scientific Information. Provides access to a wealth of scholarly journal literature from more than 8,000 scholarly journals. Cited references may also be searched. Abstracts are included.
Sociological Abstracts
Location: Library Databases
Corresponds to Sociological Abstracts, in print, 1974 to the present. This database is enhanced with Get It! links.

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