PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH GUIDE

REFERENCE

Printed Sources

The following is a list of major reference sources available in the Reference Room:

  • American Psychological Association (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
    Ref BF76.7.P83
  • Colman, A.M. (2001). A Dictionary of Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    Ref BF31.C65
  • Drever, J. (1952). The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology. New York: Penguin Books.
    Ref BF31.D25

  • Erwin, E. (Ed.). (2002).The Freud Encyclopedia: Theory, Therapy, and Culture. New York: Routledge.
    Ref BF173.F6176

  • Hersen, M., & Sledge, W.H. (Eds.). (2002). Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy. Amsterdam: Academic Press.
    Ref RC475.7.E55
  • Kazdin, A.E. (Ed.). (2000). Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
    Ref BF31.E52

  • Petrovsky, A.V., & Yaroshevsky, M.G. (Eds.). (1985).A Concise Psychological Dictionary. Moscow: Progress.
    Ref BF31.P494

On-line Sources

Here you may find a list of pertinent on-line reference resources.

  • Encyclopedia Britannica gives access to basic reference information.

  • Oxford Reference Online contains dictionaries and other quick reference sources, including quotations, maps, timelines, and illustrations. It also contains subject specific sources, such as A Dictionary of Psychology.

    Note: the links mentioned above work only when you are on-campus. To use these resources from off-campus, start from the databases webpage

BOOK SEARCHING

Most of the books on psychology can be found on the shelves under section BF in the Library of Congress Classification System. The RC section is devoted to psychiatry and psychopathology, and books on social pathology can be found under HV.

The Library catalog allows different kind of searches, including Subject Keyword and Subject Browse. A Subject Keyword search will retrieve all the subject strings containing the word you searched for. A Subject Browse search will lead to the controlled subject headings list. Determining which "controlled" subject headings are established for aspects of a topic is an important step in finding relevant material. You may want to browse on the broader subject (e.g. psychology) to find out what's available in the Library.

Some examples of official subject headings and heading patterns are listed below:

 

JOURNALS

A large collection of electronic journals is available through library databases such as JSTOR and EBSCO (Academic Search Premier and Business Source Premier).

Here is a sample of the most important full-text titles, directly accessible through Journals, A to Z:

On-Line Journals

The following journals are a sample of freely accessible online journals:

    Last updated: 22-4-2009