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Psychology
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The library uses the Library of Congress classification system for organizing and shelving books.
Key Areas for Research in Psychology:
BF 1-999 : Psychology |
BF 712- 724.85: Developmental Psychology |
RC 321-571: Neuroscience |
| RC 435-751: Psychiatry |
Basic Reference Resources
| A Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychological and Psychoanalytical Terms | Ref BF 31.E58 1958 |
| The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology | Ref BF 31.R43 1985b |
| The Oxford Companion to the Mind | Ref BF 31.O94 1987 |
| Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research | Ref BF 698.H335 1990 |
| Handbook of Developmental Psychology | Ref BF 713.H363 1982 |
| Facts on File Reference Suite | E-Resource |
| Psychiatric Dictionary | Ref RC 437.C36 1996 |
| Disorders of Personality | Ref RC 554.M54 |
| Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R) | Ref RC 455.2.C4 D54 1987 |
Journal Articles and Scholarly Works
| Academic Search Elite | This multidisciplinary database offers full-text for nearly 2050 scholarly journals. Journals from several areas of psychology are included in this database as well as journals from nearly every academic discipline. |
| CINAHL | Covers nursing and allied health, including psychology and psychiatry. Over 1,200 leading journals are included, many in full-text. |
| Education Full-Text | Indexes and abstracts journals and books from a variety of educational areas including psychology. Full-text is available from 1996-Present. |
| General Science Full-Text | Provides indexing and abstracting to 190 professional and popular science periodicals. Designed for students, the periodicals covered range from very general to highly specialized titles. Coverage begins in 1984 and full-text coverage begins in 1995. |
| Health Source: Consumer Edition | Features searchable full-text for over 190 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men's Health, as well as indexing and abstraction for over 205 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Coverage begins in 1985 and full-text is available. |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition | Provides nearly 600 scholarly full-text journals focusing on a variety of medical disciplines including psychology and psychiatry. It also featuers abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals and is updated daily. Coverage begins in 1975 and full-text is available. |
| Humanities Full-Text | Provides indexing and abstracting to 450 periodicals on disciplines including literature and language, history, philosophy, archaeology, classical studies, folklore, gender studies, performing arts, history, religion and theology. Full-text articles for over 95 journal titles are available online |
| MEDLINE | Contains abstracts and indexing for over 4,000 current biomedical journals, citations from Index Medicus, the International Nursing Index, and the Index to Dental Literature. Journals relevant to psychology are indexed in this database. Coverage ranges from 1966 to the present. Full-text is not available. |
| Nature Neuroscience | The fastest-growing journal in the field of neuroscience, aiming to provide readers with authoritative, accessible and timely information on the most important advances in understanding the nervous system. Areas covered include molecular, cellular, systems, behavioral, cognitive and computational studies. Full-text coverage ranges from May 1998-present. |
| An interdisciplinary scientific journal, appears weekly and publishes papers from any area of science with great potential impact. Coverage ranges from 1987-present. | |
| New England Journal of Medicine | Full-text coverage of NEJM from 1993 to the present and abstracts from 1975-1992. |
| Project Muse | Contains five scholarly journals in psychology and psychiatry. All journals are available in full-text. Coverage in this field ranges from 1995-present. |
| PsycARTICLES | The full-text companion database to PsycINFO from the American Psychological Association contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals. Full-text coverage ranges from 1987-present. |
| PsycINFO | Contians citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to disserations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. Coverage ranges from 1872-present. Full-text is not available but links to full-text articles are common. |
| PubMed | Includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related resources. |
| PubMed Central | PubMed Central is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences journal literature. Full-text articles from selected journals are presented in issue/table of contents order with a search engine. |
| Social Sciences Full-Text | Social Sciences indexes and abstracts 520 periodicals. Full-text articles for 162 journal titles are available online. Topics include anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, criminal justice and criminology, economics, family studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, social work and public welfare, sociology, urban studies, women's studies, and related subjects. |
| Web of Science | Includes Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citations Index. |
Digital Collections and Internet Resources
| Classics in the History of Psychology | From York University, this internet archive contains primary sources such as lectuers by Sigmund Freud, classic journal articles, research, and literature that are of historical significance in the field of psychology. |
| Psychology World Wide Web Virtual Library | An internet gateway to hundreds of Web sites relevant to psychology and psychiatry. Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources before they are linked from here. |
| University of California Press Scholarship Editions (Complete subject list)
Quick Links: |
The University of California Press eScholarship Editions are made available through a California Digital Library purchase from NetLibrary of 1,500 electronic book files on behalf of the UC community. eScholarship, which supports experiments in the production and dissemination of scholarly communications, converted the books into fully searchable XML. This link leads to a subject list of the over 350 publicly-accessible titles in the collection, many of which are out of print. |
Writer's Guides
| Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association | BF 76.7.P82 |
| MLA Handbook | Ref LB 2369.G53 2003 (May be on reserve.) |
| A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations | LB 2369.T8 1973 |
| Writing the Modern Research Paper | LB 2369.D44 1993 |
| Student's Guide for Writing College Papers | LB 2369 T82 1969 |
| University of Nevada, Reno Libraries- Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style |
Internet Resource |
Professional Organizations
| American Psychological Association | A leading professional organization in the field of psychology. News, research, and organizational activities are posted daily. |
| American Psychological Society | The American Psychological Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national level. News, research and activities are posted on the site. |
By Aaron F. Nichols - Public Services Librarian
Created:05/05/05
Last Update: 02/17/06