Melissa Browne
Student Services Librarian
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Psychology
by Melissa Browne – March 18, 2020
Use the tools on this guide to get started with your research in psychology, human development and related fields
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Key Resources
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PsycINFO is published by the American Psychological Associations and provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. Documents indexed include journals, articles, books, dissertations and more. 90% of the 3,000+ titles indexed in PsycINFO are peer-reviewed.
PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles.
PsychiatryOnline is a website that features DSM-5, DSM-5 clinical cases, the DSM-5 handbook of differential diagnosis and The American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of a collection of psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools. Much more than individual titles, PsychiatryOnline features sophisticated searching and indexing tools that enable users to quickly target all the information needed
NOTE: There are a limited number of simultaneous users >> please LOGOFF when finished.
HAPI is an excellent source for locating or reviewing health and psychosocial measurement instruments. It is an index to journal articles and other sources about measurement tools used in in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.
HAPI includes citations to questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests.
Coverage: 1985 to date, with many earlier measures
Tags: Medicine, Psychology, Research Methods, Tests And Instruments
Tags: Medicine, Psychology, Research Methods, Tests And Instruments
PsycTESTS is a research database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, and other assessments as well as descriptive and administrative information.
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Journals A-Z
Interdisciplinary Databases
Scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Navigate the full citation network.
Academic Search Complete is a multidisciplinary database broadly covering newspapers, magazines and journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
Coverage: 1887-present
Tags: Art, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Multidisciplinary, Science, Social Science
Tags: Art, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Multidisciplinary, Science, Social Science
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PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
Coverage: 1902-present
Tags: Animals, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine
Related links: PubMed Help
Tags: Animals, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine
Related links: PubMed Help
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and provides extensive access to educational-related literature.
The database covers the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
Containing over 235,000 records, Communication Abstracts covers major journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource that encompasses the breadth of the communication discipline.
Related: Communication Abstracts
HUM & SOC SCI REF P87 C58
Print edition of Communication Abstracts.
Covers current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials; covers journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews
Provides access to citations for a wide range of topics in the study of women and gender, 1972-present.
If you have not found a particular reference in online databases, before manually entering the reference, you might want to see if Google Scholar has the citation. If so, keep in mind that the bibliographic data may be quite minimal or incomplete. You can “Import” Google Scholar references into EndNote but Google only allows importing of one record at a time.
Search for your topic in Google Scholar, click under the item you want on the link “Cite” and then choose “Import into EndNote”. Below is a box that you can check off to “Remember my bibliography manager and show import links on search result pages.” NOTE: Google does not send coding for the reference type (book chapter, conference etc.) so the record automatically goes to the “journal article” reference format. Scan carefully each imported record in case a reference type change is needed.
Full-Text Journals
Annual ‘handbook’ with introductory and summary articles to the latest thinking on important and emerging issues in psychology. Includes substantial bibliographies.
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PsyArXiv is a free preprint service for the psychological sciences, maintained by The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science to facilitate the rapid dissemination of psychological research. It includes working papers, unpublished work, and articles under review (preprints).
JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of hundreds important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are now included for selected titles. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Search interface to the fulltext of journals published by Sage, and subscribed to by the University Library, UC Davis. Contains over 400 titles. Particularly strong in the social sciences, (including cultural studies and management) material sciences, and health sciences. Database can be subdivided by subject “collection”. Coverage varies by title.
Advanced search interface for nearly 1000 online journals published with the Routledge, Taylor & Francis, and Psychology Press imprints. Browse list of titles available. Disciplinary scope and coverage vary.
Full-text searchable database collection for Wiley eBooks and journals in the sciences, technology, medicine and social sciences. PLEASE NOTE: This collection does *not* include ALL books published by Wiley but selected titles. In particular, the publisher has chosen *not* to include textbooks in this package. Access for eBooks begins primarily with 2011. Those items available are marked with an unlocked lock icon.NEW books are added monthly.
Web database for scientific research that contains abstracts, tables of contents, and full text of articles in the sciences, technology, medicine and social sciences published by Elsevier.
Reference Sources
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Alan E. Kazdin
Call #: Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference BF31 .E52 2000 Lib Use Only
Publication Info: 2000
Published by the American Psychological Association, and Oxford University Press.
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Irving B. Weiner; W. Edward Craighead
Call #: Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference BF31 .E52 2010 Lib Use Only
Publication Info: 2010
Authoritative coverage of the major area of psychology from selected experts. Contains substantial bibliogrpahies.
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The scholarly study of children and young people is a relatively new multidisciplinary effort that spans multiple epistemologies and methodologies, making it challenging for students and scholars to stay informed. From psychology to labor rights, from ethics to education, Childhood Studies is one of the most active fields in academia today. It encompasses the meanings that adults place on children’s innocence or competence, and interrogates the notion of childhood as a social category.
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Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology is a ready, reliable resource for scholars and researchers, practitioners, teachers, and students to access classic, contemporary, and cutting edge scholarship in psychology, much of which is now available in online venues. Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology is a quick, comprehensive, and efficient source for exploring or staying current with the growing science of psychology.
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Full-Text collection of neuroscience reference sources, and MIT Press books and journals in the brain and cognitive sciences.
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Harold Pashler (Editor)
Call #: Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference BF441 .E53 2013 Lib Use Only
Publication Info: 2013
Published by SAGE this encyclopedia contains articles on psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience, as well as those on the topic of the Mind in the fields of philosophy, economics, anthropology, linguistics, computer science, molecular biology, education, and literature.
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Ronald L. Jackson (Editor)
Call #: Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference BD236 .E42 2010 Lib Use Only
Publication Info: 2010
The two volumes of this encyclopedia seek to explore myriad ways in which we define ourselves in our daily lives. Comprising 300 entries, the Encyclopedia of Identityoffers readers an opportunity to understand identity as a socially constructed phenomenon.
Published by SAGE
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Roy F. Baumeister (Editor); Kathleen D. Vohs (Editor)
Call #: Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference HM1007 .E53 2007 Lib Use Only
Publication Info: 2007
The Encyclopedia of Social Psychology includes more than 600 entries chosen by a diverse team of experts to comprise an exhaustive list of the most important concepts. A SAGE publication
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George F. Koob (Editor-In-Chief); Michel Le Moal (Editor-In-Chief); Richard F. Thompson (Editor-In-Chief); Michel Le Moal (Editor-In-Chief)
Call #: ebook
Publication Info: 2010
Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience covers the foundation knowledge in the field as well as important research in all areas of Behavioral Neuroscience.
an EBook from Academic Press
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William A. Darity
Call #: Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference H40.A2 I5 2008 Lib Use Only
Publication Info: 2007
Latest edition of a classic reference source. It is comprehensive and substantial in its coverage. On the same shelf, the library maintains both the 1968 and the 1930 editions for comparative purposes.
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J.D Wright (Editor-In-Chief)
Call #: ebook
Publication Info: 2015
This Encyclopedia maps the social and behavioral sciences on a grand scale. In 26 volumes, 4,000 articles, it includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.