Psychology Resources

Psychology Books

Psychology books are generally found in the BF Library of Congress Classification section.  These books are located on the first floor of the library or in the folio section on the first floor if the books are oversized.
The BF classification is broken into the following subdivisions:

173-175.5 Psychoanalysis
176-176.5 Psychological Tests and Testing
180-198.7 Experimental Psychology
203 Gestalt Psychology
207-209 Psychotropic Drugs and Other Substances
231-299 Sensation.  Aesthesiology
309-499 Consciousness.  Cognition
501-505 Motivation
511-593 Affection.  Feeling.  Emotion
608-635 Will. Volition. Choice. Control
636-637 Applied Psychology
638-648 New Thought
660-685 Comparative Psychology
692-692.5 Psychology of Sex
697-697.5 Differential Psychology.  Individuality.  Self
698-698.9 Personality
699-711 Genetic Psychology
712-724.85 Developmental Psychology
795-839 Temperament.  Character

Reference Sources

Biographical Information

Encyclopedia of Psychology: People and History.
[http://www.psychology.org/links/People_and_History/]

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

The International Dictionary of Psychology / Stuart Sutherland.  New York: Continuum, 1989.
[Ref. BF 31 .S83 1989]

Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8 vols.  Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Assn., 2000. 
[Ref. BF 31 .E52 2000]

Encyclopedia of Psychology.  2nd ed.  4 vols.  New York: Wiley, 1994. 
[Ref. BF 31 .E52 1994]

Encyclopedia of Psychology.
[http://www.psychology.org/links/]
Intended to facilitate browsing in any area of psychology, this Website was developed by faculty of the psychology department of Jacksonville State University.

Directories

American Psychological Association.
[http://www.apa.org]

American Psychological Society.
[www.psychologicalscience.org]

Amoeba Web.
[http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/]

Psych Web.
[www.psychwww.com]

Marky Lloyd’s Careers in Psychology Page.
  [www.psychwww.com/careers/index.htm]

Mental Health Risk Factors for Adolescents.
    [http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/mental.html]

National Institute of Mental Health.
     [www.nimh.nih.gov]

Society for Research in Child Development.
    [http://www.srcd.org]

Yahoo!’s Psychology Links.
    [http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Psychology/]

Handbooksand Other References

Classics in the History of Psychology.
    [http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/links.htm]

Graduate Study in Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1994.
[Ref. BF 77 .G73 1994]

Handbook of Personality Theory and Research / Edgar F. Borgatta and William W. Lambert. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1968.
[Ref. BF 698 .B623]

Psychology Online Resource Center.
[http://www.psych-central.com]

Psychology Virtual Library.
[http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/psi]

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001.
[Ref. BF 76.7 .P83 2001]

Tests: a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education and business. Austin, Texas: PRO-ED, 2003.
[Ref BF 176 .T43 2003]

The…Mental Measurements Yearbook. Highland Park, N.J.: The Mental Measurements Yearbook.
[Ref Z 5814 .P8 B932]

Statistics

National Center for Health Statistics Site Index.
[www.cdc.gov/nchs/siteindex.htm]

Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1879-. 

Indexes to Journals

Indexes to Psychology Journals

Inspire.
Inspire is provided by the Indiana State Legislature to Indiana Residents through school, public, and academic library internet connections or at home internet connections purchased through registered Indiana Internet Service Providers. It includes indexes Academic Search Elite and MasterFILE Premier.

PsycFIRST.
Available on FirstSearch.
Most recent three years from the PsycINFO database.

Indexes to Related Articles about Psychology

Academic Search Premier.
Available on EBSCOHost.
Provides full text for nearly 4,600 sources, and indexing and abstracts for over 8,043 journals.  Approximately 3,500 journals are peer reviewed.

ERIC
Available on EBSCOHost.
Covers published and unpublished sources on educational topics from 1966 to the present.

FirstSearch.
FirstSearch is a collection of informational databases as well as national and international indexes to periodical articles, books, dissertations, and conference proceedings.  Many of the periodical indexes include full-text journal articles.

Monthly Catalog.
Available on FirstSearch.
Indexes materials published by the U.S. Government Printing Office since July 1976.

MasterFile Premier.
Available on EBSCOHost.
Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 2,700 titles, plus searchable full text for more than 2,050 active periodicals.

MEDLINE
Available on EBSCOHost.
Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals.

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature.
[Bibl. AI 3 .R48]
Core list of popular magazines from 1983 to the present.

Social Sciences Index. 
[Bibl. AI 3 .S62]
Covers social science journals from April 1974 to December 2002.

Sociological Abstracts
Available on FirstSearch.
Abstracts some 1,500 journals covering sociology and related disciplines including criminology, law, and penology.

Psychology Journals

On EBSCOHost

Additional full text articles are available at EBSCOHost’s Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier.
To retrieve a list of psychology publications available in Academic Search Premier, click on Academic Search Premier's title list in the "Choose Databases" screen. Type the word "psychology" in the "browse publications" box. Off to the right, locate and clock the radio button labeled "By Subject & Description." Click the browse button.

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