Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia articles, written by subject authorities, provide information useful for gaining a basic understanding of a topic and getting started with a research project. Typically, a bibliography, or list, of "classic" books and articles for further research follows each article. Students will find also these encyclopedias useful for brushing up on topics related to their central area of investigation. [Note: See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower sub-fields within the discipline.]

Encyclopedia of cognitive science. Editor-in-chief, Lynn Nadel. London ; New York : Nature Pub. Group, 2003.

Articles include a range of topics such as connectionism, David Hume, information theory, statistical pattern recognition, Turing test, and vagueness. Entries are informative, readable, and give guidance for further study.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] BF311 .E530 2003 v1-4

Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. San Diego : Academic Press, 1994.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] BF31 .E5 1994 v1-4

Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York:Oxford University,2000.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] BF31 .E52 2000 v1-8 

Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. New York:Wiley,2001.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] BF31 .E52 2001 v1-4

International encyclopedia of psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis & neurology. Benjamin B. Wolman, editor. New York : Produced for Aesculapius Publishers by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., c1977

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RC334 .I57  v1-12

Subject Dictionaries

These specialized subject dictionaries define the terminology in the discipline. See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower sub-fields within the discipline.

A Dictionary of Psychology. [ Online ] Oxford University Press, 2001. Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t87&subject=s20 (Accessed 18 March 2003).

Edited by Andrew M. Colman. Includes 10,500 entries."This comprehensive dictionary is essential reading for professional psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, and students of psychology and related disciplines such as nursing, sociology, social work, and education. There is comprehensive coverage of phobias and phobic stimuli and mental disorders." Restricted to Union College.

The Dictionary of Psychology. Philadelphia:Brunner/Mazel, 1999

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] BF31 .C72 1999

Dictionary of the Social Sciences. [ Online ] Oxford University Press, 2002. Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t104&subject=s20 (Accessed 18 March 2003).

Edited by Craig Calhoun. Includes 1800 entries. Ranging from 50 to 500 words, entries draw on classic and contemporary scholarship, and include basic terms, concepts, theories, schools of thought, methodologies, techniques, topics, issues, and controversies. "In addition to terminology, the Dictionary includes nearly 275 biographies of major figures—from Franz Boas to John Maynard Keynes to Max Weber, whose work has had a profound impact on the various fields." Restricted to Union College.

Biographical Dictionary of Psychology. New York: Routledge Reference,1997

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] BF109.A1 B56 1997

Handbooks

Handbooks collect basic, practical information—formulas, tables of data, classification systems, definitions—for professionals operating within a discipline.

Comprehensive handbook of psychological assessment. Editor-in-chief, Michel Hersen. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2004.

Covers intellectual and neuro-psychological assessment, personality assessment, behavioral assessment, and industrial and organizational assessment.

CALL NUMBER: [q] BF176 .C654 2004  v.1-4

 

The Handbook of Psychological Assessment. Groth-Marnat, Gary. New York :Wiley, c1990.

CALL NUMBER: BF176 .G76 1990

Handbook of Psychology. Irving B. Weiner, editor in chief. New York : Wiley, c2003.

The first two volumes cover history and research methods; each of the next ten, a particular area of psychology: biological, experimental, personality and social, developmental, educational, clinical, health, assessment, forensic, and industrial and organizational.

CALL NUMBER: [REf] BF121 .H1955 2003  v.1-12

Handbook of Psychoeducational Assessment: Ability, Achievement and Behavior in Children. Andrews, Jac J.M. SanDiego: Academic Press, c2001.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] LB3051 .H31985 2001

Handbook of Psychophysiology. Cacioppo, John T. Cambridge University Press: 2000.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] [q]QP360 .P7515 2000

Sources of Statistics

The library subscribes to the ASI Microfiche Library. Every document indexed in ASI since 1979 is available in this library. In addition to the ASI Microfiche Library for federal government publications containing statistical data, the library also subscribes to the SRI Microfiche Library, containing most but not every non-federal statistical item indexed in SRI. A third collection, Index to International Statistics, deals with statistical material from international, intergovernmental bodies, completes the package. Online access to the database—and to some of the documents themselves—is available through the Statistical Universe component of LexisNexis Academic Universe.

Directories

Directories identify the professionals, institutions, organizations, and associations within a discipline.

Biographical Dictionary of Psychology. New York: Routledge Reference,1997

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] BF109.A1 B56 1997 

Citation Guides and Style Manuals

Style manuals and citations guides illustrate how to cite book, journal, and other research sources, including materials found in online databases and on the Web according to the conventional format of a particular discipline. Subject specific citation guides are listed below, and a complete listing appears at Reference Sites: Citation Guides and Style Manuals.

APA Style Guide. [ Online ] Available: http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. [ Online ] Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger. Available: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/

Books in Schaffer Library are arranged by Library of Congress Class number. Class numbers are searchable in the Web Catalog and browsable in the Stacks and Reference Collection.

BF 1 - 940	Psychology, Parapsychology and Occultism
HM 251 - 291	Social Psychology
HN 1 - 981	Social History. Social Problems. Social Reform
HQ 1 -2039	Family, Marriage and Women
HV 1 - 9960	Social Pathology, Social Service and Criminology
RA 1 - 1270	Public aspects of medicine
RC  321 - 571	Neurology and psychiatry
RM 1 - 931	Therapeutics, Pharmacology

 

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Microfiche copies of Senior honors theses are maintained in the Library. For details on the Library's theses holdings, formats, access, photocopying restrictions, and searching for a thesis in the online catalog, see the Thesis Search Page.

Research Guides supplement the broader Research by Subject pages by focusing on the print and electronic resources that are most useful for a course-specific research assignment. For faculty, the Research Guides provide structured access to the Library and Internet resources relevant to their own work or in advising students on their research projects. For students working independently, it serves as a reminder of services and materials offered within the library while at the same time providing a gateway for information available from remote sites.

Faculty using Blackboard are encouraged to incorporate links to Library resources—and specifically the Research by Subject pages and the appropriate course-related Research Guides—into the Blackboard course pages. Your Departmental Liaison or Bibliographic Instruction Contacts can assist you.

Schaffer Library provides to range of general and subject-specific electronic databases—some offering full-text access to articles or library holdings information.

Databases & Indexes > Psychology

The following URL's are offered as gateways to professional societies, publications and bibliographic references.

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute - Bibliographic listings of reference materials available in the field of alcohol and drug abuse. Site maintained by the University of Washington.

American Psychological Association

American Psychiatric Association

BUBL Link Psychology    - Internet- based information service originating from the UK.

Child Abuse Prevention Network - Sponsored by LifeNET, Inc. and the Family Life Development Center of Cornell University, this site provides links to internet resources dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association - In cooperation with the Psychiatry Dept. of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, DRADA works to disseminate educational materials surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of depression and bipolar  disorders.

Encyclopedia of Psychology - Maintained by William Palya of the Dept. of Psychology at Jacksonville State University, this site contains both original information and a hierarchical database of links to various areas of psychological research and data.

GeroWeb - An online resource developed by the GeroInformatics Workgroup at the Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology.

Hanover College Psychology Dept - Listing of websites for psychological resources on the internet.

National Institute of Mental Health - Publications, reports, bibliographies and other educational materials provided by the NIMH regarding the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses.

PILOTS - An electronic database produced by the National Center for PTSD and made available through Dartmouth College. This database indexes worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues resulting from exposure to traumatic events.

WWW Virtual Library:Psychology
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/psi/

Tools for tracking recently published articles.

The New York Times: Psycology [ Online ] The New York Times. Available: http://college.nytimes.com/guests/directory/directory/Social_Sciences/Psychology
Provides full text access to Psychology articles from The New York Times "Social Sciences" section.

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