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Selected Sources in Psychology

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Selected Sources in Psychology

Resources for specific courses:

Direct links to resources on this page:

Other Web sites with information on more specific psychology topics:

Psychology departments at the University of St. Thomas:

   A Few General Psychology Reference Resources Available in UST Libraries:

 

Annual Review of Psychology. 
This online resources provides annual updates on what research is being done in the field of Psychology.

APA Dictionary of Psychology.  2007  (Keffer and OSF REF BF 31 .A63 2007)

The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science.  4 vols.  2001.  (REF BF 31 .E528 2001 @ OSF and KEF)
A four-volume encyclopedia, international in scope, which covers important terms and concepts in articles written by well-known authorities.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR). 4th ed (text revised). 2000.  (REF RC 455.2 .C4 D536 2000)
The basic resources published by the American Psychiatric Association that defines and is used to assist in the diagnosis of mental disorders.

A Dictionary of Psychology.
This Oxford online dictionary was edited by Andrew M. Colman.

The Dictionary of Psychology.  1999.  (REF BF 31 .C72 1999)
Edited by Raymond Corsini, this is a basic dictionary to terms in the field of psychology.

Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development
Available through Gale Virtual Reference Library and through CLICnet.

Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology 
Sage publication available through CLICnet.

Encyclopedia of Psychology.  8 vols.   2000  (REF BF 31 .E52 2000 @ OSF and KEF)
This set, published by the American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press, is the basic set for the field.  Articles are written by authorities in the field and include extensive bibliographies.

Encyclopedia of Psychology
A good basic resource which provides articles on several general topics, such as "Paradigms and Theories", "Career", and "People and History".  This free web site provides a search box to find articles on specific topics.

International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. 
Macmillan publication available through CLICnet.

The International Dictionary of Psychology.   2d ed.  1996.
(REF BF 31 .S83 1996)
A basic dictionary with short definitions of psychology terms.

The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences.  2001.  26 vols.  (REF H 41 .I58 2001)
A major encyclopedia in the field.  Each in-depth article is signed and includes cross-references and a bibliography of resources.  Volume 25 is an index to names in the publication, and volume 26 is a subject index to the set.

Oxford Companion to the Mind.
Oxford University Press publication which serves as a guide to the human mind.  It is available through CLICnet.

Psychologists' Desk Reference.  2nd ed.  (REF RC 467.2 .P78 2005)

Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.  11th ed.  2007. (REF BF 32 .T4 2007). Kept behind the reference desk at O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library and in Reference at Keffer Library.
Psychological terms listed in alphabetical order, showing related search terms and hierarchical relationships.  Used with PsycINFO.

MORE SPECIALIZED RESOURCES:

Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development.  2007.
Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development. 2007 
Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development. 2007
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood In History and Society. 3 vols.
        (REF HQ 767.84 .E53 2003)
Encyclopedia of Counseling.  2008.
Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. 2 vols (REF R 726.5 .E53 2004)
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior.  (REF BF 31 .E5 1994)
Encyclopedia of Mental Health.  4 vols. (REF RC 437 .K34 2008)
Handbook of Adolescent Psychology. 2 vols. (REF BF 724 .H33 2009)
Handbook of Child Psychology.  4 vols.  (REF BF 721 .H242 2006)
Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology. (REF RJ 503.3 .H36 2001 @ OSF and KEF)
Handbook of Counseling Psychology. (Keffer REF BF 637 .Ct H315 2008)
Handbook of Environmental Psychology.  (REF BF 353 .H36 2002)

   Indexes and Abstracts Available in the UST Libraries:

 

The following indexes and abstracts are available in electronic format. Accessibility is noted with each title:

   Web sites:

  • Addiction search
    This is an excellent site for information on addictive behavior.  Some of the categories included are statistics, populations, treatment, prevention, etc.

  • American Psychological Association
    This is the official home page of the American Psychological Association.  In addition to providing information on the association and its members, it provides access to other resources on the WWW of interest to those doing psychological research. Check out the resources they have to offer including PsycCAREERS and KidsPSYCH.

  • The Archives of the History of American Psychology
    This Web site identifies resources available in the University of Akron's archive.  Materials are not available full-text, but it provides information on how to access them.

  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
    An excellent site which provides "information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues." 

  • Community Psychology Network Library
    A comprehensive guide to the field of community psychology, prevention, intervention, and action research.  It is developed for the use of anyone researching in these fields.

  • Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
    Access to the tables of contents and selected abstracts of these two journals.  One article per issue is also selected for full-text access on the WWW.  Links to other online journals, most of which provide only table of contents information, are also available.

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
    This is the home page for the governmental agency that conducts and supports research on mental illness and mental health.  In addition to providing information on the organization, it reviews information on a variety of topic on mental health and disorders.

  • Psych Central
    This is a general information site which includes basic mental health descriptions and definitions.  It includes the latest news in the field and links to newsgroups of interest.  It is more of a general news site than a research site, but it gives good basic information.

  • Psych Web Resources
    This site is set up for teachers and students of psychology and includes many resources of interest to those doing research in the field.  It includes online books, web-based journals and many links to different topics in psychology. 

  • PsychScholar
    This provides links to many psychology resources on the web available from John Krantz of Hanover College.

  • Social Psychology network
    This site, from Wesleyan University, provides links to over 4,000 web sites in social psychology.  It includes searching capabilities within the web site.

  • Top 20 Psychology
    This resources identifies the "best" Web sites in the field.  They also identify good research sites in specific areas of psychology, such as "Clinical", "Cognitive", "Dreams", "History", and "Psychologists".

Jan Orf, jmorf@stthomas.edu , Mail #5004,
153 O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, (651)962-5007

Merrie Davidson, davi0635@stthomas.edu ,
121 MOH, Charles J. Keffer Library, (651)062-4661

Last updated September 8, 2009.