The University of St. Thomas

Selected Sources in Psychology

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:

University of St. Thomas Undergraduate Psychology Department Home Page

University of St. Thomas Graduate Programs in Counseling Psychology Home Page

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".

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.

The Blackwell Dictionary of Cognitive Psychology. 1990.
(REF BF 311 .B535 1990)
Each definition is signed and includes a bibliography of sources for further readhing on the topic.

Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology.   2 vols. 1994.
(REF BF 31 .C66 1994)
Extensive essays on psychology.  Grouped under general topics (i.e. cognition) each article is written by "an acknowledged authority" and includes a lengthy bibliography.  Volume 2 has a detailed subject index.

The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science.  4 vols.  2001.  (REF BF 31 .E528 2001)
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). 4th ed. 1994.  (REF RC 455.2 .C4 D54 1994)
The basic resources published by the American Psychiatric Association that defines and is used to assist in the diagnosis of mental disorders.

Dictionary of Psychology
Oxford University Press publication available through Oxford Reference Online.  It is listed under "Politics and Social Sciences".

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 Multicultural Psychology 
Sage publication available through CLICnet.

Encyclopedia of Psychology.  8 vols.   2000  (REF BF 31 .E52 2000)
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.

Library Use:  A Handbook for Psychology. 1992.
(REF BF 76.8 .R43 1991)

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)

Psychology:  A Guide to Reference and Information Sources. 1993.
(REF BF 121 .B39 1993)

Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.  9th ed.  2001.
(REF BF 32 .T4 2001). Kept behind the reference desk at O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library.
Psychological terms listed in alphabetical order, showing related search terms and hierarchical relationships.  Used with PsycINFO.

MORE SPECIALIZED RESOURCES:

Dictionary of Family Therapy. (REF RC 488.5 .M5313 1995) 
Encyclopedia of Adult Development.  (REF BF 724 .E53 1993)
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood In History and Society. 3 vols.
        (REF HQ 767.84 .E53 2003)
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior.  (REF BF 31 .E5 1994)
Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory. (REF BF 318 .E53 1993)
Encyclopedia of Mental Health.  4 vols. (REF RA 790 .E53 1998)
Handbook of Adolescent Psychology.  (REF BF 724 .H333 1987)
Handbook of Child Psychology.  4 vols.  (REF BF 721 .H242 2006)
Handbook of Infant Development.  (REF BF 719 .H36 1987)
Handbook of Perception and Human Performance.  (REF BF 311 .H3345 1986)
Handbook of the Psychology of Aging. (REF BF 724.55 .A35 H36 1985)
The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences.  (REF BH 311 .M556 1999)

Indexes and Abstracts Available in the UST Libraries:

The following abstract is available in print format in the UST Reference Collection .

  • Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts.  1983-    (REF HQ 1180 .S78)

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

Jan Orf, jmorf@stthomas.edu
117 O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, (651)962-5007

Last updated January 11, 2008.