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Specialized books such as the following titles provide background information on your topic and help you understand unfamiliar words. In the Reference Room you will find several similar volumes. Check these call numbers: BF (psychology), (HQ (family studies), HM (sociology), L (education) Bibliographies at the end of each article will refer you to other useful sources.
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Dictionary of Psychology, 2006.
Also available in print. Location: ref BF31 .C65
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology.
2d ed. 2001
Also available in print. Location: ref BF31 .G35
Magill's Encyclopedia of Social Science: Psychology. 4 vols. 2003
Location: ref BF31 .M33
APA Dictionary of Psychology. 2007.
Location: ref BF31 .A63
Psychology Basics. 2 vols. 2005.
Location: ref BF31 .P765
1998 edition available online
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science.
3d ed. 4 vols. 2001.
Also available in print. Location: ref BF31 .E52
Student's Dictionary of Psychology. 4th ed. 2003.
Location: ref BF31 .S69
Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8 vols. 2000.
Location: ref BF31 .E530
Use the subject databases below to find magazines, journals, newspapers, and other materials. For more choices, go to the University Libraries home page, click on Databases, then on the starting letter of the database or department name.
Click here for information on using the search connectors AND, OR, and NOT in your search strategy
REMEMBER: To get to the full text of the journal article you must go through the Library's web pages. We have paid for access to the journals. You cannot go to the publisher's page to get an article.
PsycInfo (via EBSCO), 1872-
PsycArticles, 1988-
Additional Psychology Databases
Looking for the full text of the article? Go to Journal Finder and enter the name of the journal.
Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association.
6th ed. 2009.
Location: ref desk BF76.7 P83
(Copies are on Reserve also)
Text
of an electronic journal article retrieved via a DOI number:
Smith, W.C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 78(4), 443-449.
doi:10.1037/002-9432.76.4.482
Text of an electronic article from a publisher or organization website:
Examples: Environmental Science and Technology comes from the American Chemical Society. Environment and
Planning A comes from the publisher, Pion. Journal Finder may show the source as "Independent Publication." If
the database you are using routes you through Journal Finder to another location for the full text, before you
click on the link in Journal Finder, you should take note of whether the new link looks like a
publisher/organization or another database. If you aren't sure, feel free to check with a librarian.
Painter, J. (2008). Cartographic anxiety and the
search for regionality. Environment and Planning A, 40, 342-361. Retrieved from
http://www.envplan.com/epa/fulltext/a40/a38255.pdf
Article from a print or microfilm journal:
VandenBos, G., Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2001). Role of reference elements in the selection of resources by psychology
undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 5(2), 117-123.
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