PSY 463 - The University Libraries

The University Libraries

PSY 463 - Psychological Perspectives in Personal Relationships

Library Spaces: Information about places in the library for individuals or groups to study or prepare for presentations

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology Psychology Basics

Specialized books such as the following titles provide background information on your topic and help define unfamiliar terms

In the Reference Room you will find several similar volumes. Check these call numbers: BF (psychology, HQ (family studies), HM (sociology), L (education), etc.

Bibliographies at the end of encyclopedia articles will refer you to other useful sources

Dictionary of Psychology. 2006.
Also in print. Location: ref BF31 .C65

Psychology Basics. 2 vol. 2005

Location: ref BF31 .P675

1998 edition available online

Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. 3rd ed, 4 vol., 2001.

Also in print. Location: ref BF31 .E52

A Student's Dictionary of Psychology. 2006
Location: ref BF31 .S69

Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8 vols. 2000.
Location: ref BF31 .E530

Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology. 2d ed. 2001
Also in print. Location: ref BF31 .G35

Survey of Social Science: Psychology Series. 6 vols. 1993.
Location: ref BF31 .S79

Databases for Locating Journal Articles and Books

Databases are subject guides to magazines, journals, newspapers, and other materials. For more choices than those listed below, go to the University Libraries home page, click on Databases, then on the starting letter of the database or department name.

Tips:

-When searching your topic remember to try a variety of subject headings for the same concept. e.g. teenagers, adolescents, youth, juveniles

-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. Use Journal Finder if you have the name of the journal.

PsycInfo (EBSCO)

Some full text from over a thousand periodicals as well as book chapters

Subjects: mental health and behavioral issues, child development, gerontology, and counseling

Covers 1872 to present.

Cited References: shows the author's further readings list (ie. footnotes or bibliography)

Times Cited in this Database: shows the citations for any article that has cited the original article since it was published

Full text of about 50 journals including all those published by the American Psychological Assn

Also indexed in PsycInfo above

Covers basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research.

1988 to present but varies by title

Large full-text database covering thousands of general periodicals and scholarly journals

Key subjects: education, psychology, sociology, social work, and family studies.

1980 to date

Large, multidisciplinary, full text database similar to title above

Includes many peer-reviewed journals in psychology, sociology, social work, and family studies, humanities, general sciences, and education.

Full text for most titles from January 1990; full text for selected titles from 1975

Subjects: sociology, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, social psychology, substance abuse & other addictions, violence, etc.

Some full text from books and conference papers.

Abstracts of some core journals date from 1895; full text dates vary by title

Search any of the 20+ EBSCO databases

NB: in most cases the thesaurus and some of the limiters will not be available

Abstracts (no full text) for journals, books, conference papers, etc.

Subjects: sociology, social psychology, social work, community development, demography, feminist studies, etc.

1963 to present.

Looking for the full text of the article? Go to Journal Finder and enter the name of the journal.

Directory of Tests

Mental Measurements Yearbook

Information about and reviews of commercially available, English-language standardized measurements

Major subject categories: educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, intelligence, achievement, neuropsychological

No copies of the actual tests

1972+

Also in print. Location Ref BF 431 .M430

Goldman, Bert A. and others. Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures

Lists unpublished test instruments as they have been mentioned and used in the research articles of 37 professional psychology and education journals

Arranged by subject categories

Test information: test name, purpose, number or items, format, reliability, validity, author, article examined, journal in which the article appeared, related research

1974+

Location: Ref BF 431.G625

Descriptions of tests and research instruments included in the Educational Testing Service's (ETS) Tests in Microfiche , ERIC, or described in journals or book chapters

Provides descriptions of tests, citations to scholarly reviews of tests, and publisher contact information

Tests listed not available from ERIC; however, if the contact information indicates the test is archived in the Tests in Microfiche collection, that test usually is available in Jackson Library on microfiche LB1131 .T550 under the ETS tracking number

1989+

Designed as a service to locate tests, measures, instruments, etc. that can be found quickly in compilation volumes available in many libraries

Note the test keyword list for access by subject.

Style Manual

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. 2009.
location: ref desk BF76.7 P83 (Additional copies at Current Periodicals/Reserves Desk)

APA Style Quick Reference A two-page summary of the highlights from the APA Manual.

More online resources for help with APA Style

For more examples see the bottom of the PSY 311 course guide

Web Sites

Psychology Sources Links to additional databases and the electronic journals for psychology

American Psychological Association (APA) home page.

Page Author: Nancy Ryckman