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Psychology: Library Resources
This guide lists basic sources helpful for library research in
psychology. Related research guides include Experimental
Psychology and School
Clinical Psychology. In addition to the reference materials listed
here, the Birnbaum Library has many circulating books that may be of interest to
those pursuing research in psychology. Consult the library
catalog to find out what is available.
Background Sources
in Psychology
- Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology Birnbaum Ref
BF31.C66 1994 (vols.1 & 2)
- Organized into 13 sections that cover reference material on all major
branches of psychological research and professional practice.
- Comprehensive Clinical Psychology Birnbaum Ref
BF31.C67 1998 (vols. 1-11)
- Each volume covers a major
subject or subjects. Consult the index to locate your topic.
- Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral
Science Birnbaum Ref BF31.E2 2001 (vols. 1-4)
- Current four-volume set covering all aspects of
psychology.
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- Encyclopedia of Human Behavior Birnbaum Ref BF31.E5
1994 (vols. 1-4)
- Provides lengthy essays on various aspects of human behavior. Describes
the research conducted in these areas.
- Encyclopedia of Psychology Birnbaum Ref
BF31.E52 2000 (vols. 1-8)
- Large, general encyclopedia of psychology.
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- International Dictionary of Psychology Birnbaum Ref
BF31.S83 1996
- Attempts to include all technical terms a psychologist might encounter.
Examples and diagrams sometimes provided.
- Survey of Social Science: Psychology Birnbaum Ref
BF31.S79 1993 (vols. 1-6)
- Each article includes a brief definition, principal terminology, and an essay.
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Finding
Books in the Pace University Library
You can find other books on your research topic by searching the online
Pace Library Catalog by subject or keyword.
Subject searches target the specific Library of Congress Subject Headings that
have been assigned to the books that the Pace Library owns. Unless you
know the subject headings that pertain to your topic, you may want to begin with
a Keyword search. Once you have found a source that you find useful, look at
the Library of Congress Subject Headings towards the bottom of the catalog record to
determine the best terms to use in a Subject search for further materials.
For more information, please see our guide to Using
the Pace Library Catalog.
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Finding Journal
Articles
To find out which psychology journals the library subscribes to (in print
and/or electronic formats), go into the Pace
Library Catalog (http://library.pace.edu/library/pages/catalog_web.html),
and choose to Browse
Journals by Subject.
To find journal articles on a particular topic, use one of the library's databases. To access
psychology databases that
the Pace Library subscribes to, go to the
library
home page (http://library.pace.edu), click on Databases, and use the
pull-down menu labeled "Subject Research Area" to select Psychology.
You may also choose a specific database from an alphabetical list. The
following library databases may be useful for research in psychology:
- PsycINFO 1887-present
Access: http://www.pace.edu/library;
click on databases
- Psychology database published by the American
Psychological Association. Also see PsycArticles,
which includes the full-text of APA journals dating back to 1988. Help
on searching this database is available.
- Academic
Search Premier
Access: http://library.pace.edu;
click on Databases
- Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering
academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education,
computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts &
literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Help
on searching this database is available.
- Education
Abstracts 1983-present
Access: http://www.pace.edu/library;
click on databases
- Abstracts only, selected full text available in Omnifile
(another
database). Help
on searching this database is available.
-
ERIC
1966-present
Access: http://www.pace.edu/library;
click on databases
- Citations and abstracts for over 980 journals dealing with
education and related fields. Help
on searching this database is available.
- Medline
1966-present
Access: http://www.pace.edu/library;
click on databases
- Indexes journals published in the U.S. and
internationally. Covers all areas of medicine, including psychiatry.
Help
on searching this database is available.
- Research Library 1989-present
Access: http://library.pace.edu;
click on Databases
- Contains citations, with abstracts, to more than 1,800 general-interest
periodicals. Included are over 500 periodicals related to the social
sciences, nearly 400 related to the humanities, more than 150 in
the general sciences field, and approximately 200 business titles.
More than 200 of the journals are available in full text.
Help
on searching this database is available.
- Sociological
Abstracts 1963-present
Access: http://library.pace.edu;
click on Databases
- Indexes and abstracts English-language journals in sociology, social work, and other social
sciences. Help
on searching this database is available.
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Finding Web
Sites
The Pace Library maintains a directory of Web sites that
librarians have looked at and judged to be appropriate for academic research.
To access this directory, visit the Library's Internet
Resources page and use the pull-down menu provided to select Psychology. Other, more extensive directories of high-quality Web
resources that you may find useful include:
- INFOMINE http://infomine.ucr.edu/
- A collection of scholarly Internet resources,
arranged by subject. INFOMINE was developed by the University of
California, Riverside.
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
- Though specifically intended for users of public
libraries, this annotated subject directory links to more than 9,000
high-quality Web resources.
- The Scout Report Archives http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/archives/
- Search for critical evaluations of Websites that have
appeared in previous editions of the Scout Report.
You may also find useful information on the Web by using a general search engine such as
Google (http://www.google.com) or AltaVista
(http://altavista.com). Bear in mind that
anybody can publish on the Web, so it is particularly important to critically
evaluate the information that you find there. For more information, please
see the Pace Library's guide to Evaluating
Resources.
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Citing Your Sources
Once you have finished your research and written your paper, you will need to prepare your
bibliography and cite any sources you have referenced within the text.
Please see the Pace Library's guide to How
to Cite Resources for more information
on citation styles for print and electronic resources. Check with your instructor if you are unsure of which citation style to
use.
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Created by Pace University Library
Last Revised 1/23/04
Sarah Higgins
shiggins@pace.edu
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