Abnormal Psychology (SS2051)

Background Information
Books & Videos at Landmark College
Books & Videos Available from Other Libraries
Articles 
Websites
Citations

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Find Background Information

Use books in the Reference area and online for an overview of your topic.  This list is selective!

Ask a librarian for others.

Reference area (first floor)

• Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology — 150.3 GAL
  • Short entries cover thousands of disorders, psychologists, theories, etc.
  • Provides bibliography of further sources. Follow the bolded words in each entry.

• Psychology Basics — 150.3 P9747
  • Articles are 2- 4 pages long.
  • Articles cover symptoms, causes, impact, treatment, etc. 
  • Sample entries include: Anxiety Disorders, Bi-polar Disorder.

• Dictionary of Psychology — 150.3 C692d
  • Short definitions common to psychology.

• The Disorders: Specialty Articles from the Encyclopedia of Mental Health — 616.89 D612
  • Extensive overview articles 6 -10 pages long. 
  • Hundreds of disorders are covered.
  • Articles include description, classification, symptoms, history, characteristics, prognosis, theories, treatment.

• Mental Health Disorders Sourcebook — 616.89 M549
  • Includes symptoms, causes, consequences, etc.
  • Provides statistics.
    

 

Find Books & Films at the Landmark College Library

Use WebCat to search for other books, ebooks, and films at the Landmark College Library.

Ask a librarian for others.

Book stacks (second floor)

• Anxiety Disorders — 616.8522 H966A
• Understanding Personality Disorders — 616.8582 D632U
• Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger's, Tourette's, bipolar, and more! — LD BOOK -- RJ506.B44 2005
• Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts: how to gain control of your OCD — 616.85 P985O
• Traumatic Stress: the effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body, and society— 616.8521 TRA
• Bipolar Kids: helping your child find calm in the storm — 618.92 G795B
• Antidepressants — 616.85 M681A
• Understanding Paranoia: a guide for professionals, families, and sufferers — 616.897 K16U
• Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia — 616.898 M948C
• Addiction: opposing viewpoints -- 362.29 ADD
• Eating Disorders: everything you need to know -- 616.8526 K59E

Videos in our collection (second floor)

• Circuits of Fear: Anxiety Disorders (DVD) — 616.8982 CIR
• Phobias: Living in Terror (VHS) — 616.8522 P574
• Dark Voices: Schizophrenia (VHS) — 616.8982 DAR
• Acutely Anxious (DVD) -- 616.852 B615 disk 3

 

Find Books & Films Available from Other Libraries

• Search in WorldCat for materials available from other libraries.

• Bring a print out of the book you want to the front desk of the library.
• Allow up to two weeks (average is one week) for the materials to arrive.

 

Find Articles

Can't find the article?

• Search for the title of the journal in Serials Solutions to see if the full text is available in one of our databases. 
• If the article is not available, ask for help at the Library front desk. 
• We will get the article from another library.

Ask a librarian for help.

Databases

General OneFile

Scholarly articles from journals, magazines, and newspaper reports.

• Try a Subject Guide Search and use the Subdivisions to narrow your topic.
  • Hint: use only one term. Example: Bipolar Disorder
  • Choose the Subdivision: Case Studies

 

Academic Search Premier

Scholarly articles from journals and magazines.  Includes book reviews.

• Hint: Use "quotation marks" to search for phrases.
• Once you have a results list, Narrow By Subject. 
• Try an Advanced Search.
  • type the disorder and choose Abstract from the pull down menu.
  • type the words: case studies and choose Subject from the pull down menu to find case studies.   

 

Health & Wellness Resource Center

Provides basic information on thousands of psychological disorders and medications used to treat them. 

 

Websites

Use the Website Evaluation Checklist to evaluate your web sources.

National Institute of Mental Health

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

• Scan the Topic Finder which lists many of the disorders covered. 
• A recent articles includes many statistics: The Numbers Count

 

MedLine Plus

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

• Provides information on disorders and prescription drug treatments and links to other sites.

 

Intute Directory of Psychological Disorders

Provides links to reliable websites.

 

American Psychological Association

http://www.apa.org/

• Browse the list of Psychology Topics for topics on disorders.

 

Citations

Use the Landmark College Citation Style Guides.

 

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Contact your class librarian Elizabeth Dolinger x1628
Or Library Front Desk x1648

 

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