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Reference area (first floor)

• Encyclopedia of Human Emotions —152.403 ENC

• Encyclopedia of Psychology — 150.3 GAL

• Psychology Basics -- 150.3 P9747

• Dictionary of Psychology -- 150.3 C692d

• Learning & Memory -- 150.103 L438

• Classic Experiments in Psychology -- 150.724 M817c

 

 

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Databases

 

Academic Search Premier

Scholarly articles from journals and magazines.  Includes book reviews.

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

General OneFile

Scholarly articles from journals, magazines, and newspaper reports.

• Try a Subject Guide Search and use the Subdivisions to narrow your topic.
  • Use only one term. Example: Bipolar Disorder
  • Choose from the Subdivisions.

Today's Science

Articles on the latest scientific discoveries and the fundamental concepts that underlie them.

• Search for your subject in the search box on the left of the screen.
• See the list of Biographies of Psychologists.

 

Encyclopedia Britannica

Articles include many on Psychologists and their theories.

 

 

Websites

Use the Website Evaluation Checklist to evaluate your web sources.

 

Use the Google Advanced Search screen and limit by Domain.

http://www.google.com/advanced_search

 

Intute Directory of Psychology

http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/psychology/

• Provides links to reliable websites.

 

American Psychological Association

http://www.apa.org/

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

 

Human Intelligence: Historical Influences & Current Controversies http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/index.shtml

• Use the interactive timeline map and read the Biographies.

 

Personality Theories

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/perscontents.html

 

Jean Piaget Society

http://piaget.org/

 

The C.G. Jung Page

http://cgjungpage.org/

 

Freud Museum

http://www.freud.org.uk/

 

 

Social Psychology Network: History Page

http://socialpsychology.org/history.htm

 

 

 

Citations

Use the Landmark College Citation Guide

 

 

Need Help??

Contact your class librarians, Ted Chodock extension 6763 & Elizabeth Dolinger  extension 1628
Or the Main Desk of the Library, extension 1648

 

 

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