Dacus Library Research Guide: Psychology

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Psychology

A. Mays
Head, Monograph & A-V Acquisitions
Dacus Library
June, 2008

Locating Information in Dacus Library Online :

Dacus Library's online catalog (DOC) allows information to be accessed by author, title and subject. Choose the AUTHOR or TITLE search modes to quickly locate a specific book. Choose the SUBJECT search mode to find books on topics. You can also use DOC to find out if Dacus owns any particular journal. Choose the JOURNAL search mode, then type in the exact title of the journal. DOC will tell you if we subscribe to that journal and where we keep it.

Search DOC now by choosing a subject heading from the list below:

Clinical health psychology	Clinical psychology	Counseling
Depression	Developmental psychology	Ethnopsychology
Environmental psychology	Motivation psychology	Observation (psychology)
Post-traumatic stress disorder	Psychiatry	Psychology
Psychology, industrial	Psychophysiology	Psychotherapy
Stress (Psychology)

Book Sources:

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Psychology	Reference Collection	HM251 .B476 1995
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (4 volumes)	Reference Collection	BF251 .B476 1995
Dictionary of Personality and Social Psychology	Reference Collection	BF698 .D527 1986
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (4 volumes)	Reference Collection	BF31 .E5 1994
Encyclopedia of Gerontology: age, aging, and the aged (2 volumes)	Reference Collection	RC952.5 .E58 1996
Encyclopedia of Human Emotions (2 volumes)	Reference Collection	BF531 .E55 1999
Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory	Reference Collection	BF318 .E53 1992
Encyclopedia of Mental Health (3 volumes)	Reference Collection	RA790 .E53 1998
Encyclopedia of Psychology (8 volumes)	Reference Collection	BF31 .E52 2000
Encyclopedia of Stress (3volumes)	Reference Collection	BF575 .S75 .E53 2000
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment (2 volumes)	Reference Collection	BF176 .E53 2003
The Graying of America: an encyclopedia of aging, health, mind, and behavior	Reference Collection	HQ1064 .U5 .K39 1996
Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology	Reference Collection	R726.7 .H354 2002
Handbook of Depression	General Collection	BF713 .H364 2003
Handbook of Developmental Psychology	General Collection	BF713 .H364 2003
The Practical Researcher: a student guide to conducting psychological research	Reference Collection	BF76.5 .D864 1999
Psychologists' Desk Reference	Reference Collection	RC467.2 .P78 1998
Tests: a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education, and business	Reference Collection	BF176 .T43 1997
WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health	Reference Collection	RJ502.5 .H362 2000
Writing Empirical Research Reports: a basic guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences	Reference Collection	LB2369 .P97 2000
Writing Literature Reviews: a guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences	Reference Collection	H62 .G35 1999
more Reference materials for Psychology

Videos:

Adlerian Therapy	General Collection	RC480.5 .A33 1998
Assessing the Elderly (5 tape set)	General Collection	QP86 .A87 1992
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy	General Collection	RC489 .C63 .C642 2000
Psychiatric Intervention & Care (3 tape set)	General Collection	RC439 .P67 1990
The Secret Life of the Brain (5 tape set)	General Collection	QP376 .S43 2002
more videos for Psychology

Online Databases:

PsychArticles (Available on Dacus Library Online) This database provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, spanning from 1988 to the present. PsychArticles includes more than 25,000 full-text articles from 42 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations.

PsychInfo (Available on Dacus Library Online) This very comprehensive database contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. Journal coverage, spanning 1887 - present, includes international material selected from more than 1,300 periodicals written in over 25 languages.

PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query) From the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid 1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other 4related resources.

Websites

National Institute of Mental Health (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/) U.S. Government research, findings, information on mental health disorders.

Pan American Health Organization (http://www.paho.org/) Health profiles by country including mental health issues. Covers North, South, and Central America.

Scholarly Societies Project: Psychology (University of Waterloo Library) (http://www.scholarly-societies.org/psychol_soc.html) "facilitates access to websites of scholarly societies accross the world."

World Health Organization Statistical Information System (http://www.who.int/whosis/) Extracts from "World Health Reports: Health for All" database provides health statistics and information specific diseases, including mental illness.