Psychology Research Guide

"Psychology is the science of individual or group behaviour. The word psychology literally means “study of the mindâ€Â�; the issue of the relationship of mind and body is pervasive in psychology, owing to its derivation from the fields of philosophy and physiology. Psychology is intimately related to the biological and social sciences." From Encyclopædia Britannica Online.  http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9061727[Accessed 29 March 2007].

Subtopics may include: clinical psychology, industrial psychology, experimental psychology, child psychology, educational psychology, social psychology, adolescent psycholgy, comparative psychology, behavioral psychology, psychobiology, developmental psychology

Guide Contents

Print Resources

Books and other materials in the Moraine Valley Library

Dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Other Reference Sources

Audiovisual Materials

Online Databases

General Databases

Psychology Databases

Business Databases

Criminal Justice Databases

Education Databases

Health and Biological Science Databases

Web Sites

Print

Books and other materials in the Moraine Valley Library

Search the Online Catalog for books by author, title and subject. Select "Research Tools Page" on the Library Web page and then "Search the Library Catalog".  Books on the same subject are usually found together on the shelves, giving you the opportunity to browse and look in the indexes for your topic.  Try a subject search for the word Psychology.  You will find 374 entries on the subject and 101 related subjects

Dictionaries

The ABC of Psychology
Dictionary of Behavioral Science
Dictionary of Theories, Laws, and Concepts in Psychology
The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Psychology
The Oxford Companion to the Mind

Encyclopedias

Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
Psychology Basics

Other Reference Sources

DSM IV-TR
Handbook of Child Psychology
APA Style Guides are available online and book formats.
Other sources are available in the REF BF section.

Audiovisual Materials

Psychology Videos
Psychology DVDs

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General Databases

Academic Search Premier:  Academic, news, popular, and trade publications covering all topics from 1975 - present.

Article First:  General subject database with 12,000+ publications covering all topics. 1990 -present.

CQ Researcher:  Congressional Quarterly publishes 44 reports a year on single topics covering them in depth.

ECO:  A collection of scholarly journals covering all topics.1995 to present.

Expanded Academic ASAP:  Academic, news, popular, and trade publications covering all topics from 1980 - present.

Periodical Abstracts:  Academic, news, popular, and trade publications covering all topics from 1987 – present.

SIRS Researcher:  Contains thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.

Wilson Select Plus:  Academic, news, popular, and trade publications covering all topics from 1994 to the present.

Psychology Databases

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection:  Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

Business Databases

Business Source Elite:  Covers topics such as business, management, economics, banking, finance, accounting, and other types of articles. 1984 - present.

Regional Business News:  Includes 75 regional business publications.

Criminal Justice Databases

Criminal Justice Periodical Index:  Criminal justice and law-related journals. 1986 - present.

Education Databases

ERIC: Created and maintained by the U.S. Department of Education, indexes education articles and education-related research papers and books from 1966 to present. One of the key resources in education research.

Health and Biological Science Databases

CINAHL Fulltext (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature):  More complete coverage nursing, allied health and health sciences journals from 1982 - present.

Health Reference Center Academic:  Includes nursing and health journals, medical pamphlets, topical overviews, and reference books. Four years ago – present.

Health Source: Consumer Edition:  Full text for 180+ health periodicals, 1100+ health pamphlets, and 20 health reference books, including Stedman’s Medical Dictionary.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition:  Nearly 580 scholarly full-text, health and medical journals and 600+ abstracted and indexed journals. Some journals are covered 1966-present.

MEDLINE:  Created by the National Library of Medicine. Includes clinical medicine, nutrition, dentistry, pathology, education, psychiatry, experimental, medicine, toxicology, health services, administration, veterinary, medicine, and nursing. 1966 – present.

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American Psychological Association:  This official web site of the American Psychological Association has links to various resources.

Current Topics in Psychology:  Articles, web sites and research tools are assembled  for easy reference by Dr. Micael Fenichel, a clinical psychologist.

dmoz Open Directory Project Social Sciences:  Self-proclaimed largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. Constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.

Psychology in the News:  American Psychological Association's new portal

Encylopedia of Psychology:  A searchable database of psychology web sites

Psychological Tutorials and Demonstrations:  Includes links to hypertext tutorials in psychology as they become available.

Psychology World Wide Web Virtual Library:  The Psychology Virtual Library keeps track of online information as part of The World Wide Web Virtual Library. Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources before they are linked from here.

Psychwatch:  The Online Resource for Professionals in Psychology and Psychiatry 

Psych Web:  This Web site contains psychology-related information for students and teachers.

Science Daily:  Contains links to articles on the latest news in pscyhology research.

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