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PSYCHOLOGY: Psychology Research Guide

REFERENCE SOURCES

These are books and websites that will help you gain some background information on your topic, and can be vital to your understanding of the subject and for topic development.

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV-TR

RC455.2 C4 D536 2000

(Science Reference)

The Oxford companion to the mind

BF31 .O94 2004

(Science Reference) or e-Book

A dictionary of psychology

BF31 .C65 2001

(Science Reference) or e-Book

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Connect
Dictionary of theories, laws, and concepts in psychology

BF31 .R625 1998

(Science Reference)

The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science

BF31 .E52 2001

(Science Reference)

Dictionary of biological psychology

QP360 .D52 2001

(Science Reference)

Documentation Styles for the Sciences

(W&L University Libraries)

Connect

Journal Abbreviations in the Sciences

(W&L University Libraries)

Connect

 

ONLINE DATABASES

Use online databases as you would a print periodical index.  Items retrieved from these databases have been evaluated for content and indexed by subject librarians, unlike items retrieved from a search engine.

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Annual Review of Psychology

PsycArticles

PsycINFO

APA Journals

ScienceDirect

PubMed / MEDLINE

OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES

These websites have been evaluated by the librarians at W&L for relevancy, content, and objectivity.  They include tools to help with your research as well as useful supplemental materials.

Psychology Resources at W&L (W&L University Libraries)

CogPrints Electronic Archive

PsychCrawler

RefWorks

Psychology Department Homepage (W&L University)

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