Subject Guide for Psychology
- Finding Articles
- Finding Authoritative Web Sites
- Finding Books, Videos, DVDs, & CDs
- Online Books
- Finding Information About Psychological Tests
FINDING ARTICLES
Psychology Databases |
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Suggested APA subject terms may be helpful in finding information on the topics listed below:
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FINDING AUTHORITATIVE WEB SITES
Alvernia Library’s Internet Reference Library
The Internet Reference Library has a list of selected Psychology Web sites. The Internet Reference Library can be accessed from the Resources page of the Library Web site.
Alvernia Library Research Page
The Research Guides page, listed under Research Help on the Alvernia Libary Research page, links to sources for finding and evaluating Web sites.
FINDING BOOKS, VIDEOS, DVDS, & CDS
WorldCat 179 million records
This Online Union Catalog lists holdings from libraries across the world. Searches can be conducted across all libraries or limited to the Alvernia Library collection. Searches can also be limited to specific types of documents such as books, visual materials and Internet resources. (dates of coverage: 2100 B.C. – present)
Requesting a book from this collection only takes a minute. Click on the Borrow this item from another library link. Submit the form with your Alvernia ID number and allow two weeks for delivery of the requested book.
Alvernia's Catalog is the best tool for finding items in Alvernia Library's collection. You can search for books, audiobooks, books in the Best Seller collection, audio-visual materials (videos, DVD's and CD's), course reserves, and journals in our print collection. Item records indicate if the item is available. Students, faculty and staff with an Alvernia ID card can place a hold on items that are currently in circulation.
The Dewey Decimal System is used to classify books in the Alvernia Library. Psychology books are located primarily in sections 150 to 158.
Examples of books with background information on psychology are listed below:
The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research 001.42 S129 2005
The Sixteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook R 016.15 M549 2005
Eminent Contributors to Psychology R 016.15 W341
Biographical Dictionary of Psychology R150.92 B615 1997
Dictionary of Theories, Laws, and Concepts in Psychology R150.3 R711 1998
APA Dictionary of Psychology R150.3 A512 2007
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science R150.3 C826 2002
Encyclopedia of Psychology R150.3 E56 2000
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior R150.3 E56H
The Encyclopedia of Human Emotions R152.4 E56 1999
Graduate Study in Psychology R150.71 G733 2005
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology R155.83 J14 2006
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender R305.4 E56 2001
The Encyclopedia of Mental Health R616.89 E56
The Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis
R616.89 E56, 1996Handbook of Community Psychology R362 H236 2000
Developmental Psychopathology 616.89 D489 2006
Diagnosis and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders: Diagnosis, Etiology & Treatment R 616.8907 F527 2004
The Crisis in Youth Mental Health R618.928 C932 2006
Education and counseling ebooks.
Examples of counseling ebooks include:
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- Counseling Boys and Men with ADHD (2009)
- Highly Effective Therapy : Developing Essential Clinical Competencies in Counseling and Psychotherapy (2009)
- PRMHP/Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional :
Evidence-Based Counseling and Psychotherapy for an Aging (2009)
Examples of psychology ebooks include:
- Adolescent Psychological Development: Rationality, Morality, and Identity (2005)
- Beyond the Dyad: Conceptualization of Social Networks (2005)
- Can You Read Me?: Creative Writing With Child and Adult Victims of Abuse (2005)
- Leadership Processes and Follower Self-identity (2005)
- Psychologists' Desk Reference (2005)
- Sports Marketing and the Psychology of Marketing Communication (2005)
International Encyclopedia of the Social Services
This encyclopedia covers articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.
eBooks On the Web
Biomedical books
The National Center for Biotechnology Information's collection of electronic books can be searched for topics in psychology.
Encyclopedia of Psychology
A collection of websites on psychology issues.
Finding Information About Psychological Tests
Finding Information About Psychological Tests
The APA Science Directorate guidance in using available resources to find psychological tests.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
The Mental
Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide
to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present.
Tests
and Measures in the Social Sciences (U Texas)
TestLink (ETS)
Buros Institute Test
Reviews Online
Publishers of Mental
Measurements
Research Instruments
(Stanford Patient Education
Research Center)