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PSYCHOLOGY: SELECTED RESOURCES






BOOKS

Books can be searched in EUREKA by author, title, subject, or keyword. Examples of general Psychology subject headings and call numbers for browsing the shelves are:
BF 173-175.5
BF 176-176.5
BF 180-198.7
BF 309-499
BF 698-698.9
BF 712-724.85
BF 795-839
BF 1001-1389
GV 706.4
HF 5548.7-5548.85
HM 1001-1101
LB 1050.9-1091
R 554-569.5
RC 321-571
RC 500-510
RC 512-569.5
Psychoanalysis
Psychological Tests and Testing
Experimental Psychology
Cognition, Perception, Intuition, Memory
Personality
Developmental Psychology
Temperament. Character
Parapsychology
Sports Psychological Aspects
Industrial Psychology
Social Psychology
Educational Psychology
Personalilty Disorders
Neurosciences Neuropsychiatry
Psychoanalysis
Psychopathology
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DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

APA Dictionary of Psychology   ref BF 31 V295 2006
Counseling Dictionary   ref BF 637 C6 G5332 2006
Dictionary of Biological Psychology   ref QP 360 D52 2001
Dictionary of Multicultural Psychology   ref GN 502 H336 2005
Dictionary of Personal Development   ref BF 637 S4 T67 2002
Dictionary of Psychological Testing, Assessment and Treatment   ref BF 176 S78 2007
The Dictionary of Psychology   ref BF 31 C65 2001
Encyclopedia of Aging  (ebook)
Encyclopedia of Aging   ref HQ 1061 E53 2006 v. 1-2
Encyclopedia of Psychology   ref BF 31 E52 2000 v.1-8
Encyclopedia of School Psychology   ref LB 1027.55 E52 2004
Encyclopedia of Stress   ref BF 575 S75 E52 2000
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders  (ebook)
    Also available at ref RC 437 G35 2003 vol. 1-2
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health   ref RC 437 G36 2008
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology  (ebook)
    also available at ref BF 31 G35 2001
Handbook of Psychology     ref BF 121 H1955 2003 vol. 1-12
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family  (ebook)
    Also available at ref HQ 9 E52 2003 vol. 1-4
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying  (ebook)
    Also available at ref HQ 1073 M33 2003 vol. 1-2
Psychiatry      RC 454 P7816 2003 v.1-2
Student's Dictionary of Psychological Terms   2 South BF 31 S34 2000
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HANDBOOKS

Handbook of Child Psychology v.1-4     ref BF 721 H242 2006
Handbook of Consumer Psychology   2 South HF 5415.32 H363 2008
Handbook of Health Psychology      ref R 726.7 H3645 2001
Handbook of Psychology   ref BF 121 H1955 2003 vol. 1-12
Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity     ref RC 489 R46 2000
Handbook of Racial-Cultural Psychology and Counseling
    ref RC 455.4 E8 H368 2005 vol.1-2
Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology    ref R 726.7 H366 2000
Key Words in Multicultural Interventions   ref BF 637 C6 K493 1999
New Handbook of Psychotherapy and Counseling with Men   ref BF 637 C6 N485 2001
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BIOGRAPHIES

Subject search EUREKA for individual psychologists, e.g. Vygotsky or Freud.

Biographical Dictionary of Psychology   ref BF 109 A1 B56 1997
A History of Psychology in Autobiography   ref BF 105 H5 v.1 (1930)-9 (2007)
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LITERATURE REVIEWS

Advances in Child Development and Behavior 1963-current    2 South BF 721 A45
Annual Review of Neuroscience  1997-current
    also available in paper at ref QP 351 A68 1978-2005
Annual Review of Psychology  1996-current
    also available in paper at ref BF 30 A56 1950-2005
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TEST DIRECTORIES

Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures   ref BF 431 G625 v.1-9
ETS Test Collection Cumulative Index 1975-2000   ref LB 3051 E32 2000
Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes   ref BF 698.4 M38 1990
Mental Measurements Yearbook
    Also available at ref LBZ 5814 P8 B932 2005
Test Critiques   ref BF 176 T419 v,1-11
Tests: a Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education,
    and Business
  ref BF 176 T43 2003
Education: Tests, Scales, Measurements, and Test Critiques
    A CSUS Library Research Guide for locating tests in the Library
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DATABASES TO FIND ARTICLES

These databases can also be found through the Library Home Page under Database and Article Searching or the Psychology Subject Page. Databases and indexes can be accessed via the Library computers or on-campus computer labs. Unless noted otherwise; electronic indexes are restricted to CSUS students, faculty, & staff. Instructions for off-campus access are available at Off-Campus Access to Library E-Resources .
  • CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO) (1937-current)
    The online version of Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature provides access to over 3,000 journals. CINAHLŽ covers nursing and allied health Updated monthly.
  • PsycINFO (EBSCO) (1887-current)
    Provides indexing and abstracts for over one million articles in 1,700 journals from over 50 countries. This database, provided by the American Psychological Association, also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters ranging in date from 1887 to the present.
  • Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) (1980-current)
    This is a multi-disciplinary fulltext database. Some back files to 1975; indexes journals, magazines, newspapers, book chapters, speeches, primary source documents, etc.
  • GenderWatch
    A full text database focusing on gender impacts on various subject areas. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, n-g-o and special reports
  • PubMed (1950-current)
    From the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health; covers all areas of medicine, dentistry, nursing, health administration, genetics, biology, and nuturition. Indexes over 5,000 journals. Free to the public (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi)
  • Philosopher's Index
    The Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database covering scholarly research in the fifteen fields of philosophy, published in journals and books since 1940. 80% of the records are taken from journal articles, with the remaining 20% taken from books and contributions to anthologies. Over 560 journals are covered, from 40 countries.
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCO)  (Vol. 9-current)
    A comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments
  • Sociological Abstracts (1963-current)
    Indexes more than 2,700 journals covering sociology and related disciplines including anthropology, criminology, demography, education, law and penology, race relations, social psychology, and urban studies. From 1963-current. Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms 2 North Index Area HMZ 1 .S671999 and online.
  • Tests in Print (EBSCO)
    A comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. Tests are linked to reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY)
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DISSERTATIONS AND THESES

Dissertations and Theses  (Dissertations 1980-current; Theses 1988-current)
Dissertation Abstracts International 1950-2005.  Lower Level LBZ 5055 U49 D5
Finding CSUS Masters Theses & Projects
     http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/general/mastersthesis.html
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WEB SITES

  • APA Style Guide  http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/general/apa.html
  • American Psychological Association Help Center   http://helping.apa.org/
    The American Psychological Association (APA) Help Center offers useful facts, information, and advice on how psychological services that can help people cope with problems such as stress, depression, family strife, or chronic illness.
  • Cogprints: Cognitive Sciences Eprint Archive http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/
    Associated with the eLib Programme this site offers hundreds of full-text scholarly papers related to the study of cognition. Users will find papers in fields such as Philosophy, Psychology, Linguistics, Biology, and Computer Science.
  • PSYCHLINE:Your Guide to Psychology and Social Science Journals on the Web
    http://www.psycline.org/
    Created and maintained by psychologist Armin Gunther, this metasite indexes over 2,000 online psychology and social science journals published in English, German, French, Dutch, and Spanish.
  • PsycINFO Search Help Training Center   http://www.apa.org/databases/training/
    Produced by the American Psychological Association, this website provides links to tips on searching the PsycINFO database as well as example searches.
  • Psychological Research on the Net   http://psych.hanover.edu/research/exponnet.html
    Maintained by Hanover College this site presents an extensive annotated list of psychological research currently being conducted on the Web.
  • PsycWeb  http://www.psychwww.com/
    Created and maintained by Georgia Southern professor of psychology Russell Dewey, this Website offers a wealth of materials for students and researchers in the general field of psychology. Perhaps the site's most impressive feature is a searchable journals database.
  • School Psychology Resources Online  http://www.schoolpsychology.net/
    With over 1,000 annotated links, this Website offers a directory of online resources in the broad field of school psychology. Resources are divided into two categories: Specific Conditions, Disorders, and Disabilities, and Other Information.
  • Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences: Tests available in compilation volumes
    http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm
    Compiled by Helen Hough, Health Sciences Librarian, University of Texas at Arlington, this is a list of some of the tests that can be found quickly in compilation volumes available in many libraries. This site was designed as a service to locate tests, measures, instruments, etc. when there is a known test title, test acronym, copyright or publication date(s), author(s).
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A Sacramento State Library Research Guide compiled by Fred Batt, Social Science Reference Librarian; battfred@csus.edu
Last updated 6/09