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Subject Guide for Psychology

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Reference Sources
Colman, Andrew M A dictionary of psychology. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001
Location: Reference 150.3 C71 d
International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2001
Location: Reference 300.3 In8 s
The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science. New York : Wiley, 2000
Location: Reference 150.3 En19 cb
Encyclopedia of psychology. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000
Location: Reference 150.3 En19 k
Encyclopedia of psychology

Electronic & Print Indexes to Use to Find Articles
Electronic
  • PsychINFO - PsycINFO is an abstract (not full-text) database of psychological literature from 1887 to the present.
  • HAPPI - provides access to information on measurement instruments in psychology, health, and the behaviouralsciences.
  • Web of Science - Access to the online version of Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index. Covers core social science research journals. Special features include cited article searching and identification of related articles.
  • Web of Science Tutorial - 10 minute quick tour.
  • Social Sciences Abstracts - Abstracts of articles about anthropology, economics, geography,law, political science, psychology, and sociology.
  • ERIC - Journal articles and reports on education topics. Use for child development, studies of college students and other psychological aspects of education.
  • MEDLINE - Index of all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
  • PubMed - A service of the National Library of Medicine that offers access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's.
Print Psychological abstracts . [Washington, etc., American Psychological Association]
Location: Reference Bibl. 150.5 P959 and Microfilm (Library has 1927 - 1991)

Web Gateways
About Psych (Allegheny College Psychology Department Website)
PsychCrawler (American Psychological Association, [1999?-])
"PsychCrawler is a product of the American Psychological Association created to provide quick access to quality content in the field of psychology."
The Whole Brain Atlas - "Atlas of color images of the brain, including brain injuries and diseases, such as cerebrovascular, neoplastic, degenerative, inflammatory or infectious diseases. Also includes a neuroimaging primer"
Neuropsychology Central - "A centralized collection of links to other Web sites, newsgroups, and home pages of individuals working in various areas of neuroscience. Provides information about how brain tumors, strokes, and localized trauma alter human behavior and cognitive unction"
Neurosciences on the Internet - "Presents the Neurosciences on the Internet index, which lists sites considered to be ideal starting points for exploration of the neuroscience resources available on the World Wide Web and other parts of the Internet. In addition to pointing to other resources, the site publishes original material in all areas of the neurosciences, including neurobiology, neurology, psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science"
Serendip - Co-produced by the BMC Center for Science in Society and Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, this site combines links to high-quality web resources in the area of mental health with locally-produced papers and essays on the subject.
COGNET (MIT) - Full text access not provided. Searchable electronic texts in the field of cognitive and brain sciences. Most of this material will be indexed in PsycINFO, but it contains references to handbooks and meetings not included in PsycINFO.
URL: http://library.allegheny.edu/Reference/psychology.htm
Date Created: August, 2003
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