Guide to Researching

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

 

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 eREFERENCE SHELF

     Find definitions, facts, short biographies, bibliographies and more in these online collections:

 

• Credo Reference
• Oxford Reference Online
• Virtual Reference Library

 

 

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BOOKS

 

    IN BEGLEY LIBRARY

• Use the library catalog to find books and media in Begley Library.

   

Click on the following subject headings for a list of books on that topic.

    A librarian can help you locate materials on specific topics.

 

• Adolescent psychology
• Animal psychology
• Behavior genetics
• Brain
• Child psychology
• Cognition
• Developmental psychology
• Emotions
• Genetic psychology
• Human behavior
• Intellect
• Memory
• Mental health
• Parapsychology
• Psychiatry
• Psychoanalysis
• Psychobiology
• Psychology, Comparative
• Thought and thinking

 

    IN OTHER LIBRARIES

 

   Find more books in the following collections

• Net Library - eBook collection.  What is an eBook?
• Project Gutenberg - eBook collection. What is an eBook?
• SUNYConnect - library catalog for all SUNY schools.  Use ILLiad to borrow books.
• World Cat - books and media from all over the world.  Use ILLiad to borrow books.
• Google Book Search - books and media from all over the world.  Use ILLiad to borrow books.

 

 

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DATABASES

What is a database?

 

   POPULAR AND PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Academic Search Premier - articles in a wide range of subject areas
• Health Reference Center Academic - articles from nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; selected newsletters, pamphlets, and newspaper articles; topical overviews; and core reference books 

• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

 

   PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

• psycARTICLES - journal articles published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, Canadial Psychological Association and more
• Science Direct - journal articles in the sciences and social sciences

 

ALL LIBRARY DATABASES

 

 

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JOURNALS

• Browse journals in the library's online collections.

 

 

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WEB SITES

 

• American Psychiatric Association 
• American Psychological Association
• Health Finder
• Mental Help Net
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Psych Central

 

 

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NEED HELP?

A Librarian will be happy to assist you with your research.  Visit or call the Reference Desk during regular library hours, or use Ask a Librarian for online help.

 

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Created by Carrie Laier, August 2008