Outline of this guide: Reference Works Articles Books & Videos

Other useful links: RefWorks RefWorks: A Guide Research Log Research Planner Scholarly Articles: How to Identify Them

• APA Style Guides
  • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001.
    Little Library Reference Desk R 808.02 A512p5
    Music Library Reference R 808.02 A512p5
    See also:
    • APA Style Guide to Electronic References. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2007.
      Little Library Reference Desk R 808.02 A512e
      Note: this guide updates section 4.16 of the 5th edition of the Publication Manual.
    • Concise Rules of APA Style. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2005.
      Little Library Reference Desk R 808.02 A512c
• Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, & Manuals
  • APA Dictionary of Psychology. Ed. Gary VandenBos. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2007.
    Reference R 150.3 A512
  • The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. Ed. W. Edward Craighead and Charles Nemeroff. 3rd ed. 4 vols. New York: Wiley, 2001. 
  • Credo Reference
    A collection of electronic reference books; useful for quick answers to questions.
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR. 4th ed., text revision. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2000.
    Reference Desk R 616.89 A512d 2000
  • A Dictionary of Psychology. Andrew Colman. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford, 2006.
    Reference R 150.3 C716d2
  • The Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Ed. Ada Kahn and Jan Fawcett. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
    Reference R 616.8 K12e2
  • The Encyclopedia of Obesity and Eating Disorders. Ed. Dana Cassell and David Gleaves. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
    Reference R 616.85 C344e
  • The Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Ed. Howard Friedman. 3 vols. New York: Academic Press, 1998.
    Reference R 616.89 E56
  • The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties. Ed. Ronald Doctor and Ada Kahn. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
    Reference R 616.85 D637e
  • Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. Alan E. Kazdin. 8 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000.
    Reference R 150.3 E561
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
    A collection of over 200 electronic reference works. Includes:
    • 21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook. Ed. Stephen Davis and William Buskist. 2 vols. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2008.
    • Encyclopedia of Human Development. Ed. Neil Salkind. 3 vols. Thousand Oaks: Sage Reference, 2006.
    • Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Ed. Roy Baumeister and Kathleen Vohs. 2 vols. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2007.
    • Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science. Ed. Brian Everitt and David Howell. 4 vols. New York: Wiley, 2005.
    • The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Ed. Jeffrey Wilson and Laurie Fundukian. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2008.
    • International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. 9 vols. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2008.
    • International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Ed. Alain De Mijolla. 3 vols. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2005.
    • ... and more!
  • Handbook of Psychology. Ed. Irving B. Weiner. 12 vols. New York: Wiley, 2003.
    Reference R 150.3 H236
  • International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Ed. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Bates. 26 vols. New York: Elsevier, 2001.
    Reference R 300.3 I611  

• Annual Reviews
  (1932 to present) Contains the full text of review and overview articles on important topics in the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. Includes:
  • Annual Review of Clinical Psychology (2005 to present)
  • Annual Review of Psychology (1950 to present)
  Search Syntax:
  • Truncation: use an asterisk *
  • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
  • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
• PsycARTICLES
  (1985 to present) Contains the full text of over 55 American Psychological Association (APA), Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group journals.
  Search Syntax:
  • Truncation: use an asterisk *
  • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
  • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
• PsycINFO
  (1806 to present) Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and related disciplines. See the Guide to the Fields in PsycINFO Records.
  Search Syntax:
  • Truncation: use an asterisk *
  • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
  • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
• Web of Knowledge
  (c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in thousands of journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. Includes Web of Science (1900 to present) and Medline (1950 to present).
  Search Syntax:
  • Truncation: use an asterisk *
  • Phrase searching: use double quotations marks " "
  • Wildcard: use a question mark ?

• Library Catalog
  Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library.
  • To locate videos, do a keyword search and limit your search by the format "video materials (VHS/DVD)."
  • To locate relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
  Search Syntax:
  • Truncation: use a dollar sign $
  • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
  • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
• ebrary
  A collection of over 38,000 e-books published by over 220 academic, trade, and professional publishers; covers all subject areas. Also includes tools that allow you to create your own virtual bookshelf, bookmark pages, and add and save notes and highlights.
  Note: for full functionality, you need the ebrary Reader. This plugin is on all library and ITS computers, but if you are using your own computer, you can download it from the ebrary home page.
• WorldCat
  Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
  Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalog first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
  Search Syntax:
  • Truncation: use an asterisk *
  • Phrase searching:insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war")
  • Wildcard: use a question mark ?