Outline of this guide: Reference Works Articles Books & Videos

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• 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
  • 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. 
  • A Dictionary of Psychology. Andrew Colman. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford, 2006.
    Reference R 150.3 C716d2 
  • 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 120 electronic reference works. Includes:
    • International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. 9 vols. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2008.
    • ... 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 Review of Psychology
  (1950 to present) Contains the full text of review and overview articles on important topics in psychology.
  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
  (1887 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.
  Search Syntax:
  • Truncation: use a dollar sign $
  • 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.
  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 ?
• 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 ?