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Subject Guide: Psychology

The subject guide to Psychology provides information on resources available from the Alvin Sherman Library, both in the library and online, related to psychology. The subject guide covers subject headings, reference sources, books, periodicals, indexes and abstracts, databases, tests and measurements, Web sites, and style guides.

Subject Headings	Periodicals	Tests & Measurements
Reference Sources	Indexes & Abstracts	Web Sites
Books	Databases	Style Guides

Subject Headings

You can find books and other materials in the library by searching NovaCat, the NSU Libraries online catalog. How to search NovaCat. To locate books and materials at other libraries, see Catalogs.

Suggested Library of Congress (LC) subject headings include:

psychology	mental health	cognition
mental illness	perception	emotion
specific types of psychology ex. child psychology and so forth.

LC call numbers:

BF1 - BF940	Psychology
BF712 - BF724.85	Developmental Psychology
See BF for psychology to view a detailed LC Classification table for Psychology and related areas.

RC49 - RC52	Psychosomatic Medicine
RC321 - RC571	Neurology and Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry
See RC for psychiatry to view a detailed LC Classification table for Psychiatry and related areas including clinical psychology.

Reference Sources

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Following is a small selection of encyclopedias and dictionaries available in the field of psychology. Additional similar items can be found in the BF 31 call number range in the Reference section. Use NovaCat for a comprehensive search on encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Title, Author and Date of Publication	Location & Call Number
APA dictionary of psychology / Gary R. VandenBos, editor in chief. c2007	Sherman Library Reference BF31 .A63 2007
The concise Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science / W. Edward Craighead and Charles B. Nemeroff, editors. 2004	Sherman Library Reference BF31 .E52 2004
Dictionary of multicultural psychology : issues, terms, and concepts / Lena E. Hall. c2005	Sherman Library Reference GN502 .H336 2005
A dictionary of psychology / Andrew M. Colman. 2006	Sherman Library Reference BF31 .C65 2006
Encyclopedia of psychology / Alan E. Kazdin, editor in chief. 2000	Sherman Library Reference BF31 .E52 2000 v. 1-8

Handbooks & Manuals

Title & Author	Location & Call Number
Best practices in school psychology, V / edited by Alex Thomas, Jeff Grimes. c2008	Sherman Library Reference LB1051 .B39 2008 v. 1-3
The Cambridge handbook of acculturation psychology / edited by David L. Sam, John W. Berry. 2006	Sherman Library Circulating GN502 .C36 2006
The Cambridge handbook of sociocultural psychology / edited by Jaan Valsiner and Alberto Rosa. 2007	Sherman Library Circulating HM1033 .C34 2007
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV-TR. American Psychiatric Association, c2000	Available online through PsychiatryOnline Sherman Library Ready Reference (Request at the Reference Desk) RC455.2.C4 D536 2000 Sherman Library Reference RC455.2.C4 D536 2000
Handbook of Asian American psychology / editors, Frederick T.L. Leong ... [et al.]. c2007	Sherman Library Circulating E184.A75 H36 2007
Handbook of clinical psychology / edited by Michel Hersen, Alan M. Gross. c2008	Sherman Library Reference RC467.2 .H357 2008 v. 1-2
Handbook of counseling psychology / edited by Steven D. Brown, Robert W. Lent. c2008	Sherman Library Circulating BF637.C6 H315 2008
Handbook of cultural psychology / edited by Shinobu Kitayama, Dov Cohen. c2007	Sherman Library Circulating GN502 .H36 2007
Handbook of multimethod measurement in psychology / edited by Michael Eid and Ed Diener. c2006	Sherman Library Circulating BF39 .H2644 2006
Multicultural handbook of school psychology : an interdisciplinary perspective / edited by Giselle B. Esquivel, Emilia C. Lopez, Sara G. Nahari. 2007	Sherman Library Circulating LB1027.55 .M847 2007
Oxford handbook of methods in positive psychology / edited by Anthony D. Ong, Manfred H.M. van Dulmen. 2007	Sherman Library Circulating BF204.6 .O94 2007

Books

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E-books

E-books or electronic books may be accessed via NovaCat or from the netLibrary database.

Entries for electronic books in NovaCat will have the eBook icon .

Title, Author and Date of Publication

Comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology. / Jay C. Thomas, Daniel L. Segal, volume editors ; Michel Hersen, Jay C. Thomas, editors-in-chief. 2006

Comprehensive clinical psychology / editors-in-chief, Alan S. Bellack, Michel Hersen. 2000

The concise Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science / W. Edward Craighead and Charles B. Nemeroff, editors. 2004

Dictionary of cognitive science : neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy / Olivier Houdé, editor, with Daniel Kayser ... [et al.] ; Vivian 2004

Encyclopedia of psychotherapy / editors-in-chief, Michel Hersen, William Sledge. 2002

Fish's clinical psychopathology : signs and symptoms in psychiatry / Patricia Casey and Brendan Kelly. 2007

Folk psychological narratives : the sociocultural basis of understanding reasons / Daniel D. Hutto. 2008

Foundations of health psychology / edited by Howard S. Friedman and Roxane Cohen Silver. c2007

Handbook of child psychology / editors-in-chief, William Damon and Richard M. Lerner. c2006

The handbook of forensic psychology / edited by Irving B. Weiner, Allen K. Hess. c2006

Handbook of psychological assessment / Gary Groth-Marnat. c2003

Handbook of social psychology / edited by John Delamater. c2006

Handbook of vocational psychology : theory, research, and practice / edited by W. Bruce Walsh, Mark L. Savickas. 2005

The handbook of work and health psychology / edited by Marc J. Schabracq, Jacques A.M. Winnubst, Cary L. Cooper. c2003

Circulating Books

Circulating books may be checked out by visiting the library. Distance students may also request books via Document Delivery.

Periodicals

Periodicals include journals, magazines, newspapers and other serial publications. Search NovaCat for individual titles and holdings information. Periodicals do not circulate, but may be viewed at the library location listed. NSU distance students may request copies of specific articles via Document Delivery.

Many periodicals are available with full-text (or full image) online in the databases. Search the Journal Finder for specific titles.

Databases

The online databases serve as indexes to the literature, primarily periodicals. They include citations, abstracts and sometimes full-text. Click on the Info icon for a complete description of the database. To access the databases, see Electronic Resources.

General/Social/Theoretical/Educational Psychology

Title of Database	Type
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)	Citations and abstracts
ERIC (CSA)	Citations and abstracts. Selected full-text for ERIC Documents only
Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCOhost)	Selected full text
Mental Measurements Yearbook
PEP Archive	Selected full text
PILOTS	Citations and abstracts
ProQuest Psychology Journals	Selected full-text.
PsycARTICLES	Selected full text.
PsycINFO	Citations, abstracts, and links to selected full text.
Sage Journals Online	Selected full text
Social Sciences Citation Index	Citations and abstracts
Social Sciences Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Selected full-text
Tests in Print

Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry

Title of Database	Type
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)	Citations and abstracts
Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive
Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works	Contains real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions, first-person narratives and selected reference works
Counseling and Therapy in Video	Streaming video database
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (formerly Cochrane Controlled Trials Register)
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
CINAHL	Citations, abstracts, and links to selected full text.
EMBASE Drugs & Pharmacology (Ovid)	Citations and abstracts only.
Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) (Ovid)	Citations and abstracts only.
Health Reference Center Academic	Selected full-text
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) (Ovid)	Citations and abstracts only.
MEDLINE (CSA)	Citations, abstracts, and links to selected full text.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
PEP Archive	Selected full text
PsycARTICLES	Selected full text.
PsychiatryOnline	Contains full-text ebooks, including the DSM-IV-TR and selected journal full-text.
PsycINFO	Citations, abstracts, and links to selected full text.
Sage Journals Online	Selected full text
Tests in Print

Psychological Tests & Measurements

See Tests and Measurements for information on how to locate psychological tests and measurements. Remember, most resources provide only a description and/or a review of the test. It may be difficult to obtain the actual instrument, and you may have to buy it either from the author or from the publisher.

Web Sites

Many useful information resources are available on the Internet. But, remember to evaluate any Web site before using it for research.

Website

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/

NSU Center for Psychological Studies
http://cps.nova.edu/

PsychScholar
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/
Collection of online psychology resources developed by Dr. John H. Krantz, Hanover College. In particular see the Links to Online Journals.

Social Psychology Network
http://www.socialpsychology.org/

PsychWeb
http://www.psywww.com
Developed by Russell A. Dewey, PhD.

American Sociological Association
http://www.asanet.org/

AmoebaWeb
http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/
A meta-site including sections on full-text journals, cognitive psychology, online tests, health psychology, sensation and perception, school psychology etc. Maintained by Douglas Degelman, Professor of Psychology, Vanguard University of Southern California.

Style Guides

APA style is generally the standard for papers and publications in the field of psychology. For further information on APA style, including examples of how to cite references, see Style Guides.

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