Research by Subject: Psychology
PsycINFO 
Indexes and abstracts the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines. American Psychological Association and Canadian Psychological Association journals are in full text; one of the Ovid databases; 1806 - present.
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Scopus
Indexes and abstracts scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature and web resources. Includes citation tracking and links to full text articles. Early 1900's - present for some abstracts; 1996 - present for citation tracking.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS, DICTIONARIES
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
The online version of the 26-volume print set, contains 4,000 articles and is described as "..the largest corpus of knowledge about the social and behavioral sciences in existence..."
Psychology Encyclopedias (general) at Wheaton
This is an active search of Wheaton's catalog.
Psychology Dictionaries (general) at Wheaton
This is an active search of Wheaton's catalog.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS, DICTIONARIES - SPECIALIZED
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders : DSM-IV-TR
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association, classifies and provides diagnostic criteria for mental disorders. This text revision incorporates information culled from a comprehensive literature review of research about mental disorders published since DSM-IV was completed in 1994.
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
Provides comprehensive coverage of the usual topics in animal behavior, such as communication, learning, sexual selection, navigation, and the history of the field, plus emerging topics in cognition, animal welfare, conservation, and applications of animal behavior.
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
The electronic version of the three-volume Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology encompasses applications of psychological knowledge and procedures in all areas of psychology.
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
A fully searchable collection of articles by scientists and historians with emphasis on the workings of the mind and brain.
Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy
This electronic version of the Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy covers the major psychotherapies currently in practice as well as the classical approaches, identifies the scientific studies conducted on the efficacy of the therapies and reviews the theoretical basis of each therapy.
Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences
The concise entries in The Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences explore all areas of the discipline on a wide variety of topics in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and other related areas of neuroscience.
Handbook of Adolescent Psychology
Covers the current knowledge and cutting edge philosophy regarding the transformative years of adolescent development.
Handbook of Social Psychology
The standard reference work in the field of social psychology, offering historical, integrative, and penetrating surveys of the topics that constitute the discipline.
Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development. Vol. 1: Basic Research
The first volume of this 2 volume set provides comprehensive coverage of the basic research relating to infant development.
Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development. Vol. 2: Applied and Policy Issues
The second volume of this 2 volume set provides comprehensive coverage of the applied and policy issues relating to infant development.
PsycTESTS
Provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration.
LIBRARY CATALOG - BOOKS & MORE
HELIN Library Catalog
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World Library Catalog
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Biological Sciences
Indexes and abstracts a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology, some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Formerly known as: CSA Biological Sciences; 1982 - present.
ERIC
Indexes documents and journal articles in the field of education. 1966 - present.
ERIC is also available on the open web through the US Department of Education (no sign-in needed for off-campus access).
PubMed
Comprehensive index to scholarship of life sciences and biomedicine. Compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine; links to subscription-based and free full text articles; 1950 - present.
Social Services Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts research in social work, human services, social welfare and policy, and community development. A ProQuest database; 1979 - present.
Sociological Abstracts
Indexes journals, dissertations, conference papers, and selected books in sociology and related disciplines. A ProQuest database; 1952 - present.
Google Scholar 
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
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CITATION GUIDES & STYLE MANUALS
Online Writing Lab at Purdue - APA Formatting and Style Guide
From Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). Highly recommended.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed.
Call Number: On Reserve & At the Information Desk
Includes APA citation format guidelines for Psychology and other disciplines. Updates on the APA web site.
