SSI122.Psychology.Clark

toc =SSI 122: General Psychology=
 * Professor Walter Clark**



This guide is designed to help you research psychology topics. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used. Included in the list are websites and search engines that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.
 * whoag@rcc.mass.edu: Please contact me if you have any questions concerning this guide or research.

=Books=

Books
The on-line catalog provides access to the Library's collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals and audio-visual titles. These resources may be used to find information for assignments or general interest. [|Tutorial for searching catalog and ordering books from Metro Boston Library Network (includes Boston Public Library)]

Good Search Terms to use: words or phrase

 * Psychology
 * Human development
 * Cognitive behavior
 * Personality disorders

Dictionaries
__APA Dictionary of Psychology__, Washington, DC. : American Psychological Association, 2007. Ref. BF31 .A63 2007 __Penguin Dictionary of Psychology__, New York : Penguin Books, 1995. Ref. BF31 .R43 1995.

Encyclopedias
__Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science__, New York : Wiley, 2001. Ref. BF31 .E52 2001 __Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology__, Thousands Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2006. Ref. GN502 .E63 2006. __Encyclopedia of Psychology__, New York : J. Wiley & Sons, 1994. Ref. BF31 .E52 1994 __ International encyclopedia of psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis & neurology __, New York : Produced for Aesculapius Publishers by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1977. Ref. RC334 .I57 __The MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences__, Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999. Ref. BF311 .M556 1999.

Credo Online Reference Books
[|Biographical Dictionary of Psychology] [|Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories] [|Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology]

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about psychology.
 * __Psychology Today__
 * __Newsweek__
 * __Time__

=Articles=

[|Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection]
A comprehensive database with nearly 480 full text titles covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes. [|Tutorial]

[|Academic Search Premier]
Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study. [|Tutorial]

[|ERIC]
ERIC, the U.S. Department of Education Educational Resource Information Center database. Has over 8,000 articles mentioning "child development", 150 mentioning "child psychology", 398 mentioning "developmental psychology" and over 38 mentioning "life span development". [|Tutorial]

[|Credo Reference]
A reference database containg good information about psychology.

=Web sites= There are many good psychology web sites on the internet. These web sites have been evaluated by library staff. Remember to always evaluate internet resources. To find out more about evaluating web sites, [|Lesley University] has a very good guide.

Search Engines

 * [|Altavista]
 * [|Google]
 * [|PsycCrawer]- Psychology search engine

Web sites

 * [|American Psychological Association]
 * [|Association for Psychological Sciences]
 * [|Encyclopedia of Psychology]
 * [|Learning Theories]
 * [|National Institute of Mental Health]
 * [|Psyc Web]

=Basic Research Help= Please click the Ask a Librarian icon if you have any questions concerning these guides, need help finding material for your research or any general questions you might have.
 * Looking for books? Search our [|Online Catalog].
 * Looking for articles? Search our [|Databases].
 * Can't find what you are looking for? Use our [|InterLibrary Loan Form].

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Research guide prepared on 07/14/09 by William Hoag: whoag@rcc.mass.edu