LibGuides: Psychology: Home

Databases

All of these databases should work from off campus. If you try to access them from off campus and they do not work please email the librarian and let us know so we can fix the problem. Thank You.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints presents different views of an issue. Topics that have been in the news a lot recently will often have a topics page that represents the various viewpoints on the issue. This is a great database if you are struggling to find a second or third viewpoint for your topic.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
1887+ Indexes and abstracts over one million journal, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in 2,000 journals from over 50 countries in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.

Specialized Encyclopedias

The Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology HM 251 .B476 1995

The Gale encyclopedia of psychology BF 31 .G35 2001

Zolar's Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Dreams BF 1091 .K48

Books from our library shelves

APA Concise Dictionary of Psychology
Call Number: BF 31.A65 2009
ISBN: 1433803917
Blink by Gladwell, Malcom
Call Number: BF 448.G53 2007
ISBN: 0316010669
Drawing on cutting edge neuroscience and psychology to reveal that the difference between good decision making and bad has less to do with how much information we process than with our ability to focus on a few, particular details, Gladwell shows how we can all become better decision makers—in our homes, in our offices and in everyday life.
The Brain Book by Ken Ashwell (Editor); Richard Restak (Foreword by)
Call Number: QP 376 .A85 2012
ISBN: 1770851267
Publication Date: 2012-10-04
An informative general introduction, this will well serve the basic science collection. (Gilbert Taylor Booklist 2012)

A deluxe hardcover describing all the brain's functions, disorders, and diseases, written by a team of international brain science experts.
Positive Personality Profiles by Rohm, Robert A
Call Number: BF 698.3.R64 2006
ISBN: 0964108003
As indicated by its title this book offer profiles of different personality types and seeks to create an understanding of the different personalities, while answering the question why people do certain things and why they see the world in a certain way.

Websites

American Psychological Association
Learn about APA Style, find a psychologist, learn about careers in psychology and continuing your education in the field or read articles on a variety of psychology related topics.
psychology.org
This website serves as an online encyclopedia of websites related to psychology. Categories include: Career, Environment Behavior Relationships, Organizations, Paradigms and Theories, People and History, Publications, Resources and more.
Psychology Today
Website for the Psychology Today magazine.

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