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Psychology: Reference Sources

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This searches across multiple reference books. Type in short entries like "language acquisition" or "basil ganglia"

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias-General

  • Encyclopedia of Psychology (2000)
    Main Ref. BF31.E52 2000
  • Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis (1996)
    Main Ref. RC437.E49 1996
  • Handbook of Psychology (2003)
    Main Ref. BF121.H1955 2003
  • Corsinsi Encyclopedia of Psychology (2010)
    Main Ref. BF31 .E52 2010

Encyclopedias-Special Topics

  • Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (2007)
    Main Ref. HM1007 .E53 2007
  • MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
    Main Ref. BF311.M556 1999
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders (2003)
    Main Ref. RC437.G35 2003

Dictionaries

Dictionaries

  • Dictionary of Psychology (2001)
    Main Ref. BF31.C65 2001
  • APA Dictonary of Psychology (2007)
    Main Ref. BF31 .A65 2007
  • Dictionary of Cognitive Science (2004)
    Main Ref. BF311.V56713 2004

Other

Other

  • Names in the History of Psychology/Biographical Dictionary of Psychology
    Main Ref. BF109.A1Z85
  • DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders)
    Main Ref. RC455.2.C4D536 2000
    Standard reference source for the classification of mental disorders; now in its 4th edition.
  • Annual Review of Psychology
    Important source of current research in psychology. Each volume contains review articles which discuss past and present studies of some topic from the field of psychology. The articles conclude with an extensive bibliography of research related to the topic.