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You might also look at other guides, such as Neurosciences or Women's Studies

Full Text Journals & Indexes

 

Online Reference Sources

  PsycINFO
ABOUT     Dictionary of Psychology. Online dictionary from Oxford.
  Medline
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  ERIC (articles about Education)
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Handbook of Psychology. 12-Volumes published by Wiley covering every major area.

  PsycARTICLES Full text database of APA journals from 1988 on.
      Annual Review of Psychology. Place to search for review articles.

Multi-Database Search : Psychology/Education

Web Resources

Encyclopedia of Psychology
Less an encyclopedia and more just a compiler of good websites dealing with psychology.

Social Psychology Network
From Wesleyan University, this excellent site may be the largest social psychology database on the Internet.

National Institute of Mental Health
NIMH is the government agency that conducts and supports research nationwide on mental illness and mental health.

Child and Family WebGuide
A web site from Tufts that reviews and evaluates other web sites containing research-based information on child development

ChildStats.gov
This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment,and education.

Subject Guides at Bowdoin and Colby Colleges.

Professional Associations

American Psychological Association

American Psychological Society

Reference Works

Encyclopedia of Psychology
Reference BF31 .E52 2000, 8 vols.

MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences
Reference BF311 .M556 1999
Or on MITECS's web site.

Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology
Reference GN 502.E63 2006

Handbook of Child Psychology
BF721 .H242 2006, 4 vols.

Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Reference HQ772 .G27 1998

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders : DSM-IV
Reference RC455.2 .C4 D54 1994
Or use an abbreviated electronic version of DSM-IV

Encyclopedia of Stress
Reference BF575.S75 E52 2000

Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Reference RC514 .N63 2000

Test Resources

Finding Information about Psychological Tests
APA's document on how to find published and unpublished.

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Reference Z5814 .P8 B932
To search MMY by title, subject, or keyword click here.
Please note: this search site has the option of purchasing reviews of tests - these reviews are the same as those in MMY.

Tests in Print
Reference BF176 .B96

Style Guide

APA style
Helpful links.

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
Copies in Reference and at Circulation desk.

What Every Student Should Know about Citing Sources with APA Documentation

Psychology with Style: A Hypertext Writing Guide
Reference BF 76.7.A55 2007

Psychology Writing Center, University of Washington
Helpful pdfs under the heading "Scientific Writing & APA format"

Library contact:

For more information, contact:

Laura Juraska
Associate Librarian for Reference Services
207-786-8324
e-mail: ljuraska AT bates.edu

The George and Helen Ladd Library • Bates College
48 Campus Avenue • Lewiston, Maine 04240
(207) 786-6263


Page author: Laura Juraska
Date: 11/20/07


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