Course Guides: Psychology

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• Printable Guides & Handouts
• Suggested Databases
• Selected E-Books
• Locations of Psychology Resources in the Library
• Selected Books in the Library
• Selected Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers
• Online Resources
• Research Guides: includes citation help (will open in a new window)

PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

• Course Guide Handout-Psychology (PDF)

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SUGGESTED DATABASES:

• Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
• JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive - Provides a multi-disciplinary archive of scholarly journals and other resources across the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
• Oxford Reference Online - Provides full-text access to many subject dictionaries and encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and more. Uses a unique login; see RPCC Library Services under RPCC Support in Moodle, or stop by the Library for more information.
• PsycINFO - Provides 2.4 million citations and summaries of psychology-related journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports.
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - Provides full-text coverage of over 550 journals and publications pertaining to behavioral science fields.

Please note that when accessing the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to login.

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SELECTED E-BOOKS:

eBook Collection from EBSCOhost is our largest provider of ebooks (electronic copies of printed books PDF format), available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. eBook Collection has an easy-to-use search interface. You will be prompted to login with your 12-digit Library User ID to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see our Tutorials on eBook Collection from EBSCOhost for more information.

General Reference

• Psychology Basics, Revised Edition, 2005, by Nancy A. Piotrowski. Also available in print, call number: BF31 .P765 2005 REF, in 2 volumes.
• Psychology's Grand Theorists: How Personal Experiences Shaped Professional Ideas, 2005, by Amy Demorest.
• A Student's Guide to Studying Psychology, 3rd Edition, 2005, by Thomas M. Heffernan.

Special Topics in Psychology

• Adolescent Psychological Development: Rationality, Morality, and Identity, 2nd Edition, 2005, by David Moshman.
• Contemporary Social Psychological Theories, 2006, by Peter J. Burke.
• Coping with Stress: Effective People and Processes, 2001, by C. R. Snyder.
• Culture, Society and Sexuality: A Reader, 2nd Edition, 2007, by Richard G. Parker.
• Essential Psychology for Nurses and other Health Professionals, 2002, by Russell Graham.
• Handbook of Psychology. Vol. 6, Developmental Psychology, 2003, by Richard M. Lerner, et al.
• Handbook of Psychology. Vol. 7, Educational Psychology, 2003, by William M. Reynolds.

Visit our eBook Collections for links to eBook Collection from EBSCOhost and other e-book collections. Please note that books that are still protected by copyright may not be available online in full-text from the free sources.

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LOCATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:

Psychology-related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges:

• BF1 to BF990 - Psychology.
  • BF309 to BF499 - Consciousness. Cognition, including learning, attention, comprehension, memory, imagination, genius, intelligence, thought and thinking, psycholinguistics, mental fatigue.
  • BF692 to BF692.5 - Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior.
  • BF697 to BF697.5 - Differential psychology. Individuality. Self.
  • BF698 to BF698.9 - Personality.
  • BF712 to BF724.85 - Developmental psychology, including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood.
• HM1001 to HM1281 - Social psychology.
  • HM1041 to HM1101 - Social perception. Social cognition, including perception of the self and others, prejudices, stereotype.
  • HM1106 to HM117 - Interpersonal relations. Social behavior.
  • HM1176 to HM1281 - Social influence. Social pressure.
• LB1050.9 to LB1091 - Educational psychology.
• RC435 to RC571 - Psychiatry.
  • RC475 to RC489 - Therapeutics. Psychotherapy.
  • RC512 to RC569.5 - Psychopathology, including Psychoses, Neuroses, Personality disorders and Behavior problems.

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SELECTED BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY:

General Reference

• APA Dictionary of Psychology
  Call number: BF 31 .A65 2007
• Biographical Dictionary of Psychology
  Call number: BF 109.A1 B56 1997 REF
• The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
  Call number: BF 31 .E52 2001 REF, in 4 volumes.

Special Topics in Psychology

• The Culture of Education
  Call number: LB 1051 .B736 1996
• Handbook of Adolescent Psychology, 3rd Ed.
  Call number: BF 724 .H33 2009 REF, in 2 volumes.
• Human Development Across the Life Span: Educational and Psychological Applications
  Call number: BF 7 13 .H835 1999
• Sex and Gender, 2nd Edition.
  Call number: BF 692.2 .A72 2002
• Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
  Call number: HM 1106 .G66 2007

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SELECTED JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, & NEWSPAPERS:

Print periodicals are located in C-119 (LRC)

• Psychology and Education
• Psychology Today

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ONLINE RESOURCES:

• Glossary of Psychological Terms, from the APA (American Psychological Association). The APA website offers information on APA Style, various topics of psychology, etc. Membership and/or registration may be required to access some of the resources.
• Psychology News, from ScienceDaily, this source offers news, articles, videos, and more.
• Psychology Today, the companion site of the popular magazine, Psychology Today, it offers basic information on numerous topics in psychology, limited access to articles from the magazine, and more. We also subscribe to the magazine in print, available in the Library/LRC (C-119).

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