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Starting Points: Guide to Psychology

REFERENCE BOOKS - Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be checked out.

R 128.2 O	Oxford Companion to the Mind	Covers people and theories in psychology and related fields.
R 150.3 APA	APA Dictionary of Psychology	The American Psychological Association’s compilation of 25,000 covering 90 subareas across the field of psychology.
R 150.3 Cor	Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology & Behavioral Science	Four volumes on topics & persons in all areas of psychology.
R 152.403 Enc	Encyclopedia of Human Emotions	Two-volumes on terms, theories, & human emotions.
R 155.28 Tes	Tests	Info, description, purpose, population, cost & availability on 3,000+ tests.
R 303 I	International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences	Articles on concepts, principles, theories & methods.
R 616.8003 Enc	Encyclopedia of Mental Health	Essays on the molecular and biological, the social & family, and the cultural.
R 616.89 Cam	Psychiatric Dictionary	A glossary of terms.
R 616.89 Com	Comprehensive Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry	Forty-one chapters on aging, evaluation, disorders, treatment, ethics & more.
R 616.89 Dia	Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) (at the Reference desk)	Classifications of mental disorders, terms of the diagnoses.

FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 128, 150, 155, 616.8

In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog. Good subject headings for this topic are psychology, and mental health.

eBOOKS

You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library offers located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. See a reference librarian for more details.

FINDING ARTICLES

The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

· The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
· EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org.

Search for full text articles on these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

WEBSITES

American Psychological Association	APA’s online resources features psychology topics, glossary, hundreds of links, and more.
Encyclopedia of Psychology	A large library of some links that provides access to material on many aspects of psychology.
Mental Help Net	Access & education about mental health. Includes symptoms listing for dozens of disorders.
Psychology Today	This online site of the popular magazine includes articles, topics, self-tests, find a therapist, and more.
Psychology Virtual Library	A directory of psychology Web sites including links to many scholarly journals.
Yahoo Psychology	Yahoo's list of psychology-related links.

See also the Library's Social Sciences links.

Page maintained by Courtney Moore - cmoore@wppl.org

Updated: December 11, 2007