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Reference Sources for Psychology & Human Development

Contents: | Collections | Encyclopedias | Biographical Sources | Reviews |

Collections

CogNet Library
Searchable electronic access to the most up-to-date editions of ten essential reference works in the brain and cognitive sciences published by The MIT Press.

PsychiatryOnline
Contains the DSM Library, books, textbooks, and more.

Encyclopedias & Handbooks

In addition to being great resources on their own, encyclopedias and handbooks usually provide references to the most historically signitifant writings on a topic.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development
Print copy: HQ767.9 .C36 2005 Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection

A Chronology of Noteworthy Events in American Psychology
Print copy: BF108.U5S770 1994 Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection

Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: learning about addictive behavior

Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories
Print copy: BF31 .E44 2006 Regenstein Bookstacks, and SSA Reference

Encyclopedia of Aging
Print copy: HQ1061.E534 2002 SSA Reference Collection

Encyclopedia of Human Development
HM626.E53 2006 Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Print copy: QH302.5.E56 2002 Crerar, 1st Floor Reference Collection

The Encyclopedia of Mental Health
Print copy: RC437 .K34 2008 Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection

Encyclopedia of Psychology
Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Print copy: BF31.E52 2000 Regenstein 1st Floor Reference Collection, and Regenstein 4th Floor Reference Collection

Encyclopedia of Stress

The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Print copy: BF31.G35 2001 Regenstein, 1st Floor Reference Collection, and Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection

Handbook of General Psychology

Handbook of Psychology
Print copy: BF121.H1955 2003 Regenstein, Reading Room, Floor 4

International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis = Dictionnaire International de la Psychanalyse
Print copy: RC501.4.D4313 2005 Crerar, 1st Floor Reference Collection

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Print copy: H41.I58 2001 Reading Rm, floor 1 Regenstein; D'Angelo Law, Reference

Stevens Handbook of Experimental Psychology
Contents: v. 1. Sensation and perception -- v. 2. Memory and cognitive processes -- v. 3. Learning, motivation, and emotion -- v. 4. Methodology in experimental psychology
Print copy: BF181 .H336 2001 Regenstein Stacks

Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
The controlled vocabulary used by the American Psychological Association's (APA) professional indexers to index all of APA's databases: PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, PsycEXTRA, and PsycCRITIQUES.
Z695.1.P7 T48 2007 Regenstein 1st Floor Reference Collection, Regenstein 4th Floor Reference Collection, and SSA Reference

Biographical Sources

Biographical Dictionary of Psychology
Print copy: BF109.A1B56 1997 Regenstein Bookstacks

Encylopedia of Psychology: People and History

Today in the History of Psychology
Keyword Search: Search the entire database for a word or phrase by typing "word or phrase"site:www.cwu.edu/~warren/calendar/ into a Google search box.
Print copy: BF108.U5S770 1994 Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection

Reviews

Annual Review of Psychology
Print copy: BF1.A6 Regenstein Bookstacks

PsycCRITIQUES via APA PsycNET
Print copy is Contemporary Psychology: Z7203.C77 Regenstein 4th Floor Reference Collection, Library has 1956-2004.

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