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Psychology: a Library Resource Pathfinder

 
 

 

The following selections are starting points for your research.

Reference Books (Selective):

Used to locate background information

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics  [REF] QD65 .H3 2002/03

Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary [REF] QD5 .C5 2001

Lange's Handbook of Chemistry [REF] TP151 .H25 1999

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry  [REF] QD4 .M33 1997

Circulating Books (Selective)

Chemistry : the central science QD31.2 .B78 2000

Chemistry the easy way  QD41 .M38 1996

Facts on File Dictionary of Chemistry  QD5 .F33 1988

eBooks (Selective; NetLibrary Account required)

Ace Your Midterms And Finals : Introduction to Psychology

Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science

Key Ideas in Psychology

Opportunities in Psychology Careers

Search the Library Catalog

Search the Catalog using some of the suggested subjects listed below.  Subject headings consist of words, groups of words, or acronyms that are used to describe the subject of a work and utilized in searching the catalog and other online databases to enhance retreival.

Subject Headings (Selective)

  • Biochemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Chemistry, Inorganic
  • Chemistry, Organic
  • Environmental Chemistry

Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (set of red volumes by the Index tables) to find other related subject headings to search.
Most books on Psychology are classified as BF or RC in the Library of Congress Classification System.  You may wish to browse the shelves in these areas.  Look in both the Reference Collection and the General Collection.

Search the Library Databases for Articles

To find periodical and newspaper articles, select one of the databases listed under "Databases."  If  the full text is not available for an article online, these databases will provide a brief citation to the article.

Please keep in mind that the Library does not own every journal listed in these sources.  To find out if the library does own a specific title perform a Title search in the Catalog or look up the magazine or journal title in GateWay's Periodical list.  For those periodicals that we do not carry, Interlibrary Loan is available for requesting such resources.

Suggested Databases:

  • Britannica Online
  • EBSCOhost [Select from MasterFILE Premier; Health Source: Consumer Edition]
  • Expanded Academic ASAP  [Gale Group]

Journals of Interest

  • New Scientist
  • Science

Website of Interest