Psychology Research Guide

Books, Videos and Other Audiovisual Items

C.O.D. Library Catalog: the C.O.D. Library only
I-Share: 65 Illinois libraries
WorldCat: this country and around the world
Other library catalogs at local public and college libraries
Classic Works in the History of Psychology. This website has the full-text of many important books and journal articles for this field.
VIDEOS:
ACADEMIC VIDEO ONLINE. A collection of streaming videos about a variety of topics. You can select the categories of Counseling and Therapy, and Psychology. You can also search by keywords.
A list of videos in the Library with the subject word of Psychology.

Reference Works

APA Dictionary of Psychology. Reference BF 31 .A63 2007
Biographical Dictionary of Psychology. Reference BF 109 .A 1 B 56 1997
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
Reference BF31 .E52 2001 or online
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Ed., Text Revision. (DSM - IV - TR) Reference Desk RC 455.2 .C 4 D536 2000. You can also try this site for some similar, although not as complete, information on the topic: http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/dsm4TRclassification.htm
A Dictionary of Psychology. Reference BF 31 .C 65 2006.
Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories. (COD Library Card needed for off campus access)
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology. [online] Reference BF 636 .E52 2004
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science.
Encyclopedia of Psychology. Reference BF 31 .E517 2000
Encyclopedia of Psychology [online] http://www.psychology.org
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders. Reference RC 437 .G35 2003
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Reference RC 437 .G 36 2008
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology. Reference BF 31 .G35 2001
Glossary of Children's Mental Health Terms.
Magill's Encyclopedia of Social Science : Psychology. Reference BF31. M33 2003
Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences.
The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology.
Psychologists and Their Theories [online encyclopedia]
Psychology Basics [online encyclopedia]
Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences.
The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Research Methods. Reference H 62 .L 456 2004.

Articles in Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers

You must have a valid College of DuPage library card to access the article databases from off-campus. A complete list of psychology databases is available here.

MOST IMPORTANT DATABASE is PsycINFO (1887-present) References and abstracts to professional journals in psychology and related fields. Some articles are available full-text or online. There are also references and abstracts for book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Use the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms (located in the library and online in PsycINFO) to locate acceptable psychological terms for your research topic.
Academic OneFile (1980-present). References and abstracts to articles from 3,000 magazines and professional journals covering a variety of topic areas including psychology. Many articles are online or full-text.
Academic Search Premier (1984-present) References and abstracts to articles from about 4500 magazines and professional journals covering a variety of topics including psychology. Many articles are online or full-text.
Classics in the History of Psychology, from York University in Toronto, Canada. The official abstract for this resource states that it includes the full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literary of psychology and allied disciplines.
PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress. An index to the literature, not too many full text links. From the U.S. National Center for PTSD.
PsycARTICLES (1894-present) References, abstracts, and full text of 60 peer reviewed psychology journals, most of which are published by the American Psychological Association.
Research in Action from the American Psychological Association. This provides summaries of the important findings, significance, and practical applications of psychological issues and procedures of broad subject areas, adapted from scholarly peer-reviewed journals.
Social Pyschology Network. For the Category of Interest, select PUBLICATIONS. Then down below that you can Limit the Results to PDF files for full text articles and reports.
World Database of Happiness: A Continuous Register of Scientific Research on the Subject Appreication of Life.
NEWSPAPER DATABASES at COD. Fulltext articles from the Chicago Tribue, New York Times, and others.
How do I find the whole article in PsycINFO ? http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Fitzwater/wholearticlepsych.htm
PsycINFO User Guide. Will help you learn the best ways to search PsycINFO.
http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/products/userman.html
Explanation of the Difference between Journals and Magazines
How to Read a Psychology Research Article
Order the article you need from another Library (Interlibrary Loan)
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/fitzwater/ILLrequest.htm

Web Sites

For your psychology course papers and projects, be sure to evaluate the Web sites that you find by using a search engine like Google or Yahoo. Use the C.O.D. Library's "Evaluating Web Sites" Web page to determine the reliability of a Web site.

Psych Web
Includes links to classic psychology books, career information, university and college psychology departments, other "megalists" of Web sources, and online psychology journals.
http://www.psywww.com
American Psychological Association Includes selected stories on recent research studies taken from APA's monthly bulletin; articles on current topics in the media; links to information about aging, depression, AIDS, parenting, and psychology and the law; full texts of selected articles from APA journals; and career and psychology education information for students. http://www.apa.org
Current Topics in Psychology
Provides full-text sources drawn from various kinds of publications for professionals, parents, and students.
http://www.fenichel.com/Current.html
Forensic Psychology. This has a wide variety of information for mental health, criminal justice, social work and human services.
Mental Help Net A full-text resource for information regarding mental health, mental illness, and various treatments. Includes an extensive "self-help" section. http://mentalhelp.net/
National Institute of Mental Health Click on "Health Information" for information on mental disorders.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov
MEDLINEplus National Library of Medicine: Mental Health
Latest news, overviews, diagnosis/symptoms, treatment, clinical trials, specific conditions/aspects, alternative therapy, nutrition, statistics, etc.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mentalhealth.html
PsychScholar: A Collection of Web Resources for Psychological Scholars and Budding Psychological Scholars.
Portal to a wealth of online psychology resource. Check out the study aids and tutorials under the "Studying and Classes" section.
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz
Social Psychology Network
Claims to be the largest social psychology database on the Internet. http://www.socialpsychology.org
Yahoo's Index of Psychology Sites
Search by subject categories or do a keyword search to locate a broad range of information sources on the Internet. http://www.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Psychology

Topic Selection and Writing a Paper

Browse the psychology encyclopedias listed above for topic ideas.
Writing Papers in Psychology.
BF 76.7 .R67 2009
Writing With Style: APA Style Made Easy.
General BF76.8 .S977 2005

Citing Sources

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association [APA]
The "Bible" for APA style papers and reference lists.
Reference & General BF 76.7.P83 2001 APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources [electronic book]
Reference & General BF 76.7 .P832APA: The Easy Way!
General BF 76.7. H68 2007 Concise Rules of APA Style
Reference & General BF 76.7 .C66 2005 APA Style Helper: Software for New Writers in the Behavioral Sciences
Use on your computer to create a APA style paper and reference list.
Reference, General & Circulation Desk BF76.6 .P832 2005 [CD-ROM]
More help from the C.O.D. Library with citing sources using APA style.

Psychology Videos & DVDs

Title List
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Fitzwater/psychvideosalpha.htm
Subject List
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Fitzwater/psychvideossubject.htm
Video/DVD Title List Supplement 2004 - 2009
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Fitzwater/psychvideossupp04.htm
Psychology 1140 Videos & DVDs
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Fitzwater/psych1140videos.htm
Psychology 2230 Videos & DVDs
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Fitzwater/psych2230videos.htm
Psychology 2233 Videos & DVDs
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Fitzwater/psych2233videos.htm
Psychology 2240 Videos & DVDs
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Fitzwater/psych2240videos.htm
Psychology 2260 Videos & DVDs
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Fitzwater/psych2260videos.htm

Worksheet

Searching for Psychology Sources Worksheet
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Kickels/wrksht03.htm
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