Books for Psychology
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OskiCat
Web-based catalog that lists materials for most UCB libraries (excluding the Law Library, many institute libraries, departmental libraries). Search any part of the catalog record (author, title, notes, etc.). Replaces Pathfinder and GLADIS.
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APA e-book collection
84 ebooks published by the American Psychological Association.
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Springer Electronic Book Package
Includes nearly 20,000 Springer e-books from every scientific discipline and many social sciences including: Architecture and Design; Behavioral Science; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Business and Economics; Chemistry and Materials Science; Computer Science; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering; Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; Mathematics and Statistics; Medicine; Physics and Astronomy; Professional and Applied Computing; Psychology. (These e-books are also listed in Melvyl.)
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MIT CogNet
Provides searchable electronic texts in cognitive and brain sciences. Contains work from both from the MIT Press, as well as links to resources from other publishers, professional associations, institutions, and individuals.
Psychology Resources
To research issues in psychology, such as a specific disorder, there are several key resources to explore.
Ask yourself:
Do I need an overview?
Do I need specific information on a diagnosis for a disorder?
Am I interested in finding books -- digital or print?
Do I want scholarly articles or dissertations?
Does my topic include medical or pharmaceutical issues?
Overview?
For an overview, consult an encyclopedia, dictionary or an annual review. Try:
International Encyclopedia of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Elsevier)
Dictionary of Psychology (Oxford)
There are also several encyclopedias and handbooks in print in the EDP Library reference collection with excellent overviews of psychological disorders. Among them are:
Encyclopeda of Psychology
Handbook of Psychology
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Salem Health Psychology & Mental Health
For a deeper overview of research on a topic, consult an Annual Review.
Annual Review of Psychology and Annual Review of Clinical Psychology are good starting places -- they provide literature reviews of important and emerging areas of research.
Diagnosis?
Consult the DSM for a current diagnosis.
PsychiatryOnline contains the DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) and several full-text psychiatry journals.
Articles & Dissertations? For scholarly articles, book chapters and dissertations, search:
PsycInfo. This is the core index to articles in psychology. If you only use one psychology database -- this would be the one! Articles, like books, will likely address treatment, intervention, and prevention issues. New platform: PsycInfo is now on the ProQuest platform. CSA/Illumina has been discontinued by its publisher. PsycINFO via CSA/Illumina will continue to be available until August 1, 2012.
PILOTS will provide articles on post-traumatic stress disorders.
PubMed is the best source for articles related to medicine, pharmacology, psychiatry and psychology.
MIT Cognet. The CogNet Library, focused on cognition and brain science, provides a searchable collection of digitized handbooks, encyclopedias, textbooks, journals and ebooks, along with an archive of materials from brain science conferences. Texts are provided by The MIT Press and other publishers, professional associations, institutions, and individuals who are willing to publicly share access to online works. CogNet is a self-contained full-text database.
Academic Search Complete for articles on multi-disciplinary topics including psychology.
Web of Science for articles on social sciences and psychology. Includes the Science and Social Sciences Citation Index. These let you find "forward citations" -- update your research by finding articles that cite an article.
Digital Dissertations. Search dissertations on all topics. Access to dissertations submitted by UC Ph.D. candidates as well as candidates at most other American universities. Full-text available.