SHASTA COLLEGE LIBRARY 11555 Old Oregon Trail  *  PO Box 496006  *   Redding, CA 96049-6006

Library Contact:  Carolyn Salas Singh

Psyc 17 A: Abnormal Psychology
Instructor: Lyn Kramer

Locating Information: Books

Locating Information: Articles

Useful Internet Links: Psychology

Citing Your Source: APA Style

Extended Education Services

Shasta College Library Information

• The Library Catalog is your author, title, and subject guide to the 80,000 books and videos as well as the 12,600 Online eBooks in the Shasta College Library collection.
• Favorite Psychology Reference Books

This list is a mere sample.  Browse the reference shelves and book stacks at these call numbers for additional titles.
Dictionaries
• Dictionary of Behavioral Science by Benjamin B. Wolman.

[Reference BF31 .D48 1989]
• Dictionary of Theories, Laws, and Concepts in Psychology by Jon E. Roeckelein.

[Reference BF31 .R625 1998]
Encyclopedias
• Encyclopedia of Psychology by H.J. Eysenck, H. J. [Reference BF31 .E522 ]
• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences edited by David L. Sills.[Reference H40 .A2 I5]
Handbooks
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders : DSM-IV-TR, 4th edition, revised. American Psychiatric Association.   [Reference RC455.2 .C4 D536 2000]
• Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology edited by C. Eugene Walker. [Electronic Resource RJ503.3 .H36 2000 eb ]
• The Harvard Guide to Psychiatry by Armand M. Nicholi. [Reference RC454 .N47 1999]

•  Some of the terms used for finding psychology books:

adaptation; adjustment; affective disorders; anorexia nervosa; borderline personality disorder; bulimia; child development; dementia; depression, mental; developmental psychology; eating disorders; identity; interpersonal communication;  manic depressive illness; mental health; mental illness; personality disorders; psychiatry;  psychopathology; psychotherapy; stress (psychology)
 
• Locating psychology videos:
• Select Library Catalog from the Library's web page.
• Click on Search/Home and then click on Or Switch to Power Search.
• Enter psychology in the words or phrase box.
• Scroll down and select VIDEOCASS from the type box.  Click on Search. Over 40 titles are retrieved. Repeat search with different search terms.
• Once you've found an item of interest, scroll to the gray tool bar and click  I Need Material.  The book's call number and id number should appear on the form.  Add your User ID (that is, the 14 digits under the barcode on your library card) or your Alternate ID (your social security number) and click on Send.  You should receive the book at your Extended Ed site within 48 hours.
• Online eBooks can be read by clicking on the URL button in the Full Details box.

• Additional instructions on loan policies for Extended Ed students can be found by clicking

Requesting Library Materials.

The Library subscribes to over 50 Articles & Databases to help you locate magazine and newspaper articles.  The following contain current, full text articles on psychology and mental illness and would be a good place to start:

• AccessScience (Encyclopedia)
• Health Reference Center Academic(Reference books and articles)
• Magazines and Periodicals EBSCOhost
Ebsco's full text psych journals include:
British Journal of Psychology
Cross-Cultural Research
Educational and Psychological Measurement
Psychological Record
Psychology Today
• General Reference Center Gold InfoTrac
Gen Ref Center's full text psych journals include:
Child Development
Counseling and Human Development
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development
The Journal of Psychology
Journal of Social Issues
Psychology Today
• SIRS Knowedge Source(Current magazine articles and U.S. Government reports)
SIRS' full text psych journals include:
Alcohol Research & Health
American Journal of Family Therapy
Harvard Mental Health Letter
Menninger Perspectives
Psychology Today
Psychotherapy Networker

Note: A Library Card is required to access most databases from off campus. For information about acquiring a Library Card see "How do I get a Library Card?" on the Library's Frequently Asked Questions web page.

•  Librarian's Internet Index
• The term psychology yields over 40 websites, among them:
• The American Psychological Association (educational requirements, career opportunities, standards)
• Classics in the History of Psychology (full text articles and brief biographies)
• Psych Web (classics full text and links to important sites)
• The term mental illness yields over 10 websites, among them:
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (advocacy links, fact sheets, and statistics)
• The term mental health yields over 10 websites, among them:
• American Psychiatric Association Public Information (fact sheets and links to other sites)
• APA Help Center (fact sheets, links to other sites and directory of psychologists)
 
Warning: Anyone can publish anything on the 'net.  Take extreme caution when selecting Internet resources for your research as most sites contain a strong bias and many contain unsubstantiated information. To learn more about choosing reliable sites, consult a web site evaluation tool such as Consider the Source: Evaluating Research Tools, Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources, or one of the other Internet guides listed on the bottom of the Library's Search Internet web page.

Books
• The official guide for this style is:

Publication Manual of the APA.. 3rd ed.  (Reference BF76.7 .P83 1983 )
Note: The Shasta College Library has the 5th ed. (2001) on order.
• Another helpful (if not official) book is:

Andrew Harnack's Online! : A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources  (Reference TK 5105.875 .I57 .H364 2000)
 
Websites
• American Psychological Association (APA) Style Guide (official)
• Reference Examples of Electronic Cites in APA Format (official)
• Online (companion website to Andrew Harnack's above mentioned book)
• APA Style Guide: examples (University of Southern Mississippi)
• Guide for Writing Research Papers based on APA Style (Capital Community College)

Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement (Dartmouth College)

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• All of the resources listed on this page are available via the Shasta College Library web site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.