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Psychology
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
Locating
Information: Books, Online eBooks, and Videos
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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.
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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
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Dictionary of Behavioral
Science by Benjamin B. Wolman.
[Reference BF31 .D48 1989]
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Dictionary of Theories, Laws,
and Concepts in Psychology by Jon E. Roeckelein.
[Reference BF31 .R625 1998]
Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedia of Psychology
by H.J. Eysenck, H. J. [Reference BF31 .E522 ]
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International Encyclopedia
of the Social Sciences edited by David L. Sills.[Reference H40 .A2
I5]
Handbooks
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Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders : DSM-IV-TR, 4th edition, revised. American
Psychiatric Association. [Reference RC455.2 .C4 D536 2000]
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Handbook of Clinical Child
Psychology edited by C. Eugene Walker. [Electronic Resource RJ503.3
.H36 2000 eb ]
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The Harvard Guide to Psychiatry
by Armand M. Nicholi. [Reference RC454 .N47 1999]
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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)
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Locating psychology videos:
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Select Library Catalog
from the Library's web page.
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Click on Search/Home
and then click on Or Switch to Power Search.
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Enter psychology in
the words or phrase box.
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Scroll down and select VIDEOCASS
from the type box. Click on Search. Over 40 titles are retrieved.
Repeat search with different search terms.
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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.
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Online eBooks can be read by
clicking on the URL button in the Full Details box.
Locating
Information: Articles
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:
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AccessScience (Encyclopedia)
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Health Reference Center
Academic(Reference books and articles)
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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
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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
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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.
Useful
Internet Links: Psychology
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Librarian's
Internet Index
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The term psychology yields
over 40 websites, among them:
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The term mental illness
yields over 10 websites, among them:
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The term mental health
yields over 10 websites, among them:
Citing
Your Source: American Psychological Association (APA) Style
Books
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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.
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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
Shasta
College Library Information
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web page. Come visit!
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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.
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FURTHER ASSISTANCE:
Phone the Reference Desk 225-4975 or Ask
a Librarian.
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