Research Guides: Psychology: Resources

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Psychology Books

Morris Library's psychology books are in several different areas of the library. Some of the psychology books are located in the psychology section on the 6th floor of the library with call numbers starting with BF, but there also are social psychology books located in the social sciences section on the 5th floor with call numbers starting with HM or HQ. The library also has neuroscience and clinical psychology books located with medical books with call numbers RC321 to RC571 on the 5th floor.

Search one of the catalogs listed here to see what books Morris Library owns or can have delivered from other libraries.

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Key Databases

PsycINFO
PsycINFO provides citations with abstracts to the scholarly literature in psychology and related subjects. PsycINFO contains more than 3.5 million records, including citations from almost 2500 journals as well as book chapters and dissertations.
SocIndex with Full Text
SocINDEX is useful for many areas of psychology, especially social psychology. SocINDEX is a major sociology database with more than 2.1 million records covering thousands of journals as well as books and conference papers.
MEDLINE Ultimate (EBSCO)
MEDLINE can be used to search for journal articles from over 19 million article citations in the fields of medicine and the life sciences, including psychiatry.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete searches both popular magazines and academic journals in nearly every academic subject. It includes full text of many, but not all, of the articles.
Google Scholar
Search Google Scholar for scholarly articles. Use the Find it Morris link to find the article in Morris Library's databases.

Also Try

Search Morris Library's Catalog

Search for books, ebooks, journals, government documents, DVDs, CDs, and more.

Can't find it at Morris?

Request items from around the world through Interlibrary Loan. Check and request books from I-Share first before requesting books through this service.

Interlibrary Loan
Request books that you can't find at Morris Library or through I-Share. Articles are usually delivered to your @siu email; books are delivered to the first floor circulation desk at Morris Library.
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WorldCat
Worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. If you find a resource in WorldCat, check in the library catalog to see if Morris Library or an I-Share library own a copy. If not, try Interlibrary Loan.

Dissertations and Theses

For in-depth arguments (often) not yet published, try these databases of dissertations and theses.

Morris Library Catalog
Searchable catalog of print and electronic materials accessible through Morris Library. Includes books, journals, eBooks, government documents, DVDs, CDs, and more.
Dissertations and Theses @ Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Contains Ph.D. dissertations and Master's theses produced by SIUC students. Full text PDFs are included when available. Note: records include an option to buy a print or microform copy of a dissertation or thesis, but Morris Library can loan its print copies of dissertations and theses for free.
Dissertations and Theses Global
Includes dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
Includes more than one million electronic theses and dissertations from across the globe. Faceted searches available by language, continent, country, date, format, and source institution. Not all theses and dissertations included are open-access.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
Indexes over 1.8 million theses and dissertations from more than 800 colleges, universities, and research institutions
Research Papers from SIUC
Primarily papers written after 2008. Search the library catalog for older papers.

Research Instruments

PsycTESTS
Repository for a growing selection of psychological tests and measures, including thousands of actual test instruments and test items available for immediate download and use in research and teaching.

Online Reference Books

21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook by Stephen F. Davis (Editor); William F. Buskist (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412949682
Publication Date: 2007
"Highlights the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates in the field of psychology."

Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience
Multi-volume reference covering the foundational knowledge in the field of behavioral neuroscience.

Encyclopedia of Human Development by Neil J. Salkind (Editor)
Call Number: 5th Floor, HM626 .E53 20067/9/18
ISBN: 1412904757
Publication Date: 2005
This three-volume Encyclopedia covers topics as diverse as adolescence, cognitive development, education, family, gender differences, identity, longitudinal research, personality development, prenatal development, temperament, and more.
Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology by Steven G. Rogelberg (Editor)
Call Number: 6th Floor, HF5548.8 .E498 2007
ISBN: 1412924707
Publication Date: 2006
Presents a thorough overview of the cross-disciplinary field of industrial and organizational psychology for students, researchers, and professionals in the areas of psychology, business, management, and human resources.

Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development
Provides a comprehensive entry point to all of the existing literature on child development from the fields of psychology, genetics, neuroscience, and sociology.
Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics
The electronic version of a three-volume print encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics gives accessible overviews of over 500 topics in measurement and statistics.

Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology by Yolanda Kaye Jackson (Editor)
Call Number: 6th Floor, GN502 .E63 2006
ISBN: 1412909481
Publication Date: 2006
This encyclopedia presents a thorough overview of the psychology of racial, ethnic, and minority issues in the United States. It covers the breadth of psychology viewed through the lens of the racial and ethnic minority experience.
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment by Rocio Fernandez-Ballesteros (Editor)
Call Number: 6th Floor, BF39 .E497 2003
ISBN: 0761954945
Publication Date: 2003
Contains almost 250 entries covering the entire field of psychological assessment. "Each entry includes a general conceptual and methodological overview, [and] a section on relevant assessment devices."
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law by Brian L. Cutler
ISBN: 1452265801
Publication Date: 2007
A 2-volume encyclopedia that addresses the interface of psychology and law and draws from the related discipline of criminal justice.
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology by Roy Baumeister (Editor); Kathleen D. Vohs (Editor)
ISBN: 1452265682
Publication Date: 2007
Contains numerous entries chosen by a diverse team of experts to comprise an exhaustive list of the most important concepts in social psychology. Entries provide brief, clear explanations to the vast number of ideas and concepts that make up the intellectual and scientific content in the area of social psychology.
Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories by Robert W. Rieber (Editor)
ISBN: 1441904638
Publication Date: 2014
Surveys the entire range of thinking in psychology from ancient times to the present, encompassing philosophies and theories of mind that pre-date our modern conception of psychology as a science, and extending to the current findings of neuroscience.