Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore

APPL 650
Tom Mitchell
Fall 2002

Individual course index / APPL650_mitchell_fa02

Introduction | Print resources | Subject-specific databases | General databases
Book catalogs | Required journals | Suggested websites | Additional websites |
General reference tools | Other helpful information

Introduction:
This guide provides information on locating and accessing print and online resources from Langsdale Library.

For questions,email us at langref@ubalt.edu or phone us at (410) 837-4274.

Print resources:
(For additional psychology resources, see our Psychology How To )

Annual Review of Psychology (1953 to present). Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews. (XBF 30 .A56)

Baxter, P. M. (1993). Psychology: A guide to reference and information sources. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. (XBF 121 .B39 1993)

Dunnette, M. D., & Hough, L. M. (Eds.). (1990-1994). Handbook of industrial and organizational psychology ( 2nd ed., Vols. 1-4). Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press. (XHF 5548.8 .H265)

Groth-Marnat, G. (1997). Handbook of psychological assessment (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley.
(XBF 176 .G76 1997)

International review of industrial and organizational psychology (1994 to present). New York: Wiley. (STACKS HF 5548 .8 .I57)

Kadzin, A. E. (Ed.). (2000). Encyclopedia of psychology (Vols. 1-8). New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. (XBF 31 .E523 2000)

Keyser, D. J., & Sweetland, R. C. (Eds.) (1994). Test critiques (Vols. 1, 2, 9, 10). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed. (XBF 176 .T419 1994)

Maddox, T. (Ed.) (1997). Tests: A Comprehensive reference for assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business (4th ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed. (XBF 176 .T43 1997)

Murphy, L. L., Impara, J. C., & Plake, B. S. Plake (Eds.). (1999). Tests in print: An index to tests, test reviews, and the literature on specific tests (5th ed., Vols. 1-2). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. (XBF 698.5 .B878 1999) (Older editions located in XZ 5814 .E9B8)

Plake, B. S. & Impara, J. C.(Eds.). (2001). Mental measurements yearbook (14th ed. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, 2001. (XZ 5814 .P8 .B94 2001). Earlier editions are owned also.

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).(2001). Washington: American Psychological Assn. (XBF 76.7 .P83 2001) READY REFERENCE.

Reed, J. G. (1992). Library use: A handbook for psychology. Washington DC: American Psychological Association. (XBF 76.8 .R43 1992)

Subject-specific databases (this only includes selected databases based on topics; for more, see full list of Electronic Databases):

ABI Inform [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes more than 1,300 journals on business, management, with 75% full-text.

Business Source Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies– present. Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Includes company profiles, many of which contain SWOT analyses.

PsycINFO  [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1887 – present. Indexes 1,300 Psychology journals from nearly 50 countries. Also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters. Same coverage as PsycLit.

Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts from Proquest) [on-campus]
Coverage 1861 – present. Indexes U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses; dissertations abstracted since 1980, theses abstracted since 1988. A 24 page preview of dissertations published since 1997 is available. The full text of dissertations may be obtained by clicking the free download button.

Social Sciences Citation Index (1993-2000). Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information.. (XZ 7161 .S65) On CD-ROM (1993 to 2000) and in print (1966-1994) on index shelves. Indexes cited authors in the social sciences.

General/Multidisciplinary databases:
Use these to find full text periodical articles and/or citations to articles. Click here to see how these databases are different from the Internet.

Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals.  Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.

Academic Search Premier  [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Need help? Read the Academic Search Premier Visual Guide.

Book catalogs:
Use these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), videos, and government documents.

Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.

WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

Required journals:

Academy of Management Journal (1958 - present). (Paper and Microfilm HD28 .A22) Also available online through Business Source Premier [off-campus] and ABI Inform [off-campus] databases.

American Psychologist (1946 - present). (BF1 .A55).

Journal of Management (1980 - present). (Paper and Microfilm HD28 .J597). Also available online through Business Source Premier [off-campus] database.

Suggested websites:
These may provide useful information or agencies or organizations who may be sources of information.

American Counseling Association http://www.counseling.org/

American Psychoanalytic Association. On-Line Search Facility for the Jourlit/Bookrev Databases. http://apsa.org/lit/index.htm

American Psychological Association. http://www.apa.org/

APA Style: Electronic Reference. http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Journal of Applied Psychology. http://www.apa.org/journals/apl.html

Library Research in Psychology: Finding it Easily. http://www.apa.org/science/lib.html

APS: The American Psychological Society. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/

Oehlmann, R. Cognitive and Psychological Sciences on the Internet. http://www-psych.stanford.edu:80/cogsci/

PsychLine: Your Guide to Psychology and Social Science Journals on the Web.
http://www.psycline.org/journals/psycline.html

Society for Human Resource Management. http://www.shrm.org/

Society for Industrial and and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). http://www.siop.org

Additional websites by subject:

Langsdale web resources
A listing of valuable internet sites by subject area.

General reference tools:
These may assist you in your search for material or in evaluating and citing material found.

Electronic Reserves
Course materials available online.

Full-text Periodical List
Provides a listing of database locations for print and online periodicals accessible through Langsdale Library.

Help Series
Series of subject bibliographies and tutorials

Evaluating Web Resources
Guide to evaluating material obtained via the Internet

Evaluating Information Found on the Internet - JHU Sheridan Libraries
http://www.library.jhu.edu/elp/useit/evaluate/index.html

Citation Styles
Guides to MLA, APA, and other citation styles.

Other helpful information:

Accessing materials from home (Researchport)

Library barcodes and UB computer accounts

For more information email langref@ubalt.edu, call 410-837-4274 or Chat with a Librarian at http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/info_services/contact.htm.

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