Chapters provide information on selecting a topic, locating books and book reviews, using indexes to find journal articles, materials on tests and measurements, and current awareness sources.

See Langsdale's guide to Citing Sources, APA Style

Anderson, N., Ones, D. S., Sinangil, H. K., & Viswesvaran, C. (Eds.). (2002). Handbook of industrial, work & organizational psychology (Vol. 1). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (XHF 5548.8 .H2652 2002).

This work contains 20 articles addressing key concepts and assessment issues in organizational psychology.

Bersoff, D. N.  (1999). Ethical conflicts in psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. (BF76.4.E814 2003)

The volume consists of edited articles complete with commentary and citations to other published materials on the topic. Conflicting opinions about ethical and moral dilemmas are also presented. Included is the Canadian Code of Ethics as well as the Canadian Psychological Association's system for decision making on ethical standards.

Damon, W. (Ed.-in-chief). (1998). Handbook of child psychology (5th ed.)(Vols. 1-4). New York: John Wiley & Sons. (XBF 721 .H242 1998)

This work includes 19 chapters covering broad child psychological theories and the developments in the field. NOTE: Each of the 4 volumes has a separate author and subject index; you will want to look at each volume's index to ensure a comprehensive search.

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed. text rev.)(2000). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
(XRC 455.2 .C4 D545 2000)

Known as DSM-IV-TR (text revision), this is the standard diagnostic manual for classification of mental disorders.

Gilbert, D. T., Fiske, S. T., & Lindzey, G. (1998). The Handbook of social psychology (4th ed.)(Vols. 1-2). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
(XHM 251 .H2245 1998)

Gwinnell, E., & Adamec, C. (2006). Encyclopedia of addictions and addictive behaviors. New York: Facts on File. (XRC 564 .G95 2006)

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

This comprehensive new set contains both brief and lengthy articles on a wide range of psychology topics. Each signed article includes a list of references. Last volume contains a thematic outline of the contents as well as a subject index.

Koocher, G. P., Norcross, J. C., & Hill, S. S. (Eds.). (1998). Psychologists' desk reference. New York: Oxford University Press. (XRC 467.2 .P78 1998)

Manstead, A., & Hewstone, M. (Eds.). (1995). Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology. Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell. (XHM 251 .B476 1995)

Nicholi, A. M. (1999). Harvard guide to psychiatry (3rd. ed.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. (XRC 454 .N47 1999)

Pagliaro, L.A., & Pagliaro, A. M. (1999). Psychologists' psychotropic drug reference. Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel. (XRM 315 .P3253 1999)

Piotrowski, Nancy A. (Ed.). (2003). Magill's Encyclopedia of social science: Psychology. (Vols. 1-4). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc.
(XBF31.M33 2003)

A comprehensive view of psychology is provided by examining its history, its core aspects, diagnoses, disorders, tests, notable people as well as popular concepts.

Shahrokh, N. C. & Hales, R. E. (Eds.). (2003). American psychiatric glossary (8th. ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing. (XRC437 .S76 2003).

Sheehy, N., Chapman, A. J., & Conroy, W. (Eds.). (1997). Biographical dictionary of psychology. London: Routledge.
(XBF 109 .A1 B56 1997)

Weiner, I. B. (Ed.-in-chief). (2003). Handbook of psychology (Vols. 1 - 12). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. (XBF 121 .H1955).

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

Each volume contains literature reviews on current topics in the field.

Using the library's online catalog, catalog usmai, or other book catalogs below, search under a specific psychology topic or under the following subject headings, just to name a few:

Psychology
Management--psychological aspects

You may also want to specify by individual field or school of thought, for example:

Developmental psychology
Cognitive psychology
Psychoanalysis

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.

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.

NetLibrary [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. A collection of E-texts covering specifically chosen by Maryland Academic Libraries. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

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.

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.

PsycARTICLES [on campus]
This database provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, spanning from 1987 to the present. PsycARTICLES includes more than 35,000 full-text articles from 49 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations. All journals included in this database are indexed in PsycINFO.

Soc Index with full text (Ebsco) [on-campus]
This index features more than 1,300,000 records with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociology-specific thesaurus designed by expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 620 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as over 1,390 "selective" coverage journals. Further, extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources is included.

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

ERIC (EBSCO) [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1966 - present. Indexes Current Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE). Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

CINAHL [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1982 – present. Indexes/abstracts nursing and allied health literature.

Health Source Plus (nursing edition) [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Searchable full-text for nearly 580 journals and abstracts and indexing for over 615 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Now includes Clinical Reference Systems. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

Credo Reference [on campus]
Content available throughCredo Reference includes a wide range of general reference titles together with a large collection of subject-specific books spanning 20 topics, covering everything from the arts to astronomy, law to literature and science to Shakespeare.Includes the Concise encyclopedia of psychology and the Penguin dictionary of psychology.

Amato, C. J.  (2002).  The world's easiest guide to using the APA:  a user-friendly manual for formatting research papers according to the American Psychological Association  style guide (3^rd ed.). Corona, CA: Stargazer Publishing. (BF76.7 .A468 2002).

Nicol, A.A.M. & Pexman, P. M. (2003). Displaying your findings: A practical guide for creating figures, posters, and presentations. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
(XBF76.8.N53 2003)

This book acts as a supplement to the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. It provides instructions and examples on how to display findings in tables, charts, graphs and drawings as well as how to prepare posters and visual aids for conference presentations.

Perrin, R. (2004). Pocket guide to APA style. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (XBF 76.7 .P426 2004)

Publication manual of the American psychological association (5th ed.)(2001). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
(XBF76.7.P83Q 2001)

Presents the style requirements for all manuscripts submitted for publication by the APA. Originally intended for APA members, use of the APA style has expanded to include papers written by professionals and students. Also consult, The World's easiest guide to using the APA: a user-friendly manual for formatting research papers.
(XBF76.7.A62 2002).

American Psychological Association. (2006). APA Style.org: Electronic resources. Retrieved May 22,2006 from: http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

This site provides excerpted information from the APA Publication Manual, 5th edition on how to cite electronic resources. The site is constantly updated, in order to keep you informed of changes in citation style for electronic sources.

Plonsky, M. (2006). Psychology with style: A hypertext writing guide. Retrieved May 22,2006 from: http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/apa4b.htm

Gives clear explanations and examples on how to write research papers using the publication style required by the American Psychological Association.

American Counseling Association. (2006). Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.counseling.org/

American Psychoanalytic Association. (2005). Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://apsa.org/

American Psychoanalytic Association. (2001). On-line search facility for the Jourlit/Bookrev database. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://apsa.org/lit/index.htm

American Psychological Association. (2006). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from:
http://www.apa.org/

APS: Association for Psychological Science . (2006). Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/

American Medical Association. (2006). Archives of General Psychiatry. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/

Career Services, George Warren Brown School of Social Work. (2006). Social Work and Social Services Jobs Online. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from the Washington University website: http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/jobs/index.html

Dewey, R. A. (2006). Welcome to psych web. Statesboro, GA: Georgia State University. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.psychwww.com

American Psychological Association. (2006). APA Style.org: Electronic resources. Retrieved May 22,2006 from: http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Grohol, J. G. (2006). Dr. John Grohol's Psych Central. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://psychcentral.com/

American Psychological Association. (2006). Library Research in Psychology: Finding it Easily. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.apa.org/science/lib.html

Long, P. W. (2006). Internet Mental Health. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.mentalhealth.com/

MentalHelp Net. (2006). Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://mentalhelp.net/

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. (2006). NAMI:The nation's voice on mental health. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.nami.org/

NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health. (2006). Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

Continuing Medical Education. (2006). Mental health infosource. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.mhsource.com/

Plous, S. (2006). Social psychology network. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.socialpsychology.org/

Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh (2005). Mental health resources. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library website: http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/internet/mental

The Society for Industrial and and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). (2006). Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.siop.org/

Department of Health and Human Services (1999). Mental health: A report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health. Retrieved May 20, 2006 from: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/home.html

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