Psychology
Starting point contains definitions, facts, figures and overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information
than a dictionary
- Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts
Use the catalogue
to search for more dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
You can search the Library Catalogue to find books, DVDs, journals and other materials
If you know the exact title in the New catalogue
- At the search screen select a Title search
- Type in the exact title. You can use double quotes around phrases, for example, “room with a view”
- Link to online material or take note of the collection, call number and status to find items in the Library
If you are searching for a topic in the New catalogue
- Type in keywords from your topic to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
For example,
+"anxiety disorders" +stress
- Use + before a word to indicate that the word must be included
- Another way of doing this is to combine keywords with AND (the AND must be in upper case)
- If a keyword search gives you too many results, you could add another keyword with +
For example, +"anxiety disorders" +stress +treatment
Truncation is generally not needed as entering any version of a word will retrieve many variations.
More information
- For more information select the catalogue Help button
Databases and journal articles for Psychology
Use databases to search for journal articles, book chapters, conference papers or
research reports
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Databases |
Notes |
Help |
| PsycINFO | Database of international literature on psychology and related disciplines | Help and tips available from each screen within the database |
| PsycARTICLES | Full text database of journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organisations | Help and tips available from each screen within the database |
| Psychology: a SAGE full-text collection | Full-text database of psychology journals including counselling psychology | Help and tips available from each screen within the database |
| Psychology & behavioural sciences collection | Full- text database covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods | Help and tips available from each screen within the database |
Complete list of Psychology databases. Also check the multidisciplinary databases as they cover a wide range of academic topics. You can select other subjects from the database subject list
Full text not available?
When the full text is not available, search for the journal title in the Library
catalogue to discover if print or online copies are available
Database search tips
- Define your topic and identify the main concepts involved
For example eating disorders in teenagers
- Make a list of keywords for each concept
For example
eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating
teenagers, adolescents, youth
- Think about how you can combine these keywords in your search using OR, AND or
NOT
Keywords on the same concept combine with an OR
Combine different concepts with an AND
For example
eating disorders or anorexia or bulimia or binge eating
and
teenagers or adolescents or youth
- Appropriate truncation symbols can be used in databases to find variations of
a word, for example anorexi* finds anorexia, anorexic and so on
For help with searching databases see Connecting and Combining Search Terms or Truncation/Wildcards/Phrase searching: Basic or Online training or Ask the Library
It is important to critically evaluate all information you find particularly
information found on the web.
This is a starting list of internet sites. You may want to do your own searches
using
search engines
- Intute: Psychology Online psychology resources compiled by Intute
- PsychNet-UK This is an independent private web site which was conceived, developed and is run for the benefit of mental health professionals or those interested in mental health practices
- Psych Web Contains psychology related information for students and teachers of psychology
- American Psychological Association The APA is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. The web site contains links to the APA style guide, psychology topics and publications
- British Psychological Society The Society is the representative body for psychology and psychologists in the UK and includes links to their publications, professional development and events
For further information about any of these resources please contact the
Ask the Library service or ask at the library desk
Coordinated by: EASS Academic Library Services Team