Psychology Resources
Catalog Holdings
Interlibrary Loan
Government Documents
Journals and Articles
Databases
Internet Resources
The Peterson Library has a wide array of resources in this subject area. This guide presents a selection of these resources as well as useful Internet websites. Our library guides on education, criminal justice, management, among others, may also be helpful. For research help, visit us at the Information Desk, call us at 203-932-7189, or e-mail us. For assistance with writing the research paper, visit the Center for Learning Resources in Maxcy Hall.
Library Home Page
Go to the Peterson Library online at www.newhaven.edu/library and take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with our home page. Starting at the UNH website at http://www.newhaven.edu/, click on Library in the top middle. All the links for library materials and services are on the left on the library home page. The most important are the ones for Catalog, Databases, Journals, and library Guides, but a quick look at all the links will be time well spent.
Library Catalog
Use the library catalog to find circulating and reference materials, including books, audio-visual resources, government documents, and periodical holdings. Our catalog uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification system and subject headings. LC assigns call numbers (letters and numerals) according to the book's primary subject. The BF area is for psychology but much useful material will be found throughout the collection in various other primary subject areas, like education, criminal justice, and medicine. Some quick catalog search tips:
- Truncate with '?': psycholog? will get psychology, psychological, psychologically, etc.
- Put phrases in " ": "mental health" or "adolescent psychology" or "empirical study"
- Sort results by Publish date descending to get newest items at the top of the list.
- Click on Bibliographic and use the subject-heading links below to find
additional material.
- Click on Linked Resources or look for the URL box next to an item for online access.
Need more? See at the bottom of the catalog start page or our library guide on catalog searching.
Creating a competency model for diversity and inclusion practitioners. HF5549.5.M5 L32 2008
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders [DSM]. Ref. RC455.2 .C4 D54 2000
Dictionary of psychology. Ref. BF31 .C65 2001
Encyclopedia of psychology. APA publication. Ref. BF31 .E52 2000
International handbook of psychology. BF121 .I56443 2000
Handbook of forensic psychology. Ref. RA1148 .H36 1999
Music, language, and the brain. ML3830 .P33 2008
Our inner ape: a leading primatologist explains why we are who we are. QL737.P96 W3214 2006
Psychological abstracts. Ref. BF1 .P65. Current coverage is in PsycINFO. See under Databases.
Stevens' handbook of experimental psychology. Ref. BF181 .S8 2002
The political brain : the role of emotion in deciding the fate of the nation. JK528 .W47 2007
The self as project : politics and the human sciences. BF697 .S445 2007
Sexualities & communication in everyday life : a reader. HQ21 .S47512 2007
Social identity and preferences. QL737 .P96 W3214 2006
If you need something not in our catalog, please use our ILL service to have materials sent here from other libraries. Forms to request books and articles are available at the Information Desk, and also online. Fill out a separate ILL request form for each item. Incorrect or incomplete information will slow down receipt of material, so please be accurate.
A federal documents depository since 1971, the library currently receives about a third of Government Printing Office (GPO) publications. Documents received since 2000 will show up in catalog searches. Many of these are also available online so be sure to click on Linked Resources for each item. Most documents held in the library can be borrowed. Consult the Government Documents library guide for more information. To request catalog items with the U.S. Govt Docs location or to inquire about older documents, come to the Information Desk.
Periodical articles from magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals are a valuable source of information in all research areas. Our Journals link lists of most of the periodical titles, current and historical, to which you have access through the library, in all formats.
Use the upper search box to enter a journal title to get links to databases containing the journal electronically and a link for any available library holdings as well. You can also use the drop-down box here to search for title keywords like "mental health" or psycholog* [*=truncation], etc.
Use the lower search box to drop down through topical groupings like: Social Sciences> Psychology. Click here to identify periodicals in this latter subject area and to browse current issues, either online or in the library.
Use the indexes in the next section to find periodical articles. For more help, consult our library guide on Finding Articles.
Searching for articles on a subject is best done using an electronic index that looks through the contents of many journals at one time. These databases now often provide the full text of articles or give you other 'Find full text' options.
Access all our Databases via the link on the library home page and enter your UNH network log-in when requested. Most are available 24/7 from any Internet terminal.
Databases useful for psychological topics are listed below. Use the Annotated Listing to get additional information about them. Use the Subject Listing to look for others in topical groupings. Those under General/Multidisciplinary will have coverage of subjects of all kinds.
Journal Indexes
PsycINFO is the primary source for professional psychology literature. It is the online equivalent of Psychological Abstracts and automatically links to full-text APA journal articles in PsycARTICLES and quality, non-APA journal articles in Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection.
Academic OneFile. Millions of articles from peer-reviewed journals on all subjects.
Criminal Justice Periodicals. Good for psychological dimensions of crime and police work.
MEDLINE/PubMed. Freely available, federal database indexing medical and mental health journals.
ProQuest Education Journals & Wilson Education Abstracts. Useful for educational psychology.
Social Services Abstracts. Useful index of articles on psychological dimensions of social issues.
Sociological Abstracts. Indexes journal articles, book reviews, dissertations, and more.
Additional Databases
CREDO Reference. Search 'Psychology' for online texts like Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories, etc.
FORENSICnetBASE. E-texts like Criminal Psychology and Forensic Technology and dozens more.
Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print. Descriptions and evaluations of commercially available tests of aptitude and achievement. TIP has the publisher and ordering information.
Selected Internet Resources
Many of the websites below are from bona fide professional organizations. Usually, ones like these and ones from academic institutions and government agencies with .edu and .gov domains are the most reliable. Google psychology for additional sites and examine them carefully for their content, currency, and credentials. Check the About us link. Here's a website to help you to critically evaluate Internet resources.
American Psychological Association. Information on APA publications and services, careers, news, links to state associations. Click on 'Divisions' for APA sub-groups on more specific aspects of study.
Association for Psychological Science. Extensive list of links to other U.S. and international groups.
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. Produces the Mental Measurements Yearbook.
Educational Testing Service. Administers TOEFL, CLEP, GRE, SAT, PRAXIS. Research reports, discussions of current issues in testing methodology, and searchable libraries of educational tests.
Mental Help Net. Self-help web site, with glossaries of terms, book reviews, state licensure links.
National Academies Press. Free full-text books and reports from the National Academy of Sciences.
Social Psychology Network. Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, this site boasts having over 5,000 links to programs, organizations, and useful websites.
State of Connecticut. Click on 'Executive' and 'Agencies/Offices' for the Department(s) of Education, Public Health, or Mental Health and Addiction Services for programs, publications, and statistics.
Voice of the Shuttle: Psychology. From the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Any Questions? Ask at the Information Desk, call us there at (203) 932-7189, or e-mail us.
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