Thomas Library - Selected Resources for Psychology

Selected Resources for Psychology

Books | Indexes | Periodicals | Web Sites | Help

BOOKS

Subject Headings

Library of Congress Subject Headings 28th ed., 5 vols., 2005.
Located on the table by the main bank of EZRA/Web terminals on the 2nd floor of Thomas Library.

Library of Congress Subject Headings will be similar to, but may be different from those used in periodical indexes. Use the indexing terms in these volumes to search for books in EZRA.

Locating Books in Library Catalogs

At Wittenberg: WebEZRA -- the online catalog
At other Ohio academic Libraries: OhioLINK Central Catalog
In North America For ILL: WorldCat

INDEXES

PsycINFO: Indexes articles from over 1300 journals in psychology and related fields. (1967+)
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection: Indexing, abstracts, and some full text for articles in Psychology and related subjects. Note: Off-campus users may experience difficulty using this resource.
Web of Science -- Cited Reference Searching: Index and cited references for articles in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Allows you to see who has cited an article that you already have.
Sociological Abstracts: Index of English-language journals in sociology, social work, and other social sciences covering 1963 to the present. Abstracts included for articles written after 1973.
Anthropology Plus: Index to articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies. Includes articles in English and other European languages. Includes Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK
Academic Search Complete: Academic Search Complete is a multi-subject database containing both scholarly and popular publications. Some material is available in full-text. It is a good starting place for introductory level classes.
Wilson Index: The Wilson Index is made up of the Humanities, Sciences and Social Science indexes. It is a good place to find scholarly articles on a variety of topics.
GenderWatch: Fulltext of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Includes both scholarly and popular sources.

PERIODICALS

Periodicals are where most of the information for your research papers will come. Remember that there are scholarly publications as well as popular publications You will most likely want to stick to scholarly publications for your research. For hints on how to tell the two apart, please see Scholarly vs. Popular Articles.

Wittenberg owns many scientific journals in both print and electronic formats. The link below will help you to find out what journals we own, the format, and where they are located.

Journals the Library Has: Electronic & Print: This searchable and browsable list of Wittenberg's journal holdings contains the names and dates of all the journal to which we subscribe as well as location information.
Interlibrary Loan Article Request Form: Use Interlibrary Loan to request articles not owned at Wittenberg from other libraries. Please see the form for more details.

WEB SITES

When using the internet, always be thinking critically about what you are viewing. Good and bad information both reside on the internet and it isn't always easy to tell the two apart. For hints on spotting good web pages, please see the library's page on Evaluating Web Sites.

American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org; Homepage for the APA. It is a good source for news and current issues in Psychology and also contains information about the organization itself.
PSI CHI: http://www.psichi.org/; Homepage of PSI CHI, The National Honor Society in Psychology.
World Wide Web Virtual Library -- Psychology: http://www.dialogical.net/psychology/index.html; Another good place to start looking for Psychology sites on the web.
Yahoo -- Social Science: Psychology: http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Psychology/; The Yahoo! directory is a good "jumping off point" for many subjects on the web. As with any site, however, be careful about what you choose to believe.

If you choose to use internet sites as information resources, you must cite them just as you must cite a book or journal article. For help citing webpages and other online resources, take a look at Citing Electronic Resources.

HELP

If you are having trouble with your research, please contact Alisa Mizikar, the Science Librarian, via email at amizikar@wittenberg.edu or call extension 7515. You can also contact any of the reference librarians at refdesk@wittenberg.edu or at extension 7511.

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Compiled by Alisa Mizikar.