• Biographical

• Biographical dictionary of psychology
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF109.A1 B56 1997
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  Short biographies of hundreds of deceased psychologists and other contributors to the development of psychology. References to full biographies for further research.

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
  Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) is a comprehensive index to millions of biographical sketches in more than 2,700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. This database is accessible on campus only.
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• American men and women of science
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference E747 .A47
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  A biographical directory of living leaders in the physical, biological and related sciences. Information includes birthplace and date, field of specialization, education, current position, address, awards and more. Names are cross indexed by field and state.

• Directories

• Directory of the American Psychological Association
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF11 .A67
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  Membership directory for the APA.

• Dictionaries

• APA Dictionary of Psychology
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF31 .A63 2007
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  "The largest association of psychologists in the world - the American Psychological Association - presents the definitive information on the language of the field, including: 25,000 entries offering clear and authoritative definitions; balanced coverage of over 90 subareas across the field of psychology - including clinical, experimental, neuropsychology, cognitive, personality and social, developmental, health, psychopharmacology, methodology and statistics, and many others; thousands of cross-references that deepen the user's understanding of related topics; close to 200 concise entries on major figures in the history of psychology and central organizations, institutions, and associations; a Guide to the Dictionary and Quick Guide to Format that explain stylistic and format features; and 4 appendixes on entries from these categories: biographies; institutions, organizations, and associations; psychological tests and assessment instruments; and psychotherapies and psychotherapeutic approaches."--BOOK JACKET

• The dictionary of psychology / Corsini, Raymond J.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF31 .C72 1999
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  Alphabetical entries from aggression to zeitgeist, covers all the major topics in psychology.

• A dictionary of psychology / Colman, Andrew M.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF31 .C65 2001
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  More than 30,000 entries including prefixes, suffixes, systems of treatment, medical terms and more.

• Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of applied psychology
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF636 .E52 2004
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  Covers a wide range of topics with attention to cross-cultural variation. Describes the relevance of applied psychology to fields such as health, work, aging, sports, social interaction and more.

• Encyclopedia of human emotions
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF531 .E55 1999
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  Comprehensive coverage of the study of human emotions in the field of psychology as well as what is known in biology, medicine and the physical sciences. Includes cross-cultural studies on the causes and history of emotions.

• Encyclopedia of mental health
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RA790 .E53 1998
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  Articles cover all aspects of mental health. from the molecular and biological, to social and cultural. Essays on timely topics such as Alzheimer's AIDs, suicide and other key topics.

• Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference GN502 .E63 2006
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  "The Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology is the first authoritative guide to synthesize the dynamic field of multicultural psychology. This volume includes entries on a broad array of issues and covers the breadth of psychology viewed through the lens of the racial and ethnic minority experience. The Encyclopedia addresses culture across a broad spectrum of psychological perspectives and includes topics that are relevant to social psychology, cognitive psychology, environmental psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and clinical psychology."--BOOK JACKET

• Encyclopedia of psychology
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF31 .E52 2000
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  An international guide to every area of psychological theory, research, and practice.

• An Illustrated history of American psychology
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF108.U5 P67 1999
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  The Archives of the History of Psychology from the University of Akron, as well as holdings from other universities. A
  rich source of primary material.

• AccessScience
  AccessScience is an online encyclopedia of science and technology encyclopedia articles, dictionary terms, biographies, research updates, and science news. Site License.

• Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Elsevier's)
  • Location: Reference RC 334 .E53 1999 (CD-ROM)
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  This is a multimedia encyclopedia featuring broad interdisciplinary coverage of areas related to neuroscience including neuroanatomy, neurobiology, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neurology, neuropsychology, physiological psychology and psychology. The articles contain many diagrams, animations, movies, and links to WWW sites. Also included are over 14,000 abstracts of neuroscience articles from the EMBASE database.

• MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF 311 .M556 (CD-ROM)
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  A comprehensive encyclopedic reference work that represents the methodological and theoretical diversity of the cognitive sciences. Articles are written by leading researchers in the field, and provide an introduction to important concepts, as well as references and further readings. Includes extended essays of overvew in: philosophy; psychology; the neurosciences; computational intelligence; linguistics and language; and culture, cognition, and evolution.

• Handbooks

• The handbook of international psychology
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference - BF121 .H2115 2004
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• Handbook of research design and social measurement / Miller, Delbert Charles, 1913-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference H62 .M44 1991
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  Comprehensive tools for graduate students and researchers in the field. Topics include statistics, research design,
  scales, indices, computer applications, epistemology, ethics and other methods of research.

• Psychology: a study of a science
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference BF38 .P8
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  The American Psychological Association asked Koch to compile this multi-volume work. It has been described as a "status report" on the field as it was until 1960.

• Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RC455.2.C4 D54 1994
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  Diagnostic criteria for the most common mental disorders, their descriptions, diagnosis, and treatment.

• Physicians' desk reference : PDR
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RS75 .P5
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  The standard prescription drug reference. It provides information on more than 4,000 FDA approved drugs, listed by
  generic and brand name with full color photos. It also includes a CD-Rom.

• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association / American Psychological Association
  • Location: Haggard 2 Ref Desk Coll BF76.7 P83
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  The style manual of choice for students in psychology. Provides guidance on grammar, as well as the APA citation system.

• Research Guides

• Information sources in the social sciences
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference H61 .I56 2002
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  A critical guide to sources of information in psychology as well as other social sciences such as sociology, anthropology
  human services, law/criminology and more.

• The social sciences : a cross-disciplinary guide to selected sources
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference H61 .S6 2002
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  An annotated bibliography of the major reference sources in sociology and related disciplines.

• Use the Library Catalog to Locate Books
  

  Library Catalog

  Search by Title to locate a specific title. Example: Handbook of affect and social cognition
  
  Search by Author when you can't remember the title but know the authors name (last name, first name) or want to see a list of works by that author owned by the Western Libraries.

  You can combine keywords to search for a book by topic. Keyword search examples:
  "cognitive psychology" children
  schizophrenia genetics

• Summit
  Summit is the combined library catalog of Pacific Northwest academic libraries. Use Summit to locate and request materials like books and videos which are not available from Western Libraries. To access Summit, search our library catalog first, then choose the option to “Repeat search in Summit”.

The following is a select list of frequently used databases to find citations and sometimes full text articles for literature reviews, popular literature, books, book chapters, dissertations and other materials in psychology and related areas.

• PsycINFO
  • Dates covered: 1840-current
  PsycINFO indexes and provides nonevaluative abstracts for scholarly, international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as sociology, education, consumer behavior, linguistics, medicine, law, psychiatry, and anthropology. Materials covered include articles from more than 1,300 journals, reports of surveys, bibliographies, books and book chapters, and dissertations. Dates covered: 1840 – present. Site License.

• ERIC - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
  • Dates covered: 1966-current
  ERIC is the largest education database in the world providing indexing and abstracts of all types of materials including journal articles, government documents, books, dissertations, and unpublished materials such as curriculum guides, research reports and conference papers in education and related topics in the social sciences. Many ERIC documents published between 1993 and 2004 are now available online full text. Most ERIC documents published from 1966-1993 are available in the ERIC Microfiche collection on Wilson 2 West. Site License.

• Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
  • Dates covered: 1990-current
  Indexes the journal literature in the social sciences. Building on the list of cited sources for each reference, this index can search for works that have cited a specific author or article. Available via the Web of Science. Print index 1966 to date, Reference AI3.S614. Consortium (12 Libraries) Share 15 Simultaneous Users.

• EBSCO - Academic Search Complete
  Academic Search Complete is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,500 journals and a total of more than 10,000 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.

• Sociological Abstracts
  • Location: HM1 .S67 (Wilson 1 East)
  • Dates covered: 1963-current
  Provides indexing with abstracts of the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines. Available in print and online. Online includes Sociological Abstracts and Social Planning, Policy, and Development Abstracts (SOPODA). Site License.

• PubMed
  Accesses the MEDLINE database of the National Library of Medicine, covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences. Contains citations and abstracts for articles in about 3,900 current biomedical journals published in the U. S. and 70 foreign countries.

• MEDLINE
  • Dates covered: 1989-current
  Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, this is the major index of biomedical literature materials. Site License.

• JSTOR
  JSTOR provides searchable full-text access to backfiles of core scholarly journals in many fields including African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Language & Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. There is a gap, usually from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the content available in JSTOR. Site License.

• Highwire Press
  HighWire Press, from Stanford University Libraries, provides free access to archives of full-text articles from a selection of peer reviewed journals primarily in the areas of science, technology and medicine.

• Sport Discus
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference GV651 .S666
  • Dates covered: 1975-current
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  Indexes and provides abstracts for journals, dissertations, special reports, etc., in sport and fitness literature. Subjects include sports medicine, exercise physiology, sport and biomechanics, sport psychology, training, coaching, and related topics. Site License.

• Annual Reviews Online: Psychology
  • Dates covered: 1984-current
  Annual comprehensive literature reviews that identify the major contributions to primary research in psychology. Site License.

• Ageline
  Ageline is a searchable electronic database containing detailed summaries of publications about older adults and aging, including books, journal and magazine articles, research reports, and videos.
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• Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HQ750 .A1 C47
  • Dates covered: 1927-
  Indexes and abstracts literature related to the growth and development of children, covering education and the biomedical and behavioral sciences.

Video Search:

Search for videos by keyword, title, actor, director, etc.

• Selected Videos

• The Famine Within
  • Location: Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) RC552.E18 F375 1990
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  Discusses the current obsession with body image in North American women, and the influence of the mass media upon ideas about weight control. Psychologists describe the ideal of women in the United States, how women are oppressed by this ideal, and the psychological problems this ideal creates.

• Reviving Ophelia
  • Location: Wilson 2W - Video Coll (VHS) CHIL 305.23 R454 1998 video
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  Mary Pipher discusses the challenges facing today's teenagers, especially girls, as well as the role of media and popular culture in shaping their identities.

• What a Girl Wants
  • Location: Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) HQ798.W46 2000
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  Eleven girls ages 8 to 16 and two classrooms of middle and high school students discuss their views on mass media and how it impacts their lives.

• Mental Measurements Yearbook Online (Buros)
  Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute, contains fulltext information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks.

• Locating Tests and Testing Information
  An online guide to books and other materials in the Western Libraries that provide information about tests and/or provide access to actual tests published separartely or in test collections and anthologies.

• Classics in the History of Psychology
  Full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents for the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines. This site is created and maintained by the Library of Congress.

• Health Sciences Library, UW
  U of W's primary resource for information in the biomedical sciences, of interest to psychology: biomedicine, pharmacy, public health and related disciplines. Many online and full text sources.

• MEDLINE Plus
  This the best reference source for patients and clients. MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 700 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MedlinePlus is updated daily. There is no advertising on this site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse any company or product.

• National Institute of Mental Health
  Articles and references on common types of mental illness, medications, and treatments. Up to date information on current
  grant opportunities for researchers and practitioners. Lists current clinical trials and contains numbers statistics.

• NLM Databases & Electronic Resources
  Links to dozens of health and science related resources maintained by the National Library of Medicine.

• PsychScholar
  A collection of web resources for psychology students, scholars and researchers with many useful links. Maintained and created by Hanover College in Madison, Indiana.

• PsychCrawler
  The mental health disorders search engine of the American Psychological Association.

• World Health Organization: Mental Health
  Country profiles on mental health policy,approved drugs, numbers of psychiatric beds and mental health workers per population and an atlas for countries of the world be each of the above themes.

• Psychology Department

• Western Institute for Social Research

• Center for Cross-Cultural Research

• Communication Sciences and Disorders Department

• Woodring College of Education

• Human Services and Rehabilitation

• APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources
  Users may print copies for personal use only. Walk-in users are not permitted to print hard copies of this licensed material but may use this resource while in the library.

• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association / American Psychological Association
  • Location: Haggard 2 Ref Desk Coll BF76.7 P83
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  The Publication Manual offers an authoritative and easy-to-use reference and citation system and comprehensive coverage of the treatment of numbers, metrication, statistical and mathematical data, tables, and figures for use in writing, reports, or presentations.

• Quick reference for APA citations / Western Washington University. Wilson Libraries
  This guide provides a wealth of examples to use for citing materials using the APA style.

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