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Guide to information for the field of Psychology. This page is updated and added to frequently.
Last update: Nov 16th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.marquette.edu/psychology  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Why background?

Background sources  (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, manuals, etc.) provide summary and factual information. They generally contain well established information and can be used to:

•  Find basic concepts and viewpoints of topic

•  Get the historical context and relationships to other topics

•  Identify and define special terms used to discuss the topics

•  Find or verify data, facts, formulas

 
 

Encyclopedias

  • International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
    Call Number: Electronic Resource - 2008 edition
    ISBN/ISSN: 9780028659657
    Covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition in 1979. Features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences,
  • Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
    Call Number: Reference BF 31 E52
    ISBN/ISSN: 0471239496
    Provides broad coverage of the discipline, an essential, solid, and important reference work in psychology and behavioral science.
  • Oxford Companion to the Mind
    Call Number: Reference BF31 .O94 2004
    A classic, indispensable guide to the human mind.
  • Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology - Charles Spielberger, Ed.
    Call Number: Reference BF 636 .E52 2004 v. 1-3
    Encompasses applications of psychological knowledge and procedures in all areas of psychology.
  • Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science
    Comprehensive accounts of the huge expansion of statistical methodologies in the behavioral sciences, highlighting new techniques and recent developments. Coverage includes neuroscience, behavioral genetics, decision science and cognitive science.
  • Handbook of psychology
    Call Number: Reference BF 121 .H1955 2003
    ISBN/ISSN: 0471176699
    Some volumes available electronically
  • Blackwell Handbook of Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
    A comprehensive and contemporary treatment of research philosophies, approaches, tools, and techniques indigenous to industrial and organizational psychology.
 
 

Dictionaries

  • Dictionary of Psychology
    Call Number: Reference BF 31 .C65 2006
    Covers all branches of psychology and related disciplines, including psychiatry, the neurosciences, and psychoanalysis.
  • Elsevier's Dicitonary of Psychological Theories
    Contains terms covering the origination, development, and evolution of various psychological concepts.
  • APA dictionary of psychology - Gary R. VandenBos, editor in chief
    Call Number: Reference BF 31 .A63 2007
    Presents the definitive information on the language of psychology.
 

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