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Introductions
Cognitive neuroscience: A very short introduction. 2016. Print.
Psychology: A very short introduction. 2000. Print.
Social psychology: A very short introduction. 2015. Print.
Welcome
This guide provides recommendations for print and electronic resources for research in psychology. If you would like to make an individual appointment, please e-mail me to arrange a date and time, as well as giving a brief description of your project.
Library Instruction
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Access to e-resources from off campus
Most of the Library's online resources are available to you from anywhere off campus through our proxy server.
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In the library: The Library User Assistance Desk to your immediate left as you enter the library is a good place to start.
By email: Email the librarian responsible for your faculty for a reply during regular working hours.
Research consultations: Book a research consultation with the librarian responsible for your faculty by Zoom or phone.
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Dictionaries
- APA dictionary of lifespan developmental psychology. 2013. Print.
- APA dictionary of psychology. 2015. 2nd edition. Online.
- APA dictionary of statistics and research methods. 2014. Online.
- Cambridge dictionary of psychology. 2009. Online.
- Dictionary of psychology. 2015. 4th ed. Print.
- Penguin dictionary of psychology. 2009. 4th ed. Print.
- Thesaurus of psychological index terms. 2007. 11th ed. Print.
Handbooks
- 21st century psychology. 2008. Print and Online.
- International handbook of psychology. 2000. Online
- Handbook of adolescent psychology. 2004. 2nd ed. Print.
- Handbook of child psychology. 2006. 6th ed. 4 volumes. Print.
- Handbook of developmental psychology. 2003. Print.
- Handbook of depression. 2014. Print.
- Handbook of psychology. 2003. 12 volumes. Online and print.
- Handbook of social psychology. 2006. Online.
- Handbook of stress: neuropsychological effects on the brain. 2011. Print.
- SAGE handbook of measurement. 2010. Online and print.
- SAGE handbook of qualitative research in psychology. 2008. Print & online.
- The science of reading. 2007. Online/Print.
Encyclopedias
- The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology. 2010. 3rd ed. Online.
- Encyclopedia of educational psychology. 2008. Online.
- Encyclopedia of identity. 2010. Online.
- Encyclopedia of positive psychology. 2009. Print.
- Encyclopedia of psychology. 2000. Online.
- Encyclopedia of statistics in behavioral science. 2005. Print.
- Encyclopedia of stress. 2007. Print.
- Encylopedia of the mind. 2013. Print/online.
- SAGE encyclopedia of theory in psychology. 2016. Online.
Manuals
- DSM-5: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 2013. Print. Online.
- Essentials of WMS-IV assessment. 2011. Print.
- IBM SPSS statistics 19 made simple. 2012. Print.
- Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 7th ed. 2020. Print.
Get Books and Theses
Get call numbers
Books on psychology are classified by the Library of Congress from BF 1 to BF 990.
BF Psychology
38 Philosophy of psychology
173 Psychoanalysis
176 Psychological tests and testing
180 Experimental psychology
309-499 Consciousness. Cognition (including learning, attention, comprehension, memory, intelligence, etc.)
501 Motivation
511 Affection. Feeling. Emotion
608 Will. Volition. Choice. Control
636 Applied psychology
660 Comparative psychology. Animal and human psychology
692 Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior
697 Differential psychology. Individuality. Self
698 Personality
699 Genetic psychology
712-724.85 Developmental psychology (including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood)
795-839 Temperament. Character
Catalogues
WorldCat allows you to search for books worldwide. Laurentian's books are listed in WorldCat. If we don't have it, you could request it through RACER, our interlibrary loan service.
PSYC 4104E Theses
The Archives holds all print theses prior to 2010. Search by Location, Archives 1st floor - 4th theses and essays, and then click on the button, Apply Filter. Since 2015, these theses have been included in UZoneUL, the university research repository that the library oversees.
Get Articles
Articles: Quick Tips
The databases to the right provide references to many scholarly journal articles and papers.
- Start off with keyword searches expressing your topic. Keyword searching crosses all fields.
- Use Search Operators such as "OR" and "AND" to expand or reduce your results.
- Review those items that look relevant, then, exploit the details within those entries to help lead you to other relevant articles.
- Pay attention to the subject headings (often called "descriptors") to see how the database describes your topic and use them to find related articles.
- Find other papers written by the same author; these will typically be on similar subjects.
- Follow citation trails: other articles that have cited this article will probably be on a related subject and will include citations to other articles of interest.
- For more Secrets of Searching a Database, review that section in How to Research Like a Librarian.
Multidisciplinary resources
Peer Review
Peer Review is the evaluation of creative work by scholars in the same field in order to maintain or enhance the quality of the work in that field.
In the case of peer reviewed journals, which are usually academic, peer review generally refers to the evaluation of the articles in them prior to publication. For more, check out this definition of peer review.
- To ascertain whether a journal is peer reviewed, consult Ulrichsweb.
Getting Articles @ Laurentian
In any database, when you see an article that interests you, click on it and, unless the article is available within the database itself, within the record you will see an image that says "Get it @ Laurentian":
When you click on that, you will arrive at a menu which will lead to an electronic copy of the article you want, or, if not available electronically, to Laurentian's catalogue which will allow you to check if the article is available in print in the library, and if not, to a final link which allows you to order the item through Interlibrary loan.
Get Tests
Mental Measurements Yearbooks
Produced by the Buros Center for Testing at the University of Nebraska, Mental Measurements Yearbook provides a comprehensive guide to contemporary testing instruments.
Departmental Collection of Psychological Tests
The Psychology Department has its own small collection of psychological tests. For the inventory and borrowing procedures, please contact the Department.
Reference resources for assessment
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Comprehensive handbook of psychological assessment. 4 vols. 2004. Print.
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Handbook of multicultural assessment : clinical, psychological, and educational applications. 1996. Print.
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Handbook of psychological assessment. 1990. Print.
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The Oxford handbook of child psychological assessment. Online.
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Positive psychological assessment: a handbook of models and measures. Online.
Additional references are listed in the Catalogue. Use Psychological Tests as a subject heading.
Citing Sources and Zotero
Citing with APA
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association : the Official Guide to APA Style. 7th ed. 2020. Print.
An easyguide to APA style. 2014. Print.
Purdue Online Writing Lab. Open-access site for learning how to cite in APA and other styles.
Citing Sources
Properly citing your sources is an valuable and necessary skill for your research. See Laurentian's Citation Style Guides for quick reference on commonly used styles.
Research and writing
Tracking Your Research
is a free, web-based citation manager that allows you to:
- Directly import references from article databases, the library catalogue, e-book collections, etc.
- Manage and organize your references and research materials (PDFs, ePubs, web page snapshots, etc)
- Annotate research papers with highlighting, custom notes, and capture tables or figures with automatic page references
- Create a bibliography
- Share your references with others
- Add in-text citation and a bibliography directly into your assignment
- Synchronize your references and research materials across multiple computers
- ... all with unlimited storage for users who have an @laurentian.ca or @laurentienne.ca email address associated with their Zotero account
To enable Zotero's Library Lookup service to find full-text documents licensed by Laurentian University, set Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> General -> Resolver to North America -> Laurentian University
Getting started with Zotero
- Consult the Zotero documentation
- Contact the librarian supporting your faculty