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Psychology - General

Last Updated: 17-Oct-2012

This guide is designed for those getting started on research in psychology.

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Subjects

Psychology

Related guides

Affective Science (Psychology)
Cognitive Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Neuroscience (Psychology)
Social Psychology

Around Stanford

Stanford's Department of Psychology

Overviews

Encyclopedias and handbooks

Encyclopedias and handbooks are great places to find an overview of your topic with references to key works on the subject.

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences / editors-in-chief Neil J. Smelser, Paul B. Baltes.
1st ed. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2001.
Green » Social Sciences Resource Center (Non-circulating) » H41 .I58 2001 V.1
APA handbook of research methods in psychology / Harris Cooper, editor-in-chief.
1st ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2012.
Green » Social Sciences Resource Center (Non-circulating) » BF76.5 .A73 2012 V.1
Encyclopedia of perception / [edited by] E. Bruce Goldstein.
Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » BF311 .E497 2010 V.1
The encyclopedia of positive psychology / edited by Shane J. Lopez.
Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell Pub., 2009.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » BF204.6 .E53 2009 V.1
Encyclopedia of psychology and religion / David A. Leeming, Kathryn Madden, Stanton Marlan (eds.).
New York : Springer, c2010.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » BL53 .E64 2010 V.1
Handbook of adolescent psychology / edited by Richard M. Lerner, Laurence Steinberg.
3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » BF724 .H33 2009 V.1
Handbook of cultural developmental science / edited by Marc H. Bornstein.
New York, NY : Psychology Press, c2010.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » GN502 .H357 2010
APA educational psychology handbook / Karen R. Harris, Steve Graham, and Tim Urdan, editors-in-chief.
1st ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2012.
Cubberley » Reference (Non-circulating) » LB1051 .A618 2012 V.1
APA handbook of ethics in psychology / Samuel J. Knapp, editor-in-chief ; Michael C. Gottlieb, Mitchell M. Handelsman, and Leon D. VandeCreek, associate editors.
1st ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2012.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » BF76.4 .A635 2012 V.1

Databases

In psychology articles in scholarly journals are a very important source of information on research and databases are the place to identify them.

Psychology Databases

PsycINFO [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.

PsycARTICLES [electronic resource].
Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association,

Provides full text access to articles from journals published by APA and allied organizations since 1988. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.

PsycCritiques [electronic resource].
Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association
PsycTESTS [electronic resource].
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association.

Related Databases

Health and psychosocial instruments [electronic resource].
New York, N.Y. : Ovid Technologies [distributor, 19--]-

A database designed to help identify measurement tests used in health, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science; provides sources, abstract, and reviewer(s) when applicable.

"Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute, contains full text 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."

Style manuals

APA style

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
6th ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2010.
Green » InfoCenter: Ready Reference (Non-circulating) » BF76.7 .P83 2010
APA style simplified : writing in psychology, education, nursing, and sociology / Bernard C. Beins.
Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Cubberley » Stacks » BF76.7 .B447 2012

APA style

APA exposed
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about APA Format but Were Afraid to Ask. (APA 6th Edition; Harvard Graduate School of Education).

Journals

The American psychologist.
Washington, American Psychological Association.
SAL3 » Stacks » BF1 .A543 V.60 2005:SEP.-DEC
Annual review of psychology.
Stanford, Calif., Annual Reviews.
Green » Stacks » BF30 .A56 V.63 2012
Applied psychology = Psychologie appliquée.
London : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Ltd., 1987-
SAL3 » Stacks » BF636 .I52 V.58 2009
Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society.
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c1992-
SAL3 » Stacks » BF1 .C86 V.18 2009
Feminism & psychology.
London ; Newbury Park, CA : Sage Publications, c1991-
SAL3 » Use restricted to Green » HQ1206 .F446 V.15 2005
Journal of applied psychology.
[Washington, etc., American Psychological Association, etc.]
SAL3 » Stacks » BF1 .J55 V.90 2005:JUL.-NOV
The Journal of black psychology.
[Washington, etc.] National Association of Black Psychologists.
SAL3 » Stacks » E185.625 .J68 V.33 2007
Journal of consumer psychology [electronic resource].
Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1992-
Journal of experimental psychology: general.
[Washington] American Psychological Association.
SAL3 » Stacks » BF1 .J62 V.134 2005
Journal of youth and adolescence.
New York, Plenum Press.
SAL3 » Stacks » HQ796 .J625 V.37:NO.9-10 2008
Psychological bulletin.
Washington [etc.] American Psychological Association [etc.]
SAL3 » Stacks » BF1 .P75 V.131 2005:JUL.-NOV
Psychological inquiry.
Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1990-
SAL3 » Stacks » BF1 .P675 V.20-21 2009-2010
Psychological review.
[Washington, etc.] American Psychological Association [etc.]
SAL3 » Stacks » BF1 .P69 V.112 2005
Psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society / APS.
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c1990-
SAL3 » Stacks » BF1 .P825 V.20:NO.7-12 2009
Psychology of women quarterly.
[New York, Human Sciences Press]
SAL3 » Use restricted to Green » HQ1101 .P75 V.29 2005
The quarterly journal of experimental psychology : QJEP.
[Hove, East Sussex, UK] : Psychology Press, 2006-
Green » Stacks » BF1 .Q3 V.65:NO.1-4 2012
Review of general psychology.
Washington, DC : Educational Publishing Foundation,
SAL3 » Stacks » BF1 .R48 V.8-9 2004-2005