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Professor
Kathleen Flannery
Library Liaison
Nancy "Sam" Urtz
Contents
Reference Sources
Find Books or Book Chapters
Find Journal Articles
Citing Your Sources in
APA Format
Subject Guide
Psychology
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Reference books are shelved by Library of Congress call number in the reference stacks near the reference desk. They may not be checked out, but photocopiers are available on the Lower Level of the library. They are especially helpful for choosing a topic and finding background information.
Children's Needs III: Development, Prevention and Intervention
Ref LB1027.55 .C463 2006
Encyclopedia of Adoption
Ref HV875.55 .A28
Encyclopedia of Parenting Theory and Research
Ref HQ755.8 .E523 1999
Encyclopedia of Psychology
Ref BF31 .E52 2000
Encyclopedia of School Psychology
Ref LB1027.55 .E523 2005
Handbook of Child Psychology
Ref BF721 .H242 2006
For additional books on the subject, please consult the catalog.
Use broad subject headings if you are browsing for books within this discipline, such as:
- Child psychology
- Child psychiatry
- Child rearing
Additionally, please consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings (Ready Ref Z695 .Z8 L524) for more narrow topic headings. Here are a few:
- Aggression in children
- Fear in children
- Infant psychology
Use keyword searching if your topic area is rather specific. Some examples of keyword searching are found in the 'Find Journal Articles' section of this guide.
A database called WorldCat will give you access to even more book materials. In fact, it comprises all the books cataloged by all the libraries in all the world! Borrowing materials via Interlibrary Loan is a very easy process when using WorldCat. Ask for assistance at the Reference desk if needed.
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The following databases will help you locate scholarly research in the field of child psychology. There may also be others that are appropriate if your research intersects with other disciplines such as religion or education or medicine, etc.
When searching library databases, use keywords in your search statements or phrases such as:
- child* and aggression and self-esteem
- birth order and intelligence
- shyness and child* and (sports or athletics)
- (adhd or attention deficit) and child*
Search tip #1: an asterisk (*) is a commonly used symbol in most databases. Used at the end of a word stem, it provides for all variants on the word stem. (e.g. psych* retrieves psychology, psychological, psychiatric, etc).
Search tip #2: It is usually possible to limit your search words to Title and Abstract fields, thus making your search results more focused. This will be demonstrated in class.
When examining your search results you may come across the  icon. To learn how to use WebBridge, please watch our video tutorial (3.5 mins; includes audio).
And now, here are the suggested databases:
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier is a good place begin your research. Many articles are full text. Limiting to peer-reviewed journals is an easy option in this database.
ERIC
ERIC stands for Educational Resource Information Center. It is a comprehensive education database and some articles are full-text.
Google Scholar
Some, but not all, of the content in Google Scholar is available in full text. Google Scholar is a good starting point for research, but it is not considered comprehensive for scholarly content.
JSTOR
Search here for full-text articles from major journals in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage is generally from the beginning of publication to within 5 years of the current issue.
LexisNexis Academic
Find full-text newspaper articles from local, national, and international papers. Gain access to full-text law reviews and more.
Medline
Use Medline when your research intersects with the medical issues. Medline indexes over 4,000 medical journals and operates on the easy-to-use EBSCO search platform.
Project MUSE
Project Muse provides access to the full text of more than 200 scholarly journals in social science and other disciplines.
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES is the full-text subset of PsycINFO (see next).
PsycINFO
PsycINFO is the most comprehensive database for the discipline of psychology. From the American Psychological Association, it contains more than 1.5 million references. The PsycArticles database is the full-text portion of PsycINFO. There are some special search features unique to PsycINFO that will assist you in refining your search. One is limiting search methodology to 'EMPIRICAL'.
SocINDEX
Use SocINDEX when your research involves the field of social psychology.
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American Psychological Association (APA) Style Guide
A copy of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is located on the library's Ready Reference shelves (REF BF76.7 .P83 2001). For online guides to APA format, please see the following:
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