Psychology Information Resources: Background Information

Dictionaries and terminology

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• A dictionary of psychology (2009-) ONLINE
• A dictionary of animal behavior (2006-) ONLINE
• Penguin dictionary of psychology (2001) BF 31 R43 2001
• A-Z of medicinal drugs (2000-) ONLINE

Encyclopedias

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• Encyclopedia of aging (2002). ONLINE
• Comprehensive clinical psychology (1998). ONLINE
• MIT encyclopedia of the cognitive sciences. (1999)  ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of creativity (2011) ONLINE
• Handbook of death and dying (2003) ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of drugs, alcohol and addictive behavior (2001).ONLINE
• Stevens' handbook of experimental psychology(2002) ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of human development (2006) ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of the human brain (2002) ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of learning and memory (2003)  ONLINE
• Oxford companion to the mind. (2004-) ONLINE
• International encyclopedia of marriage and family (2003) ONLINE
• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: IESBS / H 41 I58 2001
• Encyclopedia of occultism and parapsychology (2001). ONLINE
• Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy (2002-). ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of applied psychology (2004) ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of psychology (2000) ONLINE - search all volumes at once
  • Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4, Vol 5, Vol 6, Vol 7, Vol 8
• Annual review of psychology (journal - provides review articles) ONLINE
• Handbook of psychology (2003)   ONLINE
• Gale encyclopedia of psychology. (2001) ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of psychology and law (2008) ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of psychopharmacology (2010) ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of psychotherapy.(2002) ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of social psychology (2007) ONLINE
• Handbook of neuroendocrinology (2012) ONLINE
• SAGE handbook of qualitative research in psychology (2008) ONLINE

Biographical Information

• Psychologists and their theories for students (2005) ONLINE
• Biographical dictionary of psychology. Rev. ed. BF 109 A1 Z85 1984
• Fifty key thinkers in psychology (2004) ONLINE
• The founders of humanistic psychology. BF 204 D4 1991
• The great psychologists: a history of psychological thought. 5th ed. BF 81 W35 1991
• A history of psychology in autobiography. 8 vol. BF 105 H5
• Women in psychology: a bio-bibliographic sourcebook. BF 109 A1 W65 1990