Psychology

Contact Barbara Jenkins, Psychology Librarian
jenkins@uoregon.edu  541/346-1925

Starting Your Research

Research Methodology

• Handbook of Child Psychology (Wiley) full text
  
• Encyclopedia of Social Measurment (Elsevier) - fullt text
  
• Research Methods in the Social Sciences (4 DVDs)
  

Need ideas for a topic or background information?

• Annual Review of Psychology
  Use this resource to get an idea for a topic.. Provides good ollow-up references of other articles.
  

• Psychology Encyclopedias
  Specialized psychology encyclopedias provide easy ways to get an overview of the topic.
  

• Journals
  
  • Many currently psychology journals are available electronically - search for a particular title via the Journal Titles tab on the green rectangle on the Library's web site.
    
  • Most psychology journals received in print are located in Knight Library.
    
  • Journals in neurobiology & evolutionary biology may be located in the Science Library.
    

Finding Articles

• Under Find Resources, click on Articles, Databases & Indexes. 
• Select Advanced Search.
• Pull down Category box on left side to Psychology
• All journal article databases in psychology are listed.

• PsycINFO
  PsycINFO is an important resource for finding scholarly articles and chapters in books. It indexes 1900+ journals. Use to determine if the UO has a particular journal.  PsycINFO covers journal articles back to 1806.
  

• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collectionn
  Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection provides access to 550 full text journals in topics related to psychology and human behavior. This database provides an easy way to limit by peer reviewed journals. Use to determine if the UO has a particular journal.
  

• MEDLINE
  Medline covers all areas of biomedicine and indexes 3,700+ journals. It includes a number of psychology and psychiatry journals. Use to determine if the UO has a particular journal.
  

Finding Books

• UO Libraries Catalog
  Identify books by topic, title or author owned by the UO Libraries.

• Psychology call number
  

  • BF (Psychology) 
  • HM 1001-1281 (Social Psychology)
    
  • HQ Women, Children, Family, Sexuality
    
  • QP 351-495 (Biological Psychology)
    
  • RC 435-571 (Psychiatry/Medical)

• Summit
  Summit is the catalog of the consortium of libraries in the Pacific Northwest whose combined collections provide more than 22 million items. Request books and other materials (but not journal articles) through Summit if the UO copy is checked out, missing, or if UO doesn't own a copy.

  Delivered within 3 *working* days or less
  Free service for UO students, faculty, and staff
  

Web Resources

• APA Style for Citations (easy guide)
  
• Psychology in the News
• American Psychological Association
• Psychology Resources on the Web
• Classics in the History of Psychology