The University of Louisiana at Monroe

 

Welcome to the ULM Library

 

 

Psychology Resources

 

Finding Books | Reference Sources | Internet Sites | Finding Journal Articles |

Government Publications | Interlibrary Loan Service | Writing Style Guides|

Managing Citations

 

 

The literature of Psychology is multidisciplinary and therefore may be found in many related disciplines. 

 

 

Finding Books

 

To find books, search the ULM Library Catalog, WebFeat , or World Cat.  All are available from the ULM Website (ulm.edu/library).

 

  • Search the ULM Library Catalog to find resources on psychology topics in the ULM Library.
  • To find more resources on psychology topics at ULM and other Louisiana colleges and universities, search Web Feat.  You can search library catalogs (books) and databases (articles) simultaneously using WebFeat.
  • To find resources on psychology topics worldwide, search World Cat.

 

 

Reference Sources

 

Encyclopedias

 

Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology    Ref BF 31 .E553 1998

 

The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science  2001 [electronic resource]

 

Encyclopedia of Human Behavior   Ref BF 31 .E5 1994

 

 

 

 

 

The Encyclopedia of Human Development and Education:  Theory, Research and Studies    Ref BF 713 .E65 1989

 

Encyclopedia of Psychology (online)   http://www.psychology.org

 

Testing and Standards:  a Brief Encyclopedia   Ref LB 3051 .W4966

 

 

Dictionaries

 

APA Dictionary of Psychology   Ref BF 31 .A65 2007 (Delta Campus)

 

Dictionary of Psychology   Ref BF 31 .C65 2006 (Delta Campus)

 

Handbooks, Manuals and Guides to the Literature

 

Clinical Handbook of Child Abuse and Neglect   Ref RC569.5.C55 V45 1994

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders:  DSM-IV-TR    Ref RC 455 .2 .C4 D54 2000 (Delta Campus)

DSM-IV Diagnosis in the Schools   RJ 503 .5 .H68 2002

DSM-IV-TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis   Ref 473 .D54 F553 2002

Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology [electronic resource]

Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy With Older Adults

RC480.54 .H36 1999

Handbook of Crisis Counseling, Intervention and Prevention in the Schools   2nd ed. [electronic resource]

Handbook on Louisiana Family Law  Ref  KFL 94 .L8  H36

Handbook of Psychological Assessment   4th ed. [electronic resource]

Handbook of Marriage and the Family [electronic resource]

Multicultural Handbook of School Psychology   LB 1027 .55 .M85 2007

Online Counseling: a Handbook for Mental Health Professionals [electronic resource]

Psychologists’ Desk Reference 2nd ed.    [electronic resource]

Student Services:  a Handbook for the Profession 4th ed.  [electronic resource]

 

*** Search the ULM Library Catalog for other handbooks on psychology topics.

 

 

Government Resources

 

HealthFinder (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services)

http://www.healthfinder.gov/

 

National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs)   http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp

 

National Institute of Mental Health (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services)

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

 

 

Laws and Legislation

 

Lexis-Nexis

  • Click ‘Lexis Nexis Academic Search Within’ in ULM Web Page menu
  •  Click ‘Legal’ under Search Within

 

FindLaw—Legal Issues in Education     http://www.findlaw.com

 

 

Tests & Measures

 

AmoebaWeb Psychology on the Web   (online tests)

http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb

 

Mental Measurements Yearbook (on ULM Library Web Page)

 

  • Click ‘EBSCOhost—Abstracts, Indexes, Fulltext’
  • Choose the ‘Mental Measurements Yearbook’ database

 

 

Tests in Print      Ref Z 5814 .E9 B8

 

Test Critiques     Ref BF 176 .T419 1984

 

Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures     Ref  BF 431 .G624

 

 

Internet Sites

 

American Psychological Association   http://www.apa.org

 

Center Watch – clinical trials & drug therapy Listing Service

http://www.centerwatch.com/

 

Child Trend’s DataBank   http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/

   

The Internet Public Library:  Psychology http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/soc30.00.00/

 

Internet Resources in Psychology    http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/psych/psych.html

 

Occupational Outlook Handbook  http://www.bls.gov/oco

 

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)   http://www.nimh.nih.gov

 

Psych Web    http://www.psywww.com

 

Psychology—Selected Internet Resources (Yale University)

http://www.library.yale.edu/socsci/subjguides/psychology/resources.html

 

Psychology Links—Internet Resources in Psychology and Related Disciplines

http://psychlib.princeton.edu/links.htm

 

School Psychology Resources Online    http://www.schoolpsychology.net

 

 

Finding Journal Articles and More:

 

Search an index or database to find articles in journals, newspapers or magazines.  Use subject, author, or keywords that describe your topic.  The ULM Library Web Site (ulm.edu/library) provides access to databases via  EBSCOhost  and the Statewide Databases .  Many articles are available in fulltext.

 

Indexes & Databases   

 

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)

Annual Reviews (Social Sciences)

Dissertations & Theses (Statewide Databases)

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)    EBSCOhost

Health Source:  Nursing/Academic Edition   (EBSCOhost)

JSTOR (Statewide Databases)

Legal Collection (Statewide Databases)

LEXIS NEXIS (Statewide Databases)

MediLatina  (EBSCOhost)

MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)

MEDLINE Full Text (EBSCOhost)

Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost)

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection  (EBSCOhost)

PsycINFO  (EBSCOhost)

SocINDEX Full Text  (EBSCOhost)

 

 

 

Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journals

 

Education; Psychology; Social & Public Welfare; Social Sciences

http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/dean/peer_reviewed.htm

 

 

Government Publications

 

Government Publications cover a broad range of topics including Marriage and Family Therapy.  Many government publications may be accessed electronically via the library catalog.  Government publications (paper format) are shelved on second floor.  Search the Government Publications website at http://www.ulm.edu/library/government1.htm .

 

 

ULM Interlibrary Loan Service (Illiad)

 

Use the Interlibrary Loan Service to request materials listed as not available at the ULM Library. The ULM Web Page (ulm.edu/library) provides access to the service. 

  • A User Account is required to use the Interlibrary Loan Service
  • To create an account, click Interlibrary Loan on the ULM Library Web Page | First Time Users | First Time Users Click Here | Fill in Form |Click Submit |.  Record the USERNAME and PASSWORD for your account for future use.
  • For subsequent uses, click Interlibrary Loan on the ULM Library Web Page |enter your USERNAME | enter your PASSWORD | Submit.

 

 

Writing and Style Guides

 

The following writing handbooks might be useful for citing or documenting references in research papers.

 

  • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (print)

 

Reserve  BF 76 .7 .P46 2001 c.1

Reserve  BF 76 .7 .P46 2001 c.2

 

  • APA Formatting and Style Guide – The OWL at Purdue

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

 

  • Citation Styles (University of California Berkeley) --  APA Style

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Citations.html

 

 

  • Electronic References—APA Style (excerpts)

http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

 

  • Online! Citation Styles:  Index  (Columbia Online Style)

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

 

  • Writing Cures: an Introductory Handbook of Writing in Counseling and Psychotherapy 2004  [electronic resource]

 

 

Managing Citations

 

EndNote is available on select computers in the ULM Library Computer Lab.  EndNote is a software tool used to manage bibliographies and references when writing research papers, essays, articles, etc.