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Contact me for questions about research:

Lisa Beall
Psychology Librarian
RBD Library 2nd floor
cell phone 706-773-1908
library office 334-844-1641


Fall 2008
Available at the Reference Desk:
Mondays 9-11am
Tuesdays 5-9pm
Wednesdays 1-3pm
Thursdays 3-5pm
Or arrange an appointment with me at a time and location convenient to you!

First and foremost: to find library resources (books and journals) you must search the title (or journal title) in the library catalog.The record in the catalog will include links for electronic access and a call number for print sources.


[edit] Indexes and Databases

All databases are available on campus and remotely. To access a resource from off-campus, you will need to type your Auburn University user ID (i.e., the first part of your email address), and password.


[edit] Psychology Databases

PsycINFO 1887-Current. Contains summaries of the world's journal literature in psychology and related disciplines, as well as dissertations, books and book chapters. Covers over 1300 journals in over 30 languages from approximately 50 countries. Approximately 40% of the articles in this database are full text through this interface.

PsycARTICLES Provides access to full text articles from the American Psychological Association journals and selected Educational Publishing Foundation journals, mostly from 1988 to the present. PsycARTICLES is a sub-set of PsycINFO, so you will find all articles from PsycARTICLES when searching PsycINFO.

PsychiatryOnline Provides full text access to the main publications of the American Psychiatric Association including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR®). In addition to various psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools this database provides online versions of the following journals: The American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP), Psychiatric Services , Academic Psychiatry, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences , and Psychosomatics.


[edit] Broad, Sweeping Coverage

Google Scholar Searching Google Scholar in the Advanced Search mode has become the preferred method of searching for articles and books in many disciplines. Sometimes our full-text journals can be linked directly from Google Scholar (such as the Science Direct journals) and other times you'll need to search the journal title, or book title, in our catalog to gain electronic (or paper) access.


[edit] Scientific Articles FullText (Elsevier Journals)

ScienceDirect A Web database for scientific research that contains the full text of more than 1000 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Also, provides full-text access to all the American Psychological Association journals. Contains abstracts and articles from the core journals in major scientific disciplines. The journals are arranged under subject areas for topical navigation. All the APA journals are included in ScienceDirect.


[edit] Education Databases

The Education Research Complete database(ERC) is a massive online resource for education research. This database offers the largest and most complete collection of full text education journals. It provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,820 journals, as well as full text for more than 900 journals. It also includes some full text books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.

The ERIC database, the world's largest source of education information, contains more than 950,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. The database is updated monthly, and provides access to educational literature going back to 1966.

Professional Development Collection Indexes and abstracts journal articles specifically for professional educators. 50% of the articles in this database are full-text. Professional Development is a powerful supplement to ERIC and Academic Search Elite. Check off, and search, all three databases in EBSCO and you will access a significant sweep of the literature.


[edit] Medical Databases

Medline The complete MEDLINE database covering journals from 1966-present. The categories covered in the database include anatomy, organisms, diseases, chemicals and drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology, biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and education, technology, agriculture, food, industry, humanities, information science and communications, and health care.

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts Provides worldwide coverage of pharmaceutical science and health related literature from 1970 to the present. Comprehensive information is included for drug therapy, toxicity, and pharmacy practice as well as legislation, regulation, technology, utilization, biopharmaceutics, information processing, education, economics, and ethics as related to pharmaceutical science and practice.


[edit] Sociology Databases

Sociological Abstracts Sociological Abstracts is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.


Social Services Abstracts Social Services Abstracts provide bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.


[edit] General Databases

Academic Search Premier Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.

Academic OneFile A comprehensive database of over 8,000 journals, magazines, and news transcripts in physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.


[edit] Dissertations

Dissertations and Theses Citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 through present. Full text Auburn University dissertations and theses going back to the 1990's through present.

AUETD (Auburn University Theses and Dissertations Full text of Auburn University dissertations and theses from 2006 through present.


[edit] Books

Books owned by Auburn University Libraries can be discovered by searching our catalog.

WorldCat OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Use this database to verify book citations, government and agency reports not owned by our library.


[edit] Citation Resources

Social Sciences Citation Index The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes 1,700 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Coverage is from 1984 - Present.



[edit] Journals

[edit] Behavioral Sciences Journals

Lists those behavioral sciences journals held by Auburn University Libraries. Always search the library catalog for the journal title to find out if we have electronic access or the call number!


[edit] E-mailing scanned journal articles and book chapters to you

Electronic and Departmental Delivery Have articles and book chapters delivered to you electronically from materials located in the AU Libraries. This service is not for materials we have electronic access to. Articles & chapters must be under 50 pages and held in print format only for scanning. We will also deliver books to your office on campus.


[edit] Access to Journals not owned by our library

Ingenta A database of article information taken from over 18,000 journals that allows full-text PDF access and faxing of articles not owned by AU Libraries. Available to AU faculty, graduate students and staff. Subsidized document delivery up to $46.00 per article. Document Delivery Ariel address: 131.204.73.106. If our library doesn't subscribe to a journal, try searching the Ingenta database.

Journal Abbreviation Assistance

When your journal title is abbreviated, you will need to decipher the abbreviation in order to search the journal title in AUBIECat. These online sources will frequently translate the journal abbreviation into a full journal title.

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[edit] Reference Tools

[edit] Mental Measurements

Mental Measurements Yearbook Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute, contains information about and reviews of English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks.

Identifying and Locating Mental Measurements This web page includes all the key resources and ideas I have for finding mental measurements.


[edit] Encyclopedias

Baker encyclopedia of psychology & counseling / edited by David G. Benner & Peter C. Hill. Publication Information: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c1999. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .B25 1999

The Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology [electronic resource] / edited by Antony Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1999, 1995. Notes: Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2001. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. This NetLibrary eBook does not include some or all of the images that were part of the original hardcopy book. Subject(s): Social psychology --Encyclopedias. Electronic books. Location: AU Electronic Resource Web Link Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: HM 251 .B476 1995

Comprehensive clinical psychology / editors-in-chief, Alan S. Bellack, Michel Hersen. Publication Information: Amsterdam ; New York : Pergamon, 1998. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: RC 467 .C597 1998

Concise Encyclopedia of psychology / Raymond J. Corsini and Alan J. Auerbach, editors ; consulting editors, Anne Anastasi ... [et al.] ; associate editors, Mary Allen ... [et al.] ; managing editor, Becky Ozaki. Publication Information: New York : J. Wiley, c1996. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .C67 1996

The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science[electronic resource]/ co-editors, W. Edward Craighead, Charles B. Nemeroff. New York : Wiley, c2001. Notes: When accessing NetLibrary eBooks, users will be promted to log into their NetLibary account. First time users should choose "create an account." The account provides free and instantaneous access. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .E52 2001

Encyclopaedia of applied psychology / by A.K. Sharan. New Delhi : Published by J.L. Kumar for Anmol Publications, 2002. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 636 .S587 2002

Encyclopedia of children and childhood : in history and society / edited by Paula S. Fass. Publication Information: New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2004. Library: Auburn University Libraries Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: HQ 767.84 .E53 2003 Available: v.1-3

Encyclopedia of human behavior / editor-in-chief, V.S. Ramachandran. Publication Information: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, c1994. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .E5 1994

Encyclopedia of psychology / Raymond J. Corsini, editor Publication Information: New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c2001. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .E52 2001

Encyclopedia of psychology / Alan E. Kazdin, editor in chief Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .E52 2000

Encyclopedia of psychotherapy / edited by Michel Hersen and William H. Sledge. San Diego, CA : Academic Press, 2002. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: RC 475.7 .E537 2002

Encyclopedia of social measurement / edited by Kimberly Kempf-Leonard. Edition:1st ed. Publication Information: San Diego, Calif. ; London : Academic, 2005. Library: Auburn University Libraries Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: H 62 .E566 2005 Status: Not Checked Out Available: v.1-3

Encyclopedia of the human brain / editor-in-chief, V.S. Ramachandran. Publication Information: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, c2002. Library: Auburn University Libraries Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: QP 376 .E586 2002 Available: v.1-4

Encyclopedia of the neurological sciences / editors, Michael J. Aminoff, Robert B. Daroff. Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2003. Location: Vet Med Auburn - Reference Call Number: RC 334 .E526 2003

The family encyclopedia of child psychology and development / by Frank J. Bruno. Publication Information: New York, N.Y. : Wiley, c1992. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 721 .B7157 1992

The Gale encyclopedia of psychology / Susan Gall, executive editor ; Bernard Beins and Alan Feldman, contributing editors. Publication Information: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, c1996. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .G35 1996

International encyclopedia of marriage and family / James J. Ponzetti, Jr., editor in chief. Edition: 2nd ed. Publication Information: New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2003. Notes: Rev. ed. of: Encyclopedia of marriage and the family.c1995. Library: Auburn University Libraries Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: HQ 9 .E52 2003 Status: Not Checked Out Available: v.1-4

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences / editors-in-chief Neil J. Smelser, Paul B. Baltes. Publication Information: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2001. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: H 41 .I58 2001

The Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods / Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Alan E. Bryman, Tim Futing Liao. Publication Information: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c2004. Library: Auburn University Libraries Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: H 62 .L456 2004 Available: v.1-3

Survey of social science. Psychology series / edited by Frank N. Magill ; consulting editor, Jaclyn Rodriquez. Publication Information: Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c1993. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .S79 1993


[edit] Dictionaries

Biographical dictionary of psychology / edited by Noel Sheehy, Antony J. Chapman, Wendy A. Conroy. London ; New York : Routledge Reference, 1997 (1998 printing) Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 109 .A1 B56 1997

The Blackwell dictionary of cognitive psychology / edited by Michael W. Eysenck ; advisory editors, Andrew Ellis, Earl Hunt, Phil Johnson-Laird. Publication Information: Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell Reference, c1990. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 311 .B535 1990

The Blackwell dictionary of neuropsychology / edited by J. Graham Beaumont, Pamela M. Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1996. Location: Auburn RBD Library (4th Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: QP 360 .B577 1996

The concise dictionary of psychology / David A. Statt. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .S62 1998

Dictionary of biological psychology / edited by Philip Winn. London ; New York : Routledge, 2001. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: QP360 .D52 2001

Dictionary of cognitive psychology / Ian Stuart-Hamilton. Publication Information: London ; Bristol, Pa. : J. Kingsley, 1995. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 201 .S78 1995

Dictionary of Cognitive Science : neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy / Olivier Houdé, editor, Psychology Press, 2004. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 311 .V56713 2004

Dictionary of developmental psychology / Ian Stuart-Hamilton. London ; Bristol, Pa. : Jessica Kingsley Pub., c1996. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 712.7 .S78 1996

A dictionary of dream symbols : with an introduction to dream psychology / Eric Ackroyd. Publication Information: London : Blandford ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub. Co, c1993. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 1091 .A34 1993

The Dictionary of family psychology and family therapy / S. Richard Sauber ... [et al.]. Publication Information: Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1993. Description: xix, 468 p. ; 24 cm. 2nd ed. Location: Auburn RBD Library (4th Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: RC 488.5 .D525 1993

A dictionary of psychology / Andrew M. Colman. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .C65 2001

The Oxford companion to the mind / edited by Richard L. Gregory. Publication Information: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. Description: xx, 1004 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm. 2nd ed. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .O84 2004

The Penguin dictionary of psychology / Arthur S. Reber and Emily S. Reber. London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2001. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .R43 2001

A student’s dictionary of psychology / Nicky Hayes and Peter Stratton. London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Oxford University Press, 2003. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 31 .S69 2003


[edit] Handbooks

APA Manual: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Publication Information: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2001. Description: xxviii, 439 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. 5th ed. Library: Auburn University Libraries Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Desk Call Number: BF 76.7 .P83 2001

Child development / edited by Neil J. Salkind. Publication Information: New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2002. Series: Macmillan psychology reference series Library: Auburn University Libraries Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: HQ 772 .C436 2002

Clinical handbook of psychological disorders : a step-by-step treatment manual / edited by David H. Barlow. Publication Information: New York : Guilford Press, c2001. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: RC 489 .B4 C584 2001

Comprehensive handbook of psychotherapy / [editor-in-chief] Florence Kaslow. Publication Information: New York : Wiley, c2002. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: RC 480 .C593 2002

Comprehensive handbook of psychological assessment / editor-in-chief, Michel Hersen. Publication Information: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, c2004. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: BF 176 .C654 2004

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV-TR. Online Access via Psychiatry Online Publication Information: Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association, c2000. 4th ed., text revision. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: RC 455.2 .C4 D536 2000

Handbook of parenting / edited by Marc H. Bornstein. Publication Information: Mahwah, N.J. : Erlbaum, c2002. Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: HQ 755.8 .H357 2002

Handbook of psychology / Irving B. Weiner, editor-in-chief. Publication Information: New York : Wiley, c2003. Web Link: Table of contents Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) Call Number: BF 121 .H1955 2003

Handbook of qualitative research / Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, editors. Edition: 2nd ed. Publication Information: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2000. Library: Auburn University Libraries Location: Auburn RBD Library (2nd Floor) - Reference Collection Call Number: H 62 .H2455 2000


[edit] Associations and Societies

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychological Association

American Counseling Association

American Psychological Society

National Institute of Mental Health


[edit] Auburn University Psychology Department


[edit] Help with APA Style

Last but not least: to properly cite the resources in your papers, using APA style, try using

Landmark's Citation Machine,Researching in the Social Sciences or APA Citation Guide for examples.


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