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Reference Books
covering research methods, statistical information, biographical, book reviews, and etc.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology /
Reference BF31 .B25 1985
Dictionary of Key Words in Psychology / Reference BF31 .B78 1986
Encyclopedia of human behavior / Reference BF31 .E5 1994 v. 1-4 

Encyclopedia of Mental health /Reference RA790.5 .E53 1998 v. 1-3
International encyclopedia of psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis & neurology.Progress volume
/ Reference RC334 .I57 Volume 1-13  
The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Psychology / Reference BF31 .E555 1986
The International Dictionary of Psychology /
Reference BF31 .S83 1996
The Oxford Companion to the Mind / Reference BF31 .O94 1987

Research Methodology
Psychology: a guide to reference and information sources / Reference BF 121z B39 1993 
Dissertations and theses from start to finish : psychology and related fields / Reference BF76.5 C645 1993
Research design and methods : a process approach / 6th FL SOUTH BF76.5 .B67 1996

Writing papers in psychology: a student guide / Ralph L. Rosnow, Mimi Rosnow / Reference BF76.7 .R67 1998 NON-CIRC

Statistics
Mental Illness and Substance Abuse / Books RC443 .S58 1989 
Mental health, United States / [National Institute of Mental Health]  Docs/US HE 20.8137:1998  NON-CIRC

Vital statistics of the United States / Docs/US  HE 20.6210:V.1/ 1993  NON-CIRCs /
Statistical Handbook on Aging / Reference HQ1064.U5 S695 1994  NON-CIRC
Statistical Abstracts of the United States / Reference
The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities / Not at CSUF

Catalogs (The World of Books)  -- Catalogs are tools to help you locate book titles and journal titles owned by one library or a library consortium.   Search options normally include author, title, subject, keyword, call number, ISSN, ISBN, etc.  However, one cannot search for articles by title or author in a catalog.   Instead, Indexes/abstracts in an appropriate subject should be used.

Types of Catalogs

CSUF OPAC -- A catalog for the CSUF Pollak Library's collection.  The catalog provides a bibliographic description for each document in the OPAC.  It also provides information on location, call number, and status for each document. 
 
LINK+ -- Formerly CSU Link.  Link+ is the union catalog for the CSU libraries in the consortium including the Claremont Colleges Libraries.  You can request books online from LINK+.  It takes about three days for the books to arrive.

Melvyl -- The union catalog for the libraries of the nine University of California campuses. It consists of two databases.  Melyvyl Catalog is a database to locate books.  Periodicals Titles database, also known as the California Periodicals Database, is a union list of periodicals in California.  Major contributors include 9 UC campuses, California State Library, California State University, Stanford University, and others. 
  
WorldCat-- An OCLC database of books and journals in libraries worldwide that have contributed records to OCLC.  One can request books online in WorldCat.  

Subject Terms to Search in Catalogs (Limit/Sort; Limit to a Specific Collection; Call Number Link to other books in similar subject areas)
Psychology -- Dictionaries
Psychology -- Research
Psychology -- Research-- Methodology (29 books)
Psychology -- Periodicals


Journal Articles

To locate journal articles on psychology topics, use the following electronic journals and indexes/abstracts/full-text databases.  They are available via the Library's home page under Find Articles & More.  To learn about these databases, see All Databases Described or go to the web sites of the databases.

Electronic Journal Collections

JSTOR  -- Back issues of electronic journals.  Not including the most recent five years.
Project Muse -- 42 scholarly electronic journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics.  

Full-text
(or selected full-text) Databases
Expanded Academic ASAP -- Selected full-text articles in all subject disciplines
Factiva -- Select Publications Library
Lexis/Nexis Academic -- Select General News Topics

Indexes/Abstracts Databases
PsychInfo
ERIC
Social Sciences Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
Women's Resource International

Sample PsychInfo & ERIC Records

Citation

Associations

The American Psychological Association