Research Guides: PSYC 009: FYS: Real-World Issues in Developmental Psychology (SC): Finding Background Information

ONLINE Resources

Sometimes you will need to look up words or get some background information before you are able to fully understand the articles you are reading in scientific journals. Here are some good online reference resources where you can find overview articles. These articles could be a good source of KEYWORDS which you will need to run accurate searches in journal databases.

Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology
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Provides full-text access to an authoritative, comprehensive, and current reference work. Covers all areas of psychology. Articles are signed and contain references and suggested readings. Fully searchable by keyword and browsable by topic.
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
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Encompasses topics including aging (geropsychology), assessment, clinical, cognitive, community, counseling, educational, environmental, family, industrial/organizational, health, school, sports, and transportation psychology. Each entry provides a clear definition, a brief review of the theoretical basis, and emphasizes major areas of application.
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior
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A comprehensive reference source on human action and reaction, and the thoughts, feelings, and physiological functions behind those actions. You will need to sign in through EZ-Proxy to access this resource.
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
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Includes numerous entries chosen by a diverse team of experts to comprise an exhaustive list of the most important concepts in social psychology.
Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development
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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development presents an authoritative and up-to-date overview of research and theory concerning a child's social development from pre-school age to the onset of adolescence.

PRINT Resources

And sometimes it's easiest to just use a good PRINT dictionary! Here are just two examples of fairly current psychology dictionaries found in McCabe's Reference section:

APA Dictionary of Psychology by Gary R. Vandenbos (Editor)
ISBN: 1591473802
With more than 25,000 terms and definitions, this resource covers all areas of research and application in psychology.

McCabe Reference BF31 .A65 2007
The Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology
ISBN: 9780521854702
The Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology is the first and only dictionary that surveys the broad discipline of psychology from an international, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary focus.

McCabe Reference BF31 .C28 2009