Reference Sources for Psychology
Printed sources are located in the Arts and Social Studies Library or the Senghennydd Library.
Encyclopaedias and handbooks
Encyclopedia of gerontology : Age, aging, and the aged / E. James.
Encyclopedia of mental health / Howard S. Friedman.
Encyclopedia of psychology [electronic] / R. Corsini. 3rd ed. 2004. (previous editions available in print in the library)
Encyclopedia of relationships across the lifespan / Jeffrey S. Turner.
Handbook of psychology [electronic] / Irving B. Weiner (ed.).
Volume 1, History of Psychology
Volume 2, Research Methods in Psychology
Volume 3, Biological Psychology
Volume 4, Experimental Psychology
Volume 5, Personality and Social Psychology
Volume 6, Developmental Psychology
Volume 7, Educational Psychology
Volume 8, Clinical Psychology
Volume 9, Health Psychology
Volume 10, Assessment Psychology
Volume 11, Forensic Psychology
Volume 12, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
The MIT encyclopedia of the cognitive sciences [electronic] / Robert A. Wilson and Frank C. Keil. (also available in print in the library)
Whole Brain Atlas
This online atlas has sections on normal brain, strokes, brain tumours, degenerative diseases and inflammatory/infectious disease. It is accompanied by lecture notes and MPEG movies.
Dictionaries
The Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology / A. Manstead.
Dictionary of cognitive psychology / I. Stuart-Hamilton.
Dictionary of cognitive science [electronic] : neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy / Olivier Houde (ed.).
Dictionary of developmental psychology / I. Stuart-Hamilton.
Dictionary of statistics & methodology: a nontechnical guide for the social sciences / W. Paul Vogt. 2nd ed. 1999. (first edition also available)
A dictionary of statistics for psychologists / B.S. Everitt and T. Wykes.
Elsevier’s dictionary of psychological theories [electronic] / J.E. Roeckelein.
Oxford dictionary of psychology A. Colman. 2nd ed. 2006. (print and electronic, previous ed. also available)
The Penguin dictionary of psychology / A. Reber. 3rd ed. 2001. (previous editions also available)
A student's dictionary of psychology / P. Stratton. 3rd ed. 1999. (previous editions also available)
Tests and Measurements
Finding Information about Psychological Tests
From the American Psychological Association, this site addresses the most frequently asked questions about locating psychological tests.
The fourteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook / Barbara S. Plake and James C. Impara. (earlier editions of this yearbook are also available)
Tests in print IV: an index to tests, test reviews, and the literature on specific tests / Linda L. Murphy, Jane Close Conoley, and James C. Impara. (earlier editions of this index are also available)
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