Psychological & Brain Sciences
Guide to best UMass Library resources for research in psychology
Background Info
Background information on your topic can help you build better searches for finding sources. Find your topic in a dictionary or encyclopedia - or in the DSM - to discover more keywords and concepts to shape your approach to searching for sources.
- PsychiatryOnline This link opens in a new windowPsychiatry Online features the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) and The American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of a collection of psychiatric references. This resource also includes books, journals, medication information handouts for patients, clinical and research news, self-assessment tools, and previous editions of the DSM.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new windowJournals and reference works from publisher John Wiley.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Dictionaries
- APA Dictionary of PsychologyMore than 25,000 authoritative entries across 90 subfields of psychology.
- Dictionary of Psychology and Allied SciencesOnline psychology dictionary.
A Dictionary of Psychology by Andrew M. Colman
ISBN: 9780199657681Publication Date: 2015-02-02Including more than 11,000 definitions, this authoritative and up-to-date dictionary covers all branches of psychology. Clear, concise descriptions for each entry offer extensive coverage of key areas including cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods. The range of entries extends to related disciplines including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, the neurosciences, and statistics. Entries are extensively cross-referenced for ease of use, and cover word origins and derivations as well as definitions. More than 100 illustrations complement the text.APA Dictionary of Clinical Psychology by American Psychological Association; Gary R. VandenBos
ISBN: 9781433812859Publication Date: 2013The APA Dictionary of Clinical Psychology maintains all the best features of the parent dictionary, including
11,000 entries offering clear and authoritative definitions--including a number of entirely new entriesBalanced coverage from across such core areas as assessment, evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders; training and supervision; as well as terms more generally relevant to various biological, cognitive, developmental, and personality/social psychological underpinnings of mental healthHundreds of incisive cross-references that deepen the user's understanding of related topics.APA Dictionary of Lifespan Developmental Psychology by Gary R. VandenBos (Editor)
ISBN: 9781433813733Publication Date: 2013-01-01This well-focused abridgment of the critically acclaimed APA Dictionary of Psychology is specifically tailored for scholars and students who focus on the field of developmental psychology. The basic lexicon of development across the lifespan is illuminated in thousands of entries and hundreds of cross-references representing four basic categories: theories (e.g., psychoanalytic, normative development, testing, learning, Piagetian stages), biosocial (e.g., heredity/genetics, physical/sexual maturation), cognitive (e.g., learning, memory, and neurology), psychosocial (e.g., family, community, education, employment). Moreover, a significant number of revised and entirely new entries will offer fresh perspectives on the multidimensional and multidirectional aspects and the plasticity of change across human life and in human behavior.APA College Dictionary of Psychology by Gary R. VandenBos (editor)
ISBN: 9781433821592Publication Date: 2016APA offers the second edition of its popular, compact, and economical student's dictionary. With some 5,500 entries--more than 500 more than the original edition - the second edition continues to feature clear and authoritative definitions that provide basic coverage from across 90 subdisciplines of psychology. Special emphasis is concentrated on the fields that are typically encountered in undergraduate studies, such as general, personality and social, lifespan developmental, abnormal, and cognitive psychology.
Encyclopedias
- The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive ScienceThe Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a new, multidisciplinary guide to understanding the mind: a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics to a broad audience of students and scholars.
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedia essays, with bibliographies, from experts on all aspects of the social sciences. Current.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- Encyclopedia of Social PsychologyBaumeister (Florida State Univ.) and Vohs's (Univ. of Minnesota) two-volume compendium of 600 A-to-Z entries further bridges the gap and brings the research in the discipline up to date. Written clearly and concisely, it is a significant source of information on key concepts, definitions, issues, and implications in the field today.
The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science by W. Edward Craighead (Editor); Charles B. Nemeroff (Editor)
ISBN: 9780471604150Publication Date: 2004-04-26Edited by high caliber experts, and contributed to by quality researchers and practitioners in psychology and related fields. Includes over 500 topical entries. Each entry features suggested readings and extensive cross-referencing. Accessible to students and general readers.Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development by Sam Goldstein (Editor); Jack A. Naglieri (Editor)
ISBN: 9780387790619Publication Date: 2011-05-04Presented in A to Z format, the Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development consists of three volumes that address the major conceptual areas of child development: learning, behavior, and emotions. Taking advantage of the techniques offered by the electronic medium, the Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development offers an extensive cross-referencing system that facilitates speedy search and retrieval of information.Encyclopedia of School Psychology by Steven Lee (Editor)
ISBN: 9780761930808Publication Date: 2005-04-27The Encyclopedia of School Psychology is the first comprehensive guide to this field, featuring the latest research on school learning, motivation, and educational assessment. Approximately 250 entries by 175 contributing authors from psychology, education and counseling, child development, and special education address student success, behavior disorders, intelligence testing, learning disabilities, strategies to improve academic skills, and more.
Handbooks/Manuals
- Oxford Handbooks: Psychology This link opens in a new windowOxford Handbooks offer thorough introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship in psychology, creating an original conception of the field and setting the agenda for new research. The articles review the key issues and major debates, and provide an argument for how those debates might evolve.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Handbook of Psychology by Irving B. Weiner (Editor)
ISBN: 9780470619049Publication Date: 2012-10-16Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field, discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology. Offers an authoritative review as well as insight into emerging topics in psychology. Each volume is the result of the collaboration of leading national and international scholars with expert volume editors to produce chapters on virtually every topic in the subject area, from established theories to the most current research and developments.Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Learning and Memory by John T. Wixted (Editor-In-Chief); Elizabeth A. Phelps (Volume Editor); Lila Davachi (Volume Editor)
ISBN: 9781119170037Publication Date: 2018-02-01Five total volumes covering different topics in experimental psychology.
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