Librarian for Psychology

Jason Phillips
New York University Bobst Library
Humanities and Social Sciences Reference, 1st floor
70 Washington Square So.
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2514
E-mail: jason.phillips@nyu.edu

NYU Links

• Library's Collection Development Policy For Psychology
  

• NYU Psychology Department Website

• Statistics and Social Science Group at NYU

  Information on services and resources of the NYU Academic and Computing Facility's Social Science Department, including links to data sets

Related Subject Guides

• Psychological, Health, and Educational Tests

• Anthropology

• Lesbian and Gay Studies

• Social Work

• Sociology

• News and Current Events

Research Assistance

Tutorials

• NYU Libraries Tutorial: How to find a book
• NYU Libraries Tutorial: How to find an article

Internet Links

• Education, Professional Associations, and Discussion Groups in Psychology

• Gateways to Internet Resources:
  • Scholarly Psychology Resources on the Web
  • Psychology Online Resource Central
  • Psychology Information Online
  • Encyclopedia of Psychology
  • Psych Web
  • Social Psychology Network
  • Data on the Net
  • Yahoo: Psychology
  
  
• Government / Public Policy / Organizations
  • The Brookings Institution
    An independent analyst and critic, publishes findings on public policy issues for the information of the public
  • National Institute of Mental Health
    United States federal agency for research on mental and behavioral disorders
  • New York State Department of Health
    New York's health monitoring and policy agency
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    Focuses on research in and funding for neurological disease
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    SAMHSA's mission is to build resilience and facilitate recovery for people with or at risk for substance abuse and mental illness

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks

These resources can help you get an overview of a topic; define terms, theories, and persons in the field; and provide you with further readings on each subject. Using a reference resource in your research is especially useful at the beginning of a project, when it can help you focus your activities. Resources below are divided into subsections (general; cognition and perception; social and community; industrial and organizational; and topical).

General Resources - Encyclopedias:

• Encyclopedia of Psychology, edited by Alan E. Kazdin, 8 volumes. Washington, D.C. and New York: American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press, 2000. By far, the most extensive and authoritative encyclopedia of psychology.
  Ref1 BF31.E52 2000
• The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, edited by W. Edward Craighead and Charles B. Nemeroff. New York: Wiley, 2001. 4 volumes.
  Ref1 BF31.E52 2001
• International Encyclopedia of Psychology, edited by Frank N. Magill. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1996, 2 volumes.
  Ref1 BF31.I58 1996
• Oxford Companion to the Mind, edited by Richard L. Gregory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
  Ref1 BF31.O94 2004
• Encyclopedia of Human Emotions, edited by David Levinson et al. New York: Macmillan, 1999. 2 volumes.
  Ref1 BF531.E55 1999
• Personality: Critical Concepts in Psychology, edited by Cary L. Cooper and Lawrence A. Pervin. New York: Routledge, 1998, 4 volumes.
  Ref1 BF698.P3594
• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, edited by Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes, 26 volumes. New York: Elsevier.
  Ref1 H41 .I65 2001

General Resources - Dictionaries:

• Dictionary of Concepts in General Psychology, edited by John. A. Popplestone and Marion White McPherson. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood, 1988.
  Ref1 BF31.P665 1988
• The Dictionary of Psychology, edited by Raymond J. Corsini. Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel, 1999.
  Ref1 BF31.C72 1999
• Dictionary of Statistics for Psychologists, edited by B.S. Everitt and T. Wykes.
  New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  Ref1 BF39.E83 1999
• A Student's Dictionary of Psychology,by David A. Statt. New York : Psychology Press, 2003.
  Ref1 BF31 .S64 2003
• Wiley's English-Spanish and Spanish-English Dictionary of Psychology and Psychiatry, edited by Steven M. Kaplan. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
  Ref1 BF31.K36 1995 and Ref9 BF31 .K36 1995

Cognition and Perception:

• The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS) , edited by Robert A. Wilson and Frank C. Keil. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999.
  Ref1 BF311.M556 1999
• Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, editor-in-chief, Lynn Nadel. New York: Nature Pub. Group, 2003. 4 volumes.
  Ref1 BF311 .E495 2003
• Handbook of Applied Cognition, edited by Francis T. Durso et al. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
  Ref1 BF201.H36 1999
• Handbook of Cognition and Emotion, edited by Tim Dalgleish and Mick J. Power. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
  Ref1 BF531.H314 1999
• Blackwell Handbook of Perception, edited by E. Bruce Goldstein. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2001.
  Ref1 BF311 .B537
• Handbook of Perception and Action. London: Academic Press, 1995, 3 volumes.
  Ref1 BF311.E5913 1995

Social and Community Psychology:

• The Handbook of Social Psychology, edited by Daniel T. Gilbert. Boston : McGraw-Hill, 1998. 2 volumes.
  Ref1 HM251 .H224 1998
• Handbook of Personal Relationships: Theory, Research and Interventions, edited by Steve Duck. New York: Wiley, c1997.
  Ref1 HM132 .H3325 1997
• The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, edited by Antony S.R. Manstead, et al. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995.
  Ref1 HM251 .B476 and HM 251 .B476
• Handbook of Community Psychology, edited by Julian Rappaport. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, c2000.
  Ref1 RA790.55 .H36 2000

Industrial and Organizational:

• Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, edited by Marvin D. Dunnette, Leaetta M. Hough. 4 volumes. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1990.
  Ref6 HF5548.8 .H265
• Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology, edited by Pieter J.D. Drenth, Henk Thierry, Charles J. de Wolff. 4 volumes. East Sussex: Psychology Press, c1998.
  Ref6 HF5548.8 .H2655

Topical Handbooks:

The following handbooks are an especially good way to get background on a specific subject area. They are written by experts on the topic presented and provide overviews of substantive areas of theory, research and practice in psychology.

• Comparative Psychology: a Handbook, edited by Gary Greenberg and Maury M. Haraway. New York: Garland, 1998.
  Ref1 BF671.C615 1998
• A to Z Handbook of Child and Adolescent Issues, edited by Amy Beth Taublieb. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
  Ref1 BF721.T38 2000
• Handbook of Child Psychology, 5th edition, edited by William Damon. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998, 4 volumes.
  Ref1 BF721.H242 1998
• WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health, edited by Joy D. Osofsky and Hiram E. Fitzgerald. New York: Wiley for the World Association for Infant Mental Health, 2000, 4 volumes.
  Ref1 RJ502.5.W35 2000
• Handbook of Creativity, edited by Robert J. Sternberg. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
  Ref1 BF408 .H285 1999
• Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, 5th edition, edited by James E. Birren and K.Warner Shaie. San Diego: Academic Press, 2001.
  Ref1 BF724.55.A35 H36 2001
• Handbook of Behaviorism, edited by William O'Donohue and Richard Kitchener. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999.
  Ref1 BF199.H36 1999
• Handbook of Emotions, edited by Michael Lewis and Jeannette M. Haviland-Jones. New York: Guildford, 2000.
  Ref1 BF561.H35 2000
• Handbook of Environmental Psychology, edited by Daniel Stokols and Irwin Altman. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1987, 2 volumes.
  Bobst Bookstacks BF353.H26 1987
• Handbook of Intelligence, edited by Robert J. Sternberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  Ref1 BF431.H31865 2000
• Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research, 2nd edition, edited by Lawrence A. Pervin and Oliver P. John. New York: Guilford, 1999.
  Ref1 BF698.H335 1999
• International Handbook of Personality and Intelligence, edited by Donald H. Saklofske and Moshe Zeidner. New York: Plenum, 1995.
  Ref1 BF698.9.I6 I57 1995
• Handbook of Psycholinguistics, edited by Morton Ann Gernsbacher. New York: Academic Press, 1994.
  Bobst Bookstacks P37.H335 1994
• Handbook of Self-regulation, edited by Monique Boekaerts et al. San Diego: Academic Press, 2000.
  Ref1 BF632.H363 2000

Manuals, Program Guides and Directories

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition. Washington, D.C.: APA, 2001.
  Ref1 [at Desk] BF76.7.P83 2001
• Parrot, Les. How to Write Psychology Papers, 2nd edition. New York: Longman, 1999.
  Ref1 BF76.5.P27 1999
• Journals in Psychology: a Resource Listing for Authors, 5th edition. Washington: D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1997.
  Ref1 BF76.8.J68 1997
• Videos in Psychology: a Resource Directory, edited by Gary R. VandenBos. Washington, D.C.: APA, 2000.
  Ref1 BF80.3V53 2000
• Graduate Study in Psychology, Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, c1992-
  Ref1 Career section BF76.A512 E55 (latest only in Ref1)
• APPIC Directory: Internship and Postdoctoral Programs in Professional Psychology. Washington, D.C.: Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers, annual.
  Ref1 BF77.D57 (Latest edition only)
• Directory of the American Psychological Association. Washington, D.C.: APA, published triennially.
  Ref1 BF11.A4 Latest edition only.
• Clawson, Thomas W. Counselor Preparation: Programs, Faculty, Trends. 11th ed. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2004.
  Ref1 BF637.C6 C52 2004
• National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
  URL:http://www.naap.org/analysts.php
  International Registry of NAAP-registered psychoanalysts.

Reviews of Research and Book Reviews

Review materials are a good way to familiarize yourself with trends and key ideas in current psychology. These are usually annual or monthly cumulations of articles or citations to articles that give you a brief summary of research and findings.

• Annual Review of Psychology. Stanford, Ca.: Annual Reviews. 1950 to date. Articles review significant developments in research, theory and practice in psychology.
  Bobst Bookstacks BF21.A6 (1950-2003) or Online access
  (http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html)
• Contemporary Psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. 1956 to date. Critical reviews of books, films and other media relevant to psychology.
  Electronic Access via PsycCritiques (2005-present)
  (http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_articles_title.html)
  Ref1 BF1.C63 (1999-2004)
  Bobst Bookstacks BF1.C63 (1956-1998)
• Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics. New York: Springer. 1980 to date.
  Articles discuss contemporary issues and review research in the physical, social and mental processes of aging.
  Bobst Bookstacks RC952.A1 A56
• International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Chishester: John Wiley & Sons. 1986 to date. Like the Annual Review of Psychology but with a narrower focus.
  Ref6 HF5548.8.I63

Indexes and Abstracts

Journal literature is central to the scholarly work of psychology. The following tools allow you to search for and use articles from within the hundreds of scholarly journals in psychology and related fields. To access these resources, click on the "articles via databases" link on the library homepage, and then look in the alphabetical list of databases by title. (http://library.nyu.edu/collections/databases.html)

• PsycINFO 1872 to present. Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology from scholarly journals, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
  (NYU students, faculty and staff only)
• ERIC 1966 to present. Provides citations to educational materials indexed by the U.S. Department of Education's Educational Resources Information Center.
  (NYU students, faculty and staff only)
• Medline 1966 to present. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline provides citations to articles on all health related topics, including mental health.
  (NYU students, faculty and staff only)
• Social Work Abstracts, Produced by the NASW, indexes journal articles in social work journals.
  (NYU students, faculty and staff only)
• Ageline 1978-present. Produced by the American Association of Retired Persons, Ageline provides bibliographic coverage of social gerontology.
  (NYU students, faculty and staff only)
• Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography, 1927 to 2001. Provides abstracts from professional journals and book reviews related to the growth and development of children.
  Ref1 HQ750.A1 N3
• Science and Social Science Citation Index 1988 to present. Multidisciplinary index to the social and behavioral sciences which can be searched by topic or for citations to a particular publication.
  (NYU students, faculty and staff only)

Psychological Tests

Because most test makers and publishers restrict access to their tests to qualified professionals, Bobst Library does not collect test instruments on a systematic basis. The Bobst Library Humanities and Social Science Reference Center does, however, have a number of resources that can help you locate freely available tests and reviews of tests. Note: be sure to check Psychological, Health, and Educational Tests page for more information about finding and using tests.

The following sources provide information about particular test instruments:

• Handbook of Psychiatric Measures. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2000. Provides descriptions and evaluations of numerous psychiatric instruments.
  Ref1 RC473.P78 A46 2000
• Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI).
  Provides citations related to both commercial and unpublished test instruments from a variety of fields.
  (NYU students, faculty and staff only)
  (http://library.nyu.edu/collections/databases.html)
• Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE.: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 1938 to present. Provides original reviews of and citations to articles about many commercially available educational, psychological, and vocational tests.
  Ref1 Z5814.P8 R93 (1938-2003) or Online access (1989-present)
• Test Critiques. Austin, TX.: Pro-ed, 1984-1994, 10 volumes. As the title indicates, provides reviews and critiques of test instruments.
  Ref1 BF176.T419
• Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business, 5th edition. Austin, TX.: Pro-ed, 2003. A quick reference to identify test instruments.
  Ref1 BF176.T43 2003
• Tests in Print V. Lincoln, NE.: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, 1999. Index to contents of Mental Measurements Yearbook from 1940 to 1999. 2 volumes.
  Ref1 Z5814.E9 T47 1999
• Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, editor-in-chief, Michel Hersen. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, c2004. 4 volumes.
  Ref1 BF176 .C654 2003
• Measures for Clinical Practice: a Sourcebook, third edition (New York: Free Press, 2000), 2 volumes. This is one resource that contains actual tests in their complete form.
  Ref1 Desk BF176.C66 2000 & Ref1 BF176.C66 2000

Clinical and Applied Psychology and Psychoanalysis

Clinical and Applied:

• Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, edited by Alan S. Bellack and Michel Hersen. Amsterdam: Pergamon, 1988/2000. 11 volumes. New edition available online only; older edition in print in Reference 1.
  Ref1 RC 467.C597 1998 or Online access
  (http://library.nyu.edu/collections/databases.html)
  Select ScienceDirect from library database page, then search for 'Comprehensive Clinical Psychology'.
• Handbook of Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications, edited by Jude Cassidy and Phillip R. Shaver. New York: Guilford, 1999.
  Ref1 BF575.A86 H36 1999
• Handbook of Comparative Interventions for Adult Disorders, 2nd ed., edited by Michel Hersen and Alan S. Bellack. New York: Wiley, 1999.
  Ref1 RC480.5.H275 1999 & RC480.5.H275 1999
• Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients, edited by Ruperto M. Perez, Kurt A. DeBord, and Kathleen J. Bieschke. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2000.
  Ref1 BF637.C6 H3125 2000
• Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Older Adults, edited by Michael Duffy. New York: John Wiley, 1999.
  Ref1 RC480.54.H36 1999
• Handbook of Counseling Boys and Adolescent Males: a Practitioner's Guide, edited by Arthur M. Horne and Mark S. Kiselica. Thousand Oaks, Ca.: Sage, 1999.
  Ref1 HV1421.H36 1999
• Handbook of Counseling Psychology, 3rd edition, edited by Steven D. Brown and Robert W. Lent. New York: J. Wiley, 2000.
  Ref1 BF637.C6 H315 2000
• Handbook of Multicultural Counseling, 2nd edition, edited by Joseph G. Ponterotto et al. Thousand Oaks, Ca.: Sage, 2001.
  Ref1 BF637.C6 H3174 2001

Psychoanalysis:

• Abstracts of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung. Volumes I-XVII, Bollinger Series XX. Rockville, MD.: Information Planning Associates, 1976.
  Ref1 BF23.J763 1953 Abstract (see also U.S. Docs HE20.8113:J95)
• Abstracts of the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. New York: International Universities Press, 1973.
  Ref1 BF173.F8 ABSTR
• American Handbook of Psychiatry, 2nd edition, revised and expanded. New York: Basic Books, 1974-1986. 8 volumes.
  Ref1 RC435.A562
• The Discovery of the Unconcious, Ellenberger, Henri F. New York: Basic Books, 1970.
  NYU BOBST BF173 .E6
• A Concordance to the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, edited by Samuel A. Guttman. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980. 6 volumes.
  Ref1 BF173.F85 G87
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR, 4th edition, text revision. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.
  Ref9 RC455.2.C4 D536 2000
• Freud, Sigmund. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. London: Hogarth, 1953. 53 volumes.
  BF173.F8 (complete set is also available in BREF Study Collection on mezzanine)
• International Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis & Neurology, edited by Benjamin B. Wolman. New York: Produced for Aesculapius Publishers by Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977. 12 volumes.
  Ref1 RC334.I57
• Jung, C.G. The Collected Works of C.G. Jung. New York: Pantheon/Princeton, 1953-1979. 20 volumes.
  BF23.J763
• New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, edited by M.G. Gelder et al., 2 volumes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
  Ref1 RC454.N477 2000