History and Systems of Psychology
Psychology 470

All Assignments | Assignment 1 | Assignment 2 | Assignment 3 |Assignment 4

How to Find:
Books | Journal Articles | Web Sites | Citing Sources

FINDING BOOKS ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY

Using Catalogs to locate books:

1.) Ariadne

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• Browse the shelves by Call Number

2.) MeLCat

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• About MeLCat

3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• Browse the shelves by Call Number
• Waldo Library: Hours and How to get to Western

4.) WorldCat and 5.) Interlibrary Loan

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• Order item through Interlibrary Loan

Examples of Books available in the Kalamazoo College Library:

Subject Headings

• Psychology History
  • Psychology History 19th Century
  • Psychology History 20th Century
  • Psychology History Bibliography
  • Psychology History Handbooks
• Psychology Research
• Psychology Experimental

Hours for Western's Waldo Library (Main Library) 387-5059
Directions to Western's Libraries

Note: Don't forget to use Print and Online Bibliographies

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY

Off-Campus Access to Licensed Resources

What Journals does the Library Own?

• In paper - Check Ariadne - search on your discipline or subject area, and in Step 2, limit the location to "Periodicals"
  • Or - Search Ariadne for a specific journal - enter the journal title into the Ariadne Title Search
• Online - Check Online Journals at K - to find out what online journals the Library subscribes to

Which index includes the journal I'm looking for?

• Periodical titles in FirstSearch indexes and databases
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory < about >

Journal Indexes

See the Psychology Research Guide: Using Indexes and Databases to help select an Index.

PsycINFO < about >
Title List
Journals on Psychology and related fields.
Produced by the American Psychological Association.
Covers publications from 1887 to the present.
For help in selecting the best terms for searching PsycINFO, use:
Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms (Reference Z695.1 .P7 T48 1997)

FULL-TEXT RESOURCES

Online Journals at K

Electronic periodicals in Psychology and related fields.
This site maintains a large index of psychologically-related
electronic journals, conference proceedings, and other periodicals.

Proquest < about >
Proquest Research Library is a database providing access to over 2,000 periodicals. Graphics are included with the fulltext in many cases. Users may search the entire database or select specific subject modules (examples include Health, Women's Studies and Education). Users also may select to search peer-reviewed journals only. Coverage: 1986-present.

JSTOR < about >
Title List.

Project MUSE < about >
Title List.

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe < about >
Title List.

General Reference Center Gold < about >
Health Reference Center - Academic < about >

Wilson Select Full Text < about >
Title List.

FINDING WEB SITES ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY

To find Web sites, use search engines and web indexes. See Finding Web Sites and Web Indexes and Directories.
See also Web Sites by Subject and Psychology Web Sites.

WorldCat < about >
WorldCat contains bibliographic citations for high-quality Web sites on a variety of subjects. When you search WorldCat for Web sites, remember to check the box for "Internet Resources" in the section called "Limit type to". Sites are selected according to a collection development policy that emphasizes quality, authoritativeness, and durability.

Web Sites:

• Academic Info Psychology
• Psychology Resources A guide to Academic research in Psychology on the internet, maintained by Melanie Pahlmann
• History and Systems of Psychology Maintained by Thomas E. Malloy.
• History of Psychology Maintained by John Nichols.

Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:

1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are there information gaps?

Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:

• Evaluating Web Resources
  Widener University Library
• Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
  Johns Hopkins University Library
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources
  New Mexico State University Library
• Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
  UCLA College Library

CITING YOUR SOURCES in the APA style

See: How to Cite Sources

See also Citing Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
5th ed., Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001.
(Ref. BF 76.7 .P83 2001)

See the APA site on Electronic Reference Formats for citing electronic resources:
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Book citation:

	Bolles, R. C. (1993). The story of psychology: A thematic history. Pacific Grove,
Calif. : Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.

Journal Citation:

	Stoving, R. K., Hangaard, J., Hansen-Nord, M., & Hagen, C. (1999). A review
of endocrine changes in anorexia nervosa. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 33 (2),
139- 152.

Chapter in a Book:

	McGuffin, P., & Katz, R. (1993). Psychopathology: Genetic and experiential
factors : Genes, adversity, and depression. In R. Plomin & G. E. McClearn (Eds.),
Nature, nurture, & psychology (pp.54-85). Washington, DC : American Psychological
Association.

APA Format
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
See the APA site on Electronic Reference Formats for citing electronic resources:
http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html