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Subject Librarian: Greg Spano (temporary), gspano@uno.edu, 504.280.6550
Important Databases -- Other Online Sources -- Combined Search -- Books -- FAQs
"The Big Ones"
Great places to start your psychology research. These databases have citations to thousands of articles, and sometimes have links to the full-text of the articles.
| PsycINFO |
PsycINFO is the place to start for articles in any area of Psychology. You can search over a million citations, dating back to the 1800s. PsycINFO connects seamlessly to the database PsycARTICLES (full-text articles from APA and other journals) and the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (full-text articles from 575 different journals). These databases can also be searched individually, but for the most complete set of results search all of PsycINFO. |
| Academic Search Complete |
Many Psychology topics are interdisciplinary, touching on sociology, anthropology, medicine and other areas. This means a general database can be a very good place to search for Psychology articles. |
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Other Useful Online Sources
| iLink |
The UNO Libraries Catalog is where you search for books, or look up which journal titles we have access to (both in print and online). |
| Google Scholar |
A free resource that contains citations to journal articles mostly in science, technology and medicine. If you use this link to Google Scholar, or set your Google Scholar preferences to include UNO, it will provide links to full-text articles courtesy of the UNO Library. |
| Mental Measurements Yearbook |
Looking for information about tests and measures? This database, based on the series of books, has information about over 2,000 testing instruments |
| Web of Science |
Web of Science integrates the former Social Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index. Use it to find article citations by topic, author, and title, and also by citation (i.e., look up which other articles and authors have cited an article you know about). |
| ERIC |
ERIC, the Education Resources Information Center, contains citations to articles and government documents in the field of education; if your topic has an educational aspect ERIC is a great place to search |
| MEDLINE |
If your topic has a medical or biological slant, try searching for articles here. MEDLINE can also be searched as PubMed at the NCBI website, but using the interface available from this page will give you more links to full-text journals in your results |
Want to search several places at once? Try WebFeat!
Many of the databases listed above can be searched simultaneaously using WebFeat - just select the ones you would like to search. This is a quick method but may not give you all the search options you need for a specialized search or a detailed literature review.
For some research, books are still the way to go. For example, encyclopedias and handbooks are good for brief, reliable information about psychological theories or instruments. A few books from the Reference section are listed below; contact a librarian, check iLink, the UNO Library's online catalog, or browse the Reference section (try call numbers starting with BF or RC) for more.
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| Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology |
Online |
Hundreds of articles about important psychological topics, including biographies, information about theories and experiments, and applications of psychology. |
| APA Publication Manual |
BF 76.7 .P83 2001 |
Find out how to format and provide citations for papers in Psychology and many other subjects. Some of the content is also available online at the APA Style Page. |
| Biographical Dictionary of Psychologists |
BF 109 .A1 B56 1997 |
With information about a wide variety of psychologists, this book contains birth and death dates, information about education and awards, and bibliographies of both the psychologist's important works and others' writings about them. |
| Handbook of Psychology |
BF 121 .H1955 |
Encyclopedic work includes overviews of many topics in Psychology, including history, research methods, and many different areas of Psychology (such as Biological Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Forensic Psychology, etc.). |
| DSM-IV-TR |
RC 455.2 .C4 D54 2000 |
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Volume IV - Text Revision is the current standard classification of mental disorders. It includes descriptions and diagnostic codes across the spectrum of mental disorders. |
F.A.Q.s
How can I get help with my research?
Contact the Science Librarian, Tina O'Grady, for help with your science information needs.Check the chat box at the top of the page to see if she is available right now. Or, she can be reached at 504-280-7280, cogrady@uno.edu (on email and AIM), or in Library Room 126.
Or, stop by the Information Desk on the first floor of the Library, call 504-280-6549, or email libref@uno.edu.
How do I get access to these resources from off campus?
When you click on the link to an electronic resource, you will be asked to log in. Use your UNO ID number (with two zeroes added to the end) as your User ID number. Your pin is CHANGEME unless you have changed it youself. If you encouter problems or need assistance logging in, contact the Circulation Desk at 504-280-6355.
When I find a citation or abstract, how do I get to the full article?
You can always look it up in the iLink, the UNO Library Catalog. Search for the journal title (make sure to use the journal title, not the article title!) to see if UNO has an online or print subscription. If we have a subscription, your search results will give you a link to the ejournal, a list of print issues on the shelf, or both.
As a shortcut, if the database record you are looking at has a link that says “Check LinkSource for more information”, follow that link to have the above steps done for you – you’ll be taken to the e-journal, the list of print copies, or other options.
What if the UNO Library doesn’t have the article or book I need?
There are still ways to get what you need! You can search the database WorldCat to find other nearby libraries that have the book or article (see the LALINC information page for information about using other local libraries), or request that the book or article be sent here through InterLibrary Loan.
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