Psychology 57 : History of Psychiatry
Fall 2007
Finding Books
Five College Library Catalog: Catalog of all books, music, video, online resources, etc., in Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith and UMass libraries. Try out both free-floating keywords anywhere and more focused subject keywords. Make a distinction between books about the history of a field, disorder or treatment and historical texts that are actually primary documents about them.
WorldCat Database that is like a combined catalog of many libraries
in the United States and beyond.
Resources on the History of Psychiatry: A bibliography by Emily Martin and Lorna A Rhodes, professors of anthropology, compiled for the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine. If you want to search the catalog of the National Library of Medicine yourself, try its NLM LocatorPlus
Annual Review of Psychology: Search for literature reviews -- recommending both books and articles -- on your topic. Literature surveys can lead you quickly to major sources.
Finding Articles
Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army, 1880-1955 (Frost/Reference Z 6676 U6) 58 vols.: A record of books and (mostly) journal articles in the library that became the National Library of Medicine. Publications listed here reflect the developments in the field you are studying. A gold mine of historical material. Use old-fashioned terminology to search older volumes.
American Periodicals Series Online, 1740-1900. Complete texts of articles from early journals. Good for 18th and 19th-century accounts of illnesses, hospitals, treatments, etc.
Historical
Abstracts or American: History & Life : Find articles, book reviews, and some books on all aspects of world history, including the history of science and medicine.
PubMed : Modern index to vast array of biomedical and health sciences literature, covering journal articles from the mid-1960s on. Do you find this database intimidating? Try the 3-minute online tutorial Searching the MeSH (medical subject headings) Database. Created by the National Library of Medicine.
PsycInfo : References to articles in psychology journals from 1887 on, many with links to complete texts.
Academic OneFile and Academic
Search Premier: Databases with references to articles (mostly
published since the 1980s) from a variety of journals.
Journal Locator/Citation Linker, Do you already know what article you need? Connect to electronic copies or look in library catalog for print journals.
Background:Vocabulary, History, and Culture
Harvard Guide to Psychiatry (Science/Reference RC 454 N47 1999): Chapters covering major topics and issues in psychiatry. Remember it was published 18 years ago.
Handbook of Psychology (Science/Reference BF 121 H1955 2003): 12 volumes, each devoted to a major aspect of psychology, with substantial articles and recommendations for more research.
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences or International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Frost/Reference H 41 I58 2001): Serious, scholarly surveys of all aspects of the social sciences, with good coverage of psychology.
The Freud Encyclopedia: Theory, Therapy, and Culture (Frost/Reference BF 173 F6176 2002): Quite short articles on Freud and his theories, his followers, and his influence.
International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (Frost/Reference RC 501.4 D4313 2005): Three volumes of brief essays on concepts, places, important people, etc.
OED Online: The best unabridged English dictionary with extensive notes on historical changes in words' meanings and usage. Think about it for this course.
Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary (Science/Reference RC 437 H5 2004): An up-to-date dictionary for short definitions.
Dictionary of Psychology, Oxford Companion to Medicine , A-Z of Medicinal Drugs, Concise Medical Dictionary, Oxford Companion to the Mind, or Oxford Companion to the Body : Just for quick look-up of drugs, disorders, concepts, technical terms and definitions, all from any computer on campus.
Check the library catalog or -- even better -- ask at the Reference Desk to find handbooks and encyclopedias on other special topics.
Citing Sources
When you want to credit the sources you use for a research project -- whether printed books and journals or online texts, websites, etc., consult the online guide, APA Documentation, a guide form the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Or use Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Frost Reference BF 76.7 P83 2001).Do you have questions about research in this course? Contact Margaret Adams Groesbeck (email:magroesbeck; voice: x2098)