Psychology 17: Psychology of Food and Eating Disorders
Fall 2004
BOOKS | ARTICLES | ENCYCLOPEDIAS | HANDBOOKS | DICTIONARIES | INDEXES/DATABASES | CITING SOURCES
Finding Books
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Finding Journal & Newspaper Articles
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Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Psychology. Kazdin, Alan E., ed.
Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association ; New York : Oxford
University Press, 2000. 8 vols. (SCI REF BF31 E52 2000)
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. Katz, Solomon H., ed. New York
: Scribner/Thomson Gale, c2003. 3 vols. (FROST REF GT2850 .E53 2003)
Britannica Online
For general information, a good encyclopedia is often best.
Handbooks
Handbook of Psychology. Weiner, Irving B., ed. Hoboken,
N.J. : Wiley, c2003. 12 vols. (SCI REF BF121 H1955 2003) Vol.8 covers
Clinical Psychology and Vol.9 covers Health Psychology. Both have information
on eating disorders.
Handbook of Health Psychology. Baum, Andrew, et al., eds. Mahwah,
N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c2001. (SCI REF R726.7 .H3645 2001)
Oxford Companion to Food. Davidson, Alan. Oxford ; New York : Oxford
University Press, 1999. (FROST REF TX349 .D38 1999)
Eating Disorders and Obesity : a comprehensive handbook. Fairburn,
Christopher G. and Kelly D. Brownell, eds. 2nd ed. New York : Guilford
Press, c2002. (FROST RC552.E18 E2825 2002)
Handbook of Eating Disorders and Obesity. Thompson, J. Kevin, ed.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2004. (SCI REF RC552.E18 H362
2004)
Dictionaries
Dictionary of Psychology. Corsini, Raymond J. Philadelphia,
PA : Brunner/Mazel, c1999. (SCI REF BF31 C72 1999)
Dictionary of Biological Psychology. Winn, Philip, ed. London :
Routledge, 2001. (SCI REF QP360 .D52 2001)
Oxford
Reference Online Online version of many Oxford Universtiy Press
reference books, including the Dictionary of Psychology (also available
in print FROST REF BF31 .C65 2001) and the Dictionary of Food and Nutrition.
OED
Online or the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary (FROST
REF PE1625 O87 1989)
Indexes/Databases
PsycInfo
(1887-present)
Index covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and
related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology,
education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Updated
monthly.
PubMed
(1966–present) MEDLINE, The National Library of Medicine's index
to biomedical literature available through the National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI).
Citing Sources
Be sure to credit the sources you use for a research project—whether printed books and journals or online texts, websites, etc.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, c2001. (FROST/SCI
REF BF76.7 P83 2001)
Using
APA Format Purdue University's electronic handout for using APA
style manual.
Electronic
Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
The APA's official citation format for electronic sources.
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