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Psychology 28: Abnormal Psychology

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  • PsycINFO (1887–present) Index covering the professional and academic literature in psychology.
  • PubMed (1966–present) MEDLINE, The National Library of Medicine's index to biomedical literature available through the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  • Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV-TR (4th ed). (2000). Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association. (SCI REF RC455.2.C4 C536 2000)
  • Dictionary of Psychology via Oxford Reference Online
  • Xreferplus interdisciplinary collection of dictionaries and encyclopedias
 

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Dictionaries    
  • Corsini, R. J. (1999). Dictionary of Psychology. Philadelphia, PA: Brunner/Mazel. (SCI REF BF31 C72 1999)
  • Winn, P. (Ed.). (2001). Dictionary of Biological Psychology. London: Routledge. (SCI REF QP360 .D52 2001)
  • Campbell, R. J. (2004). Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary (8th ed.). Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. (SCI REF RC437 .H5 2004)
  • Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (29th ed.). (2000). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co. (SCI REF xR121 .D73)
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Handbooks & Encyclopedias  
  • Kazdin, A. E. (Ed.). (2000). Encyclopedia of psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association ; New York: Oxford University Press. 8 vols. (SCI REF BF31 E52 2000)
  • Weinger, I. B. (Ed.). (2003) Handbook of Psychology. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. 12 vols. (SCI REF BF121 H1955 2003) Volume 8 addresses Clinical Psychology.
  • Corcoran, K. & Fischer, J. (2000). Measures for Clinical Practice: a sourcebook (3rd ed.) New York: Free Press. 2 vols. (SCI REF BF176 .C66 2000)
  • Sutker, P. B. & Adams, H. E. (Eds.). (2001). Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology (3rd ed.). New York: Kluwer Academic.