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Psychology 43: Science and Gender

Fall 2007

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Five College Library Catalog. Find books and journal titles in Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and UMass libraries. Search all together or search one library at a time.
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.
PubMed (1966–present) MEDLINE, The National Library of Medicine's index to biomedical literature available through the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Web of Science (1994-present) Online version of Science and Social Sciences Citation Index, interdisciplinary journal article databases. Tracks cited references to locate more recent articles.

Background

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)
Weiner, I. B. (Ed.). (2003). Handbook of psychology. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. 12 vols. (SCI REF BF121 .H1955 2003) Vol.6 covers Developmental Psychology and Vol.9 covers Health Psychology.
Piotrowski, N. A. (Ed.). (2003). McGill's encyclopedia of social science: psychology. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press. (SCI REF BF31 .M33 2003)
Smelser, N. J., & Baltes, P. B. (Eds.). (2001). International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 26 vols. (FROST REF H41 .I58 2001)

Dictionaries

Dictionary of Psychology via Oxford Reference Online
VandenBos, G. R. (Ed.). (2007) APA dictionary of psychology. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association. (FROST REF BF31 A63 2007)

Citing Sources & Research Guides

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (5th ed.). (2001). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (FROST/SCI REF BF76.7 P83 2001)
Using APA Format Purdue University's electronic handout for using APA style manual.
Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources Within Your Paper Duke University's guide includes APA, MLA, and Turabian

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