Library Psychology 357

Use these encyclopedias and reference works to get started on a topic.

• Reference Universe
  Searchable index of the library's entire reference collection, both print and electronic.
• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  Scholarly surveys of all aspects of social sciences.
• The New Harvard Guide to Psychiatry
  Available in Print Reference collection. Call number: RC454 .N47 1988

Reference example article

Look here for articles, book chapters, & e-books.

• America, History & Life (1964 to present)
  Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
• PsycInfo (1887 to present)
  Covers the academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including psychiatry, sociology, education, and other areas.
• PEP (Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing) (1871 to present; 3 year full-text embargo)
  Complete text and illustrations of 49 journals in psychoanalysis, 96 classic psychoanalytic books, and the full text and editorial notes of the 42 volumes of the standard editions of Freud.
• Historical Abstracts with Full Text (1955 to present)
  Scholarly literature about world history since 1450 (excluding the United States and Canada).
• Sociological Abstracts (1952 to present)
  Covers the international literature in sociology and related disciplines.
• Social Sciences Citation Index (1984 to present)
  Tracks cited references to locate more recent articles in social science.
• PubMed (1966 to present)
  Premiere biomedical index, includes MEDLINE and links to molecular biology databases.

Use the catalog or Discover to search for books

Try these subject terms for searching:

Psychiatry -- History

Mental illness -- History

Cultural Psychiatry

Try these resources, visit Archives & Special Collections, and consult the Primary Source research guide.

• EEBO: Early English Books Online (1473-1700)
  Full text of over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661).
• Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) (1701-1800)
  Page images and full-text searching for more than 136,000 key English- and foreign-language titles printed in Great Britain during the 18th century, based on the English Short Title Catalogue.
• British Periodicals
  Searchable full text of hundreds of British periodicals from the late 17th century to the early 20th, with high-resolution facsimile page images.
• Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
  Combined search of the historic Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, Chinese Newspapers Collection, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, New York Times, South China Morning Post, Times of India, and Washington Post.
• NLM: History of Medicine Division
  The National Library of Medicine's collection of historical materials related to human health and disease; includes images and finding aids to print materials.

Resources on the History of Psychiatry, at the NLM

Archival Collection materials example

Women and Psychology -- Smith College's Psychology Collection