DO A SUBJECT SEARCH IN ONLINE CATALOG (use these LOC Subject Headings)

Psychology, Pathological         Clinical psychology            Mental Illness

Mental Health                           Personality                         Counseling

Psychoanalysis                         Psychotherapy

Narrower Search Terms:

Adjustment Disorders              Affective disorders                  Cognition disorders                    

Compulsive behavior                Dissociative disorders             Impulse control disorders           

Panic disorders                         Personality disorders              Psychoses

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BROWSING AREAS IN THE LIBRARY (Library of Congress Classification System)

BF 173 - BF 175.5   &    RC 500 - RC 510  --------Psychoanalysis        RA 790 - RA 790.95--------------------Mental Health

BF637.C6 --------------------------------------------------Counseling                RC 435 - RC 489------------------------Psychology, Pathological          

BF 698 - BF 698.9----------------------------------------Personality                 RC 466.8 - RC 467.95-----------------Clinical Psychology

                                                                                                                           RC 469 - RC 473------------------------Mental Illness

                                                                                                                           RC 476 - RC 489------------------------Psychotherapy

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REFERENCE RESOURCES:  ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES

 Reference - BF31 .E52 2000  v. 1-8     Kazdin, Alan E., ed.-in-chief.  Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8 vols. Washington, DC: New York: American Psychological Association; Oxford University Press, 2000.

This 8 volume set has medium-length articles on a wide variety of topics.  Look up general terms such as psychopathology and clinical psychology or specific disorders, such as, anxiety disorders or schizophrenia.  This set is good for finding a wealth of information to begin your research.  Each article has a bibliography at the end to guide you to further resources.  The index for the entire set is in the back of volume 8.

Reference - BF31 .B25 1999    Benner, David C. and Peter C. Hill, eds.  Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling, 2nd ed.  Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1999.

This encyclopedia is written by various authors writing from their own Christian perspectives in their areas of expertise.  Within the first few pages is a "Category Index" to see what is included in this one-volume encyclopedia.  You look up your term/topic alphabetically.  There are brief articles which have references for further reading.

Reference - RC455.2 .C4 D536 2000    American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., Text Revision.  Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.

This book is the sourcebook used by mental health professional to define and diagnose more than 300 disorders.  This most current edition includes some new research findings about disorders.

Reference - RC437 .H5 1996    Campbell, Robert Jean, M.D.  Psychiatric Dictionary, 7th ed. NY: Oxford University Press, 1996.

This dictionary is useful to find the meanings of specific terms you come across in other resources.

Reference - RC437 .K34 1993    Kahn, Ada P. and Jan Fawcett.  Encyclopedia of Mental Health, NY: Facts on File, 1993.

This is a good resource for understanding terms, theories, and beliefs in psychology.  It also has an "Appendix of Organizations" and an extensive bibliography.

NetLibrary (ebook)    Craighead, W. Edward, and Charles B. Nemeroff, eds.  The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, 3rd ed. 4 vols.  NY: John Wiley, 2000. 

This is the online version of this very useful encyclopedia.   It has over 1,200 entries written by more than 700 experts in the field of psychology.   You can look up terms alphabetically or do a search for a term or topic.  Each entry includes a bibliography.  

NetLibrary (ebook)    Magill, Frank N., ed. Psychology Basics. 2 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1998.

This book contains 110 articles arranged alphabetically by subject and is written by subject experts.  The articles have five sections:  principal terms, overview, applications, context, and bibliography.  This resource covers 17 areas of psychology.  The areas useful for this pathfinder are "Personality" and "Psychotherapy."

NetLibrary (ebook)    Statt, David A. The Concise Dictionary of Psychology. 3rd ed. NY: Routledge, 1998.

If you like online dictionary resources, this is a great "pocket dictionary" to refer to for short explanations of terminology.

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BOOKS AND OTHER RESOURCES "IN THE STACKS!"

Books:

These resources cover specific disorders and issues of treatment.

RC460.2 .l86 1990    Lundy, Allan.  Diagnosing and Treating Mental Illness, NY: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990  

RC514 .Y68 1988     Young, Patrick.  Schizophrenia, NY: Chelsea House Publishers, 1988.

RC 535 .N37 1992    Nardo, Don.  Anxiety and Phobias, NY: Chelsea House Publishers, 1992.

RC537 .H29 1989     Hales, Dianne.  Depression, NY: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989.

RC554 .F75 1990     Friedland, Bruce.  Personality Disorders, NY: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990.

These five books are part of a series called The Encyclopedia of Health: Psychological Disorders and Their Treatment, Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., general editor.  Each book goes into the understood causes and possible treatments for the specific disorders addressed in the books.

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RC456 .H38 1998 vols. 1-4     Powell, Stay M., ed.  The Hatherleigh Guides, NY: Hatherleigh Press, 1998.

This set of 10 books address psychological disorders and treatment issues.  Four of the books are most relevant to the pathfinder.  They are:  1) Psychiatric Disorders, 2) Psychotherapy, 3) Managing Depression, and 4) Issues in Modern Therapy.  There is an 11th book that is the index to the set.

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Video:

Video Collection - RC435.W65 1992x Vols.1-7.  The World of Abnormal Psychology [videorecording], produced by Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc.; in association with Toby Levine Communications, Inc., South Burlington, VT: Annenberg/CPB Collection, 1992.  

This is a video series presented in documentary style that covers a wide spectrum of psychological disorders.  It is presented by therapist, physicians and researchers who give their input on causes, treatment and prognoses based on their own patients' stories. 

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Print Journals:

American Psychologist

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Psychology Today

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I ELECTRONIC JOURNAL ARTICLES from online databases/indexes

These indexes are available online through the library's web site, under "Databases by Title" or "Databases by Subject"

PsycINFO  --- This database is considered the primary index for journals in the field of psychology.  Click on the "Thesaurus" button to  browse the terminology used for topics in this database and then do a keyword search.    This index provides citations and abstracts from about 1,300 journals.  Find articles of interest and then find out if we have the cited journals in print or if they are available through another online database.  Make sure to check the limiters in the bottom half of the search screen to limit your search to articles about humans!  There are other useful limiters also that will narrow your search results!

Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection ---- This database is searchable and provides links to full text articles.  Also, use this database to link to the full text articles of citations you find in PsycINFO. 

Expanded Academic Index ASAP --- This database indexes articles from a wide variety of journals covering a variety of topics, including psychology.  The advantage to this database is that most of its citations have links to the full text articles and you can limit your search to full text and refereed, scholarly journals. 

Article First --- This is a general database that gives you the option of selecting articles from different subject areas or in different formats, such as Proceedings, PapersFirst, and Dissertations.  It covers 1990 to the present.

Annual Review of Psychology. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Review, 1950--.  ---- This is published annually and is available through Expanded Academic Index ASAP (see above).  It publishes articles in about 20 topic areas about the current research being done, internationally, in these topic areas.  Several of the covered topic areas are relevant to the study of abnormal psychology. 

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WEB SITES

American Psychological Association Web Site

This is most useful to browse or search by topic and see what is happening currently in clinical psychology.

APA Online (American Psychological Association) - "Psychology Matters"- Glossary 

This is a great resource for looking up terminology and topics to get a quick definition.

PsychCrawler (sponsored by the APA)  -- This web site lists psychology Web sites that have been evaluated by editors with the APA.

Directory of Open Access Journals  -- Use this directory to find online journals with open access, i.e., they are free!  Once on the web site, click on Social Sciences, then click on Psychology.   Try the Internet Journal of Mental Health.

OAIster -- This is a database that helps find digital resources that usually may be hard to find using a search engine.  It is a project of the University of Michigan.  Search for your topic, or as the web site says, "find the pearls."

Easley Library Subject Internet Guides -- Use this list of evaluated web sites to browse and search for sites that may be useful in your research in psychology.  Try the categories of Clinical Psychology, Mental Health, Journals, Organizations, and News. 

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Contact:  Lynne Bartlett

Easley Library - Bluefield College

lbartlett@bluefield.edu

Last updated:  4.20.07