Guide to Shelfmarks
Electronic books
Reference Books
Online Bibliographical Databases
Other Useful Library Resources
Useful Web Links

 Guide to Shelfmarks

The main collections of books can be found on Levels 4 and 5 of the Library.

Books in heavy demand are placed in the Short Loan Collection on Level 1. The Short Loan Collection contains 1 day loan books; 7 day loan books are shelved with the ordinary loan books on the upper levels.

Use the Library catalogue to find the exact shelfmark and location for each book. If you are searching for books on a particular topic, use a keyword search.

Most psychology books are shelved on Level 4 beginning at 150.

Child psychology 155.4
Clinical psychology 616.89
Educational psychology 370.15
Environmental psychology 155.9
Forensic psychology 364.3
Health psychology 616.0019
Neuropsychology 612.8
Organizational psychology 158.7
Psycholinguistics 401.9
Social psychology 301.15/302

 Electronic Books

You can use the Electronic Books page to access eBooks on psychology. The most useful collections for Psychology are PsycBooks, NetLibrary, Ebrary and MyILibrary.

For dictionaries try Credo Reference.

There are also links from reading list titles on the Library catalogue to electronic versions of the text - look for "e-link"

 Reference Books

• Printed Psychology dictionaries are shelved with the Psychology books on Level 4 at 150(03)

Other useful titles include

• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (26 volumes)   300.3/INT
• Oxford Companion to the mind 128.203/GRE
• MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences 153.03/MIT
• Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
• Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
• Encyclopedia of Perception

 Online Bibliographical Databases

Online Databases are the best way to search by topic for journal articles. Some databases will link to the full text of articles, others will only supply bibliographic details. Key databases for Psychology are:

PsycINFO: 1806 onwards. Database of literature in psychology and related subject areas compiled by the American Psychological Association.

Psychology & Behavioural Sciences Collection: The Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection of 575 full text journals covers topics such as emotional and behavioural characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods

MEDLINE is a key database for biomedicine and health from the National Library of Medicine. The database contains citations and abstracts with some links to full text. Coverage is from 1949 onwards.

Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works: A searchable collection of real transcripts of therapy and counselling sessions and first person narratives of the experience of mental illness and its treatment.

 Other Useful Library Resources

Newspapers

The Library takes certain daily British broadsheet newspapers. Recent copies are on Level 1 of the Library and older copies are kept on Level 2.

British newspapers and a huge variety of international papers can also be read electronically on Nexis.

Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985: The complete digital edition of The Times (London) capturing the entire newspaper, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.

Also of interest may be The Times (1910-1999) and The Sunday Times (1970-1999) which are held on microform on Level 2 of the Library.

Good Study Guides

• Critical thinking skills  370.152/COT
• Study skills handbook  378.170281/COT
• Principles of writing in psychology  808.06615/SMY
• Psychologist’s Companion  808.06615/STE

Guides to Referencing

Look at the help pages provided by the University of Surrey.

Further guides are available from:

University of Birmingham and Bournemouth University (especially good for guidance on citing electronic references)

The Publication Manual of the APA, 6^th ed is at 415.1/AME

Also look at Pears, R. A and Shields, G. (2010) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 8th ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan which is available in the Library at 808.02 PEA

The University has licences for various bibliographic software including Endnote and Endnote Web. 

Exam papers

Online exam papers are available from 2003.

Articles Collection

Photocopies of recommended readings may be found in the Articles Collection in Short Loan. These may be a chapter from a book or a journal article which is not otherwise in the Library stock. Your lecturer should indicate to you if they have placed readings here.

 Useful Web Links

Gateways

BPS Research Digest
Round up of the world's most interesting psychology research. Browse by category or date

BUBL-Psychology links
The Psychology section of the Bulletin Board for Libraries Information Service offers a large list of internet Psychology resources

Cogprints
An electronic archive for papers in psychology, neuroscience etc

Data.gov.uk gives access to free UK datasets and official statistics across Government and Public Sector

David Willshire's Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry links
Information on numerous aspects of forensic psychology

Internet Mental Health
A free encyclopaedia of mental health information

Intute Psychology
High quality resources on the internet evaluated by subject specialists in UK universities (previously Sosig psychology links)

Mental Help Net
Gives access to mental health information in a wide range of formats and has links to other psychology resources. Designed and maintained by clinical psychologists

PsycPORT
News from the world of psychology

PsychSite: science of psychology resources
Lists materials for psychologists and psychology students, with links to other resources.

PsychWeb
Includes Scholarly Psychology Resources on the Web

Social Psychology Network
Largest social psychology database on the internet

World Government Data is a portal to a number of free data web sites maintained by governments worldwide

Associations/Institutions

American Psychological Association
Contains primary information and details of resources.

Association for Psychological Science
News, Research, Events and much more.

British Psychological Society
Lists details of membership, meetings, conferences and on-line current contents of The Psychologist.

PsychologyNetwork
Archive of the Network which aimed to promote excellence in learning, teaching and assessment across the full range of curricula and activities relevant to UK HE