This is a sampling of the books located in the Reference Collection on the first floor of the Campus Library that will help you with your Psychology 101 assignments.These titles are great resources for finding background information on most Psychology topics.

Online reference sources

• Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. Vol. 1-4 - UW restricted

• Gale Virtual Reference Library - UW restricted
  This online resource combines many great subject encyclopedias into one search screen. You can search all the encyclopedias at the same time with a "basic search," or view specific titles (check under "social sciences" for psychology related encyclopedias). Check out these particularly useful titles for Psych 101:

  • Child Development

  • Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior

  • Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

  • Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders

  • Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology

  • Learning and Memory

• Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences

• Oxford Reference Online - UW restricted
• Psychology Encyclopedia a metasite for browsing links to a wide variety of information about psychology 

Print reference sources

These materials are located in the Campus Library Reference area on the 1st floor of the Library. Other reference materials of interest may be found in this area.

• Encyclopedia of Psychology 
  UWB/CCC Reference - BF31 .E52 2000

• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences 
  UWB/CCC Reference - H41 .I58 2001

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders : DSM-IV-TR 
  UWB/CCC Reference - WM 15 D536 2000 Connect to this title online (through STAT! Ref medical reference) - UW restricted

• Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties 
  UWB/CCC Reference - WM 13 D637e 2000

• Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis 
  UWB/CCC Reference - WM13 .E565 1996

• Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
  UWB/CCC Reference - WM 13 G151 2003 

• Encyclopedia of Mental Health
  UWB/CCC Reference - WM 13 K12e 2001 

• The Brain Encyclopedia 
  UWB/CCC Reference - WL 13 T939b 1996 

If you have any questions or need help with your research, please feel free to contact me! You can also ask a question at the Campus Library.

Suzan Parker, Social Sciences Librarian
Email:  sparker@uwb.edu
Phone: 425-352-3540
Office: LB1-310E

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