Research Guides: Psychological & Brain Sciences: Getting Started

Recommended Resources

PsycINFO
The best resource for scholarly publications in psychology and the brain sciences.
PubMed
Strong coverage of clinical and applied psychology.
Web of science citation databases
Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Indexes the journal literature and tracks article citation histories.
ERIC
Journal articles and research reports in the field of education.

Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science (4th ed.; 2010)
Search or browse by topic or article title.
Dictionary of Psychology Online (4th ed.)
Oxford University Press, 2016
MIT CogNet Reference Collection
Includes the MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences, The Visual Neurosciences, Handbook of Brain Theory, and more.
Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience
"Covers all areas of Behavioral Neuroscience, ranging from neuroethology and learning and memory, to behavioral disorders and psychiatric diseases."
Encyclopedia of mental health (2nd ed.)
Elsevier/Academic Press, 2016
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
Edited by Roy F. Baumeister & Kathleen D. Vohs
Sage Publishing, 2007
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (2nd ed.)
Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
Elsevier, 2010.
Handbook of Psychology (2d ed)
This online handbook consists of 12 volumes, each covering a major area of psychology, such as developmental psychology, experimental & social psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.
Handbook of Neuroethics
Springer, 2015.

Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience
"Covers all areas of Behavioral Neuroscience, ranging from neuroethology and learning and memory, to behavioral disorders and psychiatric diseases."
MIT encyclopedia of cognitive sciences
Encyclopedia of Adolescence
AccessScience@McGraw-Hill : the McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology on the web
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior
Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology
Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology
...presents a collection of our current state of knowledge relating to the fields of cross-cultural, cultural, and indigenous psychology.
Encyclopedia of Research Design
Covers the spectrum of research design strategies, from material presented in introductory classes to topics necessary in graduate research. Provides summaries of advantages and disadvantages of often-used strategies.
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (2nd ed.)
Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012
Encyclopedia of Creativity
Elsevier/Academic Press, 2011
Appendix II includes a listing of tests, measures, and scales of creativity.
Brain Mapping: an encyclopedic reference
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
Edited by Roy F. Baumeister & Kathleen D. Vohs
Sage Publishing, 2007
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd ed.)

Dictionary of Psychology Online (4th ed.)
Oxford University Press, 2016
Dictionary of Animal Behavior (2nd ed.)
Oxford University Press, 2014
APA Dictionary of Psychology
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2007.
Baker Berry Ref. BF31 .A63 2007
Dana Reserve BF31 .A63 2007

Handbook of Psychology (2d ed)
This online handbook consists of 12 volumes, each covering a major area of psychology, such as developmental psychology, experimental & social psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.
Handbook of Social Psychology
Handbook of Neuroethics
Springer, 2015.
Handbooks in Psychology avalable online
Online reference handbooks in Dartmouth's collections
Psychology Handbooks in Dartmouth's collections
Browse the most recently acquired reference handbooks in psychology.