LibGuides: Psychology: Find Background Information

Background Info

Finding Background Resources
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General Reference

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Looking for a quick fact, definition, or brief introduction? Search the Credo Reference collection of hundreds of full-text reference books. These sources cover a wide variety of subjects from art to technology and come from a variety of publishers.
Greenville University Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Use this catalog to find books, e-books, and other materials in the GU Library Collection. If you don't find what you want in the GU Library Catalog, you should search the I-Share Catalog to find items in other Illinois academic libraries.
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Use this resource to find scholarly articles in subject-specialized encyclopedias published by Sage.

Psychology Reference

This page is a starting point for finding print and electronic background resources in psychology. The links provide access to electronic books, and call numbers listed indicate a Library print source.

21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook. 2008. (Sage)
Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. 2004. (Credo)
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology. 2004. (Credo)
Encyclopedia of Psychology. 2000. 8 vols. (Reference 150.3 En196)
Key Thinkers in Psychology. 2006. (Credo)

Psychology Specialty Reference

Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology. 2008. (Credo)
Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness. 2007. (Credo)
Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine, 2nd ed. 2007. (Credo)
Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour. 2008. (Credo)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th ed. 2013. (Reserves 616.89 D54a)
Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis. 2006. (Credo)
Encyclopedia of Counseling. 2008. (Sage)
Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience. 2009. (Sage)
Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology. 2008. (Sage)
Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 2007. (Sage)
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. 2006. (Sage, also in print call # R.155.82 En19)
Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology. 2009. 2 vols. (Reference 150.1 En19)
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law. 2008. (Sage)
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. 2007. (Sage)
Handbook of Adolescent Psychology. 3rd ed. 2009. 2 vols. (Reference 155.5 H19)
Handbook of Child Psychology. 6th ed. 2006. 4 vols. (Reference 155.4 H19a)
Handbook of Social Psychology. 5th ed. 2010. 2 vols. (Reference 302 H19)
Handbook of Sport Psychology. 3rd ed. 2007. (Reference 796.01 H19)