Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Psychology
Psychology is a broad subject area and related materials may be found in many of the Rutgers University Libraries. The
most comprehensive collection of psychology books, journals, and other materials is housed at the
Library of Science and Medicine (LSM) on Busch Campus.
To locate psychology books, journals, and other resources, use
IRIS, our online catalog.
Search for both print and online journal holdings by searching by "Periodical Title Begins With."
To locate articles within
journals, use the link to indexes to articles below, or choose from the psychology indexes on the Rutgers University
Libraries Indexes and Databases web page.
Reference librarians are available at most of the
libraries to assist you in searching or you may email a reference librarian through our
Ask a Librarian feature on our homepage.
You may also wish to email Laura Bowering Mullen, Behavioral Sciences Librarian at
lbmullen@rci.rutgers.edu with specific questions or issues related to about psychology collections, library research assistance, or scholarly communication issues.
Indexes to Articles and Other Publications
PsycINFO is the major database for psychology. Because the study of psychology includes material from a
wide variety of research areas-- psychological information can be found in most indexes. The most
prominent ones are:
Rutgers-Restricted Access
Citation Indexes
Web of Science
Online version of Science Citation Index, Social Sciences
Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index combined.
Retrospective online to 1984.
For source information for back years, you must
use SCI at LSM and DANA Ref. Z7401.S365 and SSCI at ALEX, CAMDEN And DANA
Ref.Z161.S65
Also, use Google Scholar and the limited results from PsycINFO.
Also valuable for citation searching in behavioral sciences is Elsevier's database "Scopus."
Rutgers Libraries does not currently subscribe to Scopus. For information on journal ranking, core lists,
or other issues of citation analysis or metrics in psychology, please send an email to
lbmullen@rci.rutgers.edu
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
The source to use for journal "impact
factors;" not as strong for psychology areas as for other areas of
science.
Online Encyclopedias for Psychology
Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science [Rutgers Restricted]
Covers topics such as: adolescent, adult, child, and infant development; ads training and education; culture and diversity; developmental assessment, disorders, processes, and risks; the ecology of human development; emotional, social, and personality development; ethics; families and parenting; health; historical influences; organizations, schools and universities; religiosity and spirituality; research methodology; social issues; and more.
Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy [Rutgers Restricted]
"Provides a thorough examination of the components of behavior modification, behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and applied behavior analysis for both child and adult populations in a variety of settings. Although the focus is on technical applications, entries also provide the historical context in which behavior therapists have worked, including research issues and strategies. Entries on assessment, ethical concerns, theoretical differences, and the unique contributions of key figures in the movement (including B. F. Skinner, Joseph Wolpe, Aaron T. Beck, and many others) are also included."
Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media [Rutgers Restricted]
"Provides cross-disciplinary coverage from the fields of psychology, education, media studies and communication, sociology, and public policy. Includes entries covering television, film, video games, the Internet and World Wide Web, magazines, music, and more. Explores complex and difficult topics such as violence, sex, rating systems and warning labels, attention deficit disorder, body image and eating disorders, popular music lyrics, advertising, digital music downloading, parental involvement, policymaking, and child development."
Encyclopedia of Counseling [Rutgers Restricted]
Electronic version of the 4 volume set providing "a comprehensive overview of the theories, models, techniques, and challenges involved in professional counseling."
Encyclopedia of Drugs - Alcohol and Addictive Behavior [Rutgers Restricted]
"The content emphasis is on updating of both topics and statistics across a broad spectrum. Specifically addressing the new frontiers that have opened in the area of addictive studies, the volumes explore not only the biological basis for addiction, but also recent enhancements in diagnosis and treatment." Electronic version of the 4 volume 2nd edition of the print resource.
Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology [Rutgers Restricted]
"Draws from a variety of disciplines including psychology, anthropology, education, sociology, public health, school psychology, counseling, history, and philosophy."
Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior [Rutgers Restricted]
Electronic version of the 2 volume set covering all aspects of the interdisciplinary field of behavioral medicine.
Encyclopedia of Human Development [Rutgers Restricted]
Includes information from the "fields of psychology, individual and family studies, and education." An electronic version of the 3 volume print resource, the set "covers topics as diverse as adolescence, cognitive development, education, family, gender differences, identity, longitudinal research, personality development, prenatal development, temperament, and more."
Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology [Rutgers Restricted]
"Presents a thorough overview of the cross-disciplinary field of industrial and organizational psychology for students, researchers, and professionals in the areas of psychology, business, management, and human resources." Electronic version of the 2 volume print resource.
Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Includes entries for all 150 disorders classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR). Also features entries for prescription, alternative, and over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders. Based on the Thomson Gale print publication of the same name.
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology [Rutgers Restricted]
"Addresses culture across a broad spectrum of psychological perspectives and includes topics that are relevant to social psychology, cognitive psychology, environmental psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and clinical psychology." Electronic version of the print resource.
Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology [Rutgers Restricted]
"Covers recent and historical phenomena, topics, concepts, cults, personalities, organizations, and publications associated with the fields of occultism and parapsychology. Includes over 2,000 biographies of prominent individuals and personalities in these fields; country entries on the development of occultism and parapsychology; and pro and con narrative on some of the controversial topics." An electronic version of the 2 volume 5th edition.
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment [Rutgers Restricted]
"Coverage of all areas from the most traditional, such as clinical, educational and work and organizational psychology, to the most recent applications linked to health, gerontology, neuropsychology, psychophysiology and environmental assessment." Electronic version of the 2 volume print resource.
Encyclopedia of Psychology
Includes original information generated by researchers and practitioners in various fields of psychology, and a hierarchical database of links to websites providing information about scientific psychology.
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law [Rutgers Restricted]
Includes "entries describing a wide array of contemporary and historical psychology and law topics" with reference to the related field of criminal justice. Electronic version of the print resource.
Encyclopedia of School Psychology [Rutgers Restricted]
Authors from the fields of "psychology, education and counseling, child development, and special education address student success, behavior disorders, intelligence testing, learning disabilities, strategies to improve academic skills, and more." Electronic version of the print resource.
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology [Rutgers Restricted]
"Provides background to each concept, explains what researchers are now doing with it, and discusses where it stands in relation to other concepts in the field." Electronic version of the print resource.
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health [Rutgers Restricted]
"Provides detailed information on mental disorders and conditions. Also features entries for prescription, alternative and over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders." Electronic version of the 2 volume 2nd edition of the print resource.
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology [Rutgers Restricted]
"Covers the entire spectrum of psychology, including notable people, theories and terms, landmark case studies and experiments, applications of psychology in advertising, medicine and sports, and career information." Electronic version of the 2nd edition of the print resource.
Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained [Rutgers Restricted]
Provides "information on topics relating to magic, witchcraft, the supernatural, and other mysterious phenomena. Covers the history, people, and practices related to each topic, as well as popular literature, television programs, and movies related to the subject." Electronic version of the 3 volume print resource. A freely accessible version is also available.
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences [Rutgers Restricted]
An online version of the 26 volume set containing scholarly essays on a wide range of topics in the social and behavioral sciences.
21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook [Rutgers Restricted]
"Offers full coverage of major subthemes and subfields within the field of psychology, including social, developmental, cognitive, biological, clinical, and methodology." Electronic version of the print resource.
Electronic Journals
To look up a journal in the Rutgers library system, please follow the
instructions at:
How do I know if RU has a particular journal?
Most of the Rutgers psychology journals are available online.
When searching IRIS, please search by journal title and "periodical title begins with."
All of the electronic resources are available to affiliates via remote access.
Open Access Resources for Psychology
- - CogPrints: Cognitive Sciences Eprint Archive
- - Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- - Electronic Journals and Periodicals
- List maintained by John Krantz at Hanover College. Access is alphabetical and entries are briefly annotated.
- - OAIster
- A collection of academically-oriented digital resources, many from repositories not found in Google.
- - Open J-Gate
- A large source of open access resources.
- - SCIRUS
- Reed Elsevier's search engine for scholarly scientific web resourcs.
- - Google Scholar
Digital Archives for Psychology
- - CogPrints: Cognitive Sciences Eprint Archive
- - HTP Prints (History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive)
- - SSRN: Social Science Research Network
Open Access Psychology Journals, a sampling
- - PCSP: Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy
- PCSP is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal and database. It provides
innovative, quantitative and qualitative knowledge about psychotherapy
process and outcome, for both researchers and practitioners.
Editor in Chief is Dr. Daniel B. Fishman of Rutgers GSAPP. This journal
is published by Rutgers GSAPP and the Rutgers University Libraries.
- - Prevention & Treatment
- - Behavioral & Brain Sciences (BBS) Preprint Archive
- - Current Research in Social Psychology
- - Psyche: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness
- - Psycoloquy
APA Style Resources
The Rutgers University Libraries include the style manuals published by the APA. As of the most recent (2010)
6th edition, these manuals are only available in their entirety in paper format. To see Rutgers Libraries'
holdings of the
5th edition and the new 6th edition (corrected second printing),
please see the full title: Publication Manual
of the American Psychological Association in
IRIS, the libraries catalog.
Search under "Title Begins With."
In 2007, a brief APA style guide to electronic formats was released in PDF format. It is available at:
APA style guide to electronic references 2007 [PDF] Access from campus or login via Rutgers account
For comprehensive information about APA style, including corrections to manuals, information on changes from
5th to 6th edition of the Manual, please go to
http://www.apastyle.org
Use of DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is now preferred when using APA style. DOIs can be found on many
articles, and in many indexing sources. If no DOI is available for an article, try searching "CrossRef" with
the known article information (http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/ ).
Citation Managers
APA style is included in citation managers.
Rutgers has a site license to RefWorks for citation management/creating bibliographies.
EndNote is a personal
software purchase at Rutgers
and tutorials are provided by EndNote at:
http://www.endnote.com/training/tutorials/EndNote_X1-Large/EndNote_X1.asp
Zotero is another popular open source choice. http://www.zotero.org/
Indexes to Data
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) [Rutgers Restricted]
The largest repository of social
science data in the world. Based at U. Michigan, ICPSR includes entire data sets, polls, surveys from
government, organizations, and individual researchers. Includes 7,000 data collections and over 500,000
individual data files, most prepared with SPSS and SAS. Rutgers affiliates can download data sets directly to
their desktops.
Social Science Electronic Data Library [Rutgers Restricted]
Includes analyzed data from 200 studies in
eight topical areas: AIDS/STD, Disability, American Family, Adolescent Pregnancy/Pregnancy Prevention, Aging,
Maternal Drug Abuse, Contextual Data Archive, Child Well-Being and Poverty.
Statistics Sources
To reach links leading to statistical information of all types from the library homepage, please see:
Electronic Reference Sources: General and Miscellaneous Resources: Statistics and Data.
Example of specific statistics sources of interest to psychology include:
Other Rutgers Online Library Resources for Psychology
- - RUcore: Rutgers Community Repository (institutional repository)
- - Practical Strategies for Increasing Impact of Scholarly Journal Articles (article in E-JASL)
- - How to Do Research in Psychology at Robeson Library, Camden
- - Library Guide to Finding Tests and Measures at Rutgers
- - Tests and Assessments Guide from Newark Dana Library
- - How to Use the Rutgers Libraries-SearchPath Tutorial
- - Scholarship, Fellowship, and Funding Sources in the New Brunswick Libraries
- - Managing citations with RefWorks at Rutgers
- - Direct Export of search results from PsycINFO (OVID) into EndNote 9
- - International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Access from campus or login via Rutgers account
- - Scholarship, Fellowship, and Funding Information Sources
- - PsycINFO searching with OvidSP - Short tutorial videos from APA
Psychology Organizations
Important Print Resources in Psychology at Rutgers
Books, Indexes and Reference Works (all found in IRIS by title):
Psychology Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Handbooks can be found at LSM and
other libraries in Ref. BF20-BF121
Psychiatry Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Handbooks can be found at LSM Ref.
RC435-RC437
See online version of
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Access from campus or login via Rutgers account
Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud
(London: Hogarth Press, 1956-1974)(translated from the German)
This series
also known as "Strachey" after James Strachey, the general editor. 24
volumes.
LSM, ALEXANDER, DOUGLSS, KILMER, CAMDEN, DANA BF173.F6253 (German edition found at ALEXANDER)
Guttman, Samuel A. The Concordance of the Standard Edition of the
Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud
(Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980). 6 volumes.
LSM Ref. BF173.F62541, also DANA Ref.
Reed, Jeffrey G. and Baxter, Pamela. Library Use: Handbook for
Psychology
(Washington, D.C., APA, 2003).
LSM and DANA Ref. BF76.8.R43
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th
Edition
(Washington, D.C., APA, 2010).
6th edition is the latest available; check IRIS for holdings for earlier editions.
The Publication Manual is only produced in paper in its entirety.
IRIS lists all libraries' holdings; call number is BF76.7.P83 (Ref or Reserve).
The copies located in the Rutgers Libraries are the second "corrected" printing.
Some aspects of electronic style can be found in the 2007 PDF publication at
APA Electronic Style Guide Access from campus or login via Rutgers account
Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print
LSM and ALEX own up to the
16th edition of the MMY in LSM Ref. LB1131.B967 and ALEX, Camden and DANA
Ref. Z5814.P8B932. Tests in Print is an index to MMY and latest(6th ed.)
is found at LSM and DANA Ref. LB1131.B4672; Alex Z5814.E9T47. These test
tools provide indexes to tests and NOT the actual tests themselves. For
further information about test materials, see:
Finding Tests and Measures
DSMIV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(American Psychiatric Association, 1994).
Print copy at LSM, ALEX, Camden, DANA,
Center of Alcohol Studies Ref. RC455.2.C4D54.
DSMV may not be published
until 2011. DSM IV now online through "PsychiatryOnline," found through
"Indexes and Databases."
Grinstein, Alexander. The Index of Psychoanalytic Writings
(New York: International Universities Press, 1956-75) 14 volumes
LSM Ref RC437.G72
Chicago Psychoanalytical Literature Index
(Chicago, CPL Publishers, 1971+)
LSM Ref. RC321.C56 1920-1989
Cabell's directory of publishing opportunities in psychology /
David W. E. Cabell, editor; Deborah L.
English, editor.
LSM BF30.C114 YR. 2005/06
Information on journal rejection rates; other hard to find information; now somewhat dated.
Career and Professional Resources
Related Rutgers Departments
- - Rutgers Department of Psychology-New Brunswick/Piscataway
- - Rutgers Newark Department of Psychology
- - Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS)
- - Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
- - Center of Alcohol Studies
- - Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN)
- - Department of Computer Science
- - Integrated Neuroscience Graduate Program
- - Career Services at Rutgers
- - Rutgers Camden Department of Psychology
- - Rutgers University Cognitive Development Laboratory
- - Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center
