Psychology 210-06 ~ Fall 2000

General Psychology (Demakis)

  The following is a list of selected resources available in the library and on the Internet.

If you are accessing this page from off campus, the links to most library databases will not work. To use these resources, go to the Library Web Page, where you can connect to Articles and Databases, Reference Sources, and Electronic Journals and Newspapers after providing your Elmhurst College login and password. If you don't know your E.C. login or password, you'll want to see Computer Services, Room 107 CSTC.

Finding Information in A.C. Buehler Library Resources

Articles and Databases

• PsycINFO ~ does not provide full-text articles
• Social Science Abstracts ~ does not provide full-text articles
• Academic Search Elite ~ provides full-text articles

Once you've found citations of articles you're interested in, use Illinet Online to discover if the journals are available at the library. Journals are also available in electronic format; look at the Alphabetical List of Journals and Magazines Available Online.

You can request articles not available at Elmhurst College through an online Interlibrary Loan article form. Please check the card file or Illinet Online to make sure Elmhurst does not have the article before requesting it.

Books

Use Illinet Online to find books about your topic. You can request books not available at Elmhurst College directly in Illinet Online. You can also request books through an online Interlibrary Loan book form.

Finding and Using Psychology Information on the Internet

Using the Internet

• APA Guide to Library Research in Psychology
• Britannica Internet Guide - "The Web's Best Sites," chosen by the editors of Encyclopedia Britannica
• How to Evaluate the Sources You Find
• How to Find Internet Resources ~ why you shouldn't rely exclusively on Yahoo! for your research
• The Spider's Apprentice: How to Use Web Search Engines

Professional Organizations

• American Psychological Association (APA)
• American Psychological Society (APS)
• American Psychiatric Association
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Psychological Societies on the Internet

Reference Sources

• Internet Mental Health ~ online encyclopedia of mental health
• Myers, Psychology 5e ~ companion web site to your textbook
• PsyCafe ~ general psychology information by McGraw-Hill
• PsychREF: Resources in Psychology on the Internet
• Psych Web ~ compilation of psychology resources
• PsycSite: Guide to PsycSite
• WWW Virtual Library: Psychology

Style Resources

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 4th ed. (R808.06615 P976 1994)
• Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
• Bibliography Styles Handbook - APA Format ~ from the University of Illinois
• Using APA Format ~ from Purdue University

Created by Elaine Fetyko Page, Head of Technical Services
Updated 31 October 2000 by Ayanna Gaines, Assistant Reference Librarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College