Psychology 312: Personality Theory and Research

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Psychology Articles

Empirical articles. Literature review articles. Two of the most popular types of scholarly articles used by psychologists.

Here's a refresher of what you learned in Psychology 210 about the difference between empirical and literature review articles.
Empirical and Literature Review Articles ~ by Jennifer Paliatka

Find out about WebFeat -- like Dogpile, but for databases!

PsycINFO The primary index (no full text) for psychological topics, produced by the
American Psychological Association.
PsycARTICLES Full text articles from APA journals dating back to 1996, covers hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals.
ScienceDirect Provides indexing to its entire library. In addition, there is access to full-text articles in approximately 100 psychology journals from 1999 to the present.
Proquest Psychology Journals (until Dec, 2007) Accesses nearly 500 academic journals in psychology and related fields, all in full text.

 

Use I-Share to determine if the library owns the journal in print or microfilm, and check Journals and Magazines Available Online for electronic access to journals. If the article you seek is unavailable from these sources, please request it through our online Interlibrary Loan article request form.

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Books

Use I-Share to find books on your topic. Please ask a librarian if you need assistance. Books not available through I-Share may be ordered through our online Interlibrary Loan book request form.

Use Browse Subject Search

Personality
Attribution
Attitude Change
Stereotype (psychology)
Social Perception
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Personality and Children

 

Reference Books

Reference books are great sources to get an introduction to a topic, help define terms or determine where else to look for sources.

Mental Measurements
- Critiques the scientific value of questionnaires, R016.1539B967m
Personality Tests and Reviews - Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes, R155.28B967p
Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Vol. 1-4, R150.287C737
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment, Vol-1-2, R150.287E56

 

Encyclopedia of Human Behavior,vol. 1-4. R150.3E56
Encyclopedia of Psychology, vol. 1-4. R150.3E561994
Encyclopedia of Psychology, vol. 1-8. R150.3E56
Handbook of Child Psychology. R155.4H236w
Dictionary of Psychology. R150.3C826dp
Handbook of Psychology, vol. 1-12. R150H236
Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology, vol 1-4. R150S843

 

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Personality Journals

The following is a list of personality journals and the databases indexing and/or full text can be found.

Personality Journals
Databases

Journal of Research in Personality
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Personality and Individual Differences

Science Direct

Personality
Personality and Individual Differences
Personality and Social Psychology
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

PsycINFO

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Internet Resources

Research Resources

 

Professional Organizations

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Citing and Research Assistance

Citing Sources Using APA Style

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This page was created 02/10/2004 and last updated on 09/06/2007
by Jennifer C. Paliatka, Assistant Librarian, Elmhurst College.