Psychology 312: Personality Theory and Research

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Scholarly Articles

Read this to learn how to distinguish scholarly journals from other periodicals.

PsycINFO The primary index (no full text) for psychological topics, produced by the American Psychological Association. To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and select PsycINFO from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.
Science Direct 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. To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and select PsycARTICLES from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.
Free registration is required for accessing articles in full-text.

Use Illinet Online 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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Personality Journals

For this assignment, you will be required to find articles from scholarly psychology journals that focus on normal personality issues. The library has electronic access to the full-text or to indexing for many of these personality journals; however, the personality journals are scattered throughout various databases. 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

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

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Books

Use Illinet Online to find books on your topic. Please ask a librarian if you need assistance. Books not available through Illinet 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.

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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Internet Resources

Research Resources

 

Professional Organizations

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Citing and Research Assistance

Citing Sources Using APA Style

Research Assistance

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This page was created 02/10/2004and ladt updated on 02/09/2005
by Jennifer C. Paliatka, Assistant Librarian, Elmhurst College.