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Psychology Graduate SessionSeptember 23, 2009
Mary Claire Vandenburgmcv@queensu.ca
1. Education 2. Law 3. Stauffer 4 Douglas 5 Bracken
Examples of subject headings for various topics in psychology:
BF (general psychology, behavior, cognition, development, personality, assessment, research methods, consciousness, sensation)
HM 1033 (social psychology) HV (social pathology, criminal psychology, special groups)
K 346-490, KF 8900's (psychology in legal contexts)
RA 1148 (forensic psychology)
RC 346-490 (neurosciences, abnormal psychology, diagnosis, psychotherapy)
Useful for new item searching in catalogue – don’t get caught unaware of the most recently published book in your field when compiling your literature review & bibliography.
Knowing what Queen’s Library offers
Psychology Subject Guide library homepage > research by subject
PsycINFO – CSA & Ovid (do you use the classification codes?)Medline Web of ScienceERIC Mental Measurements Yearbooks Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts & BL Online, The bibliographical database of linguistics Criminal Justice Abstracts & NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development BIOSIS Previews Merck Index Academic Search CompleteDissertations and Theses CRL
Knowing the field
Alerts - from you favourite journal eg. Bilingualism:
Language and Cognition- via the databases
Cited Reference Searching-PsycINFO-WOS tutorial-any full text database
Journal citation reports-knowing journal citation counts- where to publish
Psychiatry Online PortalPsychiatry Online : http://www.psychiatryonline.com/index.aspxIncludes the DSM LibrarySelect JournalsGuideline set by APASelect E-booksFOR PATIENTS & FAMILIES The Latest Journal Headlines
RefWorks