Waggoner Library Research Guide to Psychology Resources

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Locating Book Resources and the Online Catalog
  • Books can be located from the library Web site 
  • The catalog allows you to search by author, title, subject, and keyword.
  • Psychology books are shelved in the “BF” category and the social sciences in the "H" category, located on the second floor of the library.
  • ATHENA (accessed from the library web site) allows you to search several other middle Tennessee libraries’ holdings with one search question.  A courier service allows a patron to retrieve a book from ATHENA within 5-7 working days.  All requests are made through TNU library.  There are no fees for this service.     
  • ebrary and netLibrary integrate over 60,000 full text ebooks into the library holdings. These are scholarly academic titles from all disciplines.

Searching the online catalog, PAC
The PAC (Public Access Catalog) is your guide to book, periodical and media resources in the library.

Search: On the Library homepage enter the topic you want searched in the search box. After typing in your word/phrase you need to select the tag for your topic; subject, author, title, keyword or journal title.  Simply click on the tag you want to search and then the ‘Search’ button.   

Keyword VS Subject Searching: Keywords are searched by the database simply by matching the spelling of the word/phrase-NO meaning is attached.  Searching by subject (or author and title) will attach a meaning to the spelling creating a better result list.  If you cannot find any titles after searching by subject, enter your terms in as a keyword search.  This will broaden the search.

Advanced Search: provides options to search the Reserve Room and Electronic Journal Titles as well as Basic Search options of Author, Title, and Subject.

 Search Area Libraries   If you need book materials to supplement the TNU collection, click on the Search Area Libraries link on the Library web page.  This virtual online catalog provides access to several local area libraries including Trevecca, MTSU, Vanderbilt, Nashville Public Library, and TSU. Retrieved titles can be ordered online for no cost.  They will be couried to Trevecca for pickup.  There is no cost.

Searching online full text books (ebooks): Over 60,000 ebooks are integrated into the library holdings and can be searched through the PAC. 

Result List: The search result list appears in the order a record was entered into the catalog.  The holdings line provides call number as well as indicates whether a book has been checked out by providing a due date.  Also included in the library holdings are e-books which are indicated by the phrase [electronic resource] in the title line.

Checking out library books:  These are checked out at the Main Desk with a maximum of fifteen books and are due back your last class meeting. Your TNU I.D. card serves as your library card. Books cannot be checked out from the Web site.
    Materials can be renewed online! From the library home page click on the “My Account” link on the menu. Follow instructions to view your account. The renew link will appear on the screen.  Books cannot be renewed if they are overdue.  Please call 615.248.1214 for assistance.
Obtaining materials using Waggoner’s Interlibrary Loan Services  
         
All transactions for ILL are handled through the Interlibrary Loan Services Librarian, Beth Purtee. Complete an online form on the library Web site following the ILL link on the menu.  Allow 7-10 days for the requested book to arrive and 7 days for article reprints.  Items are sent to the Library for pickup.

Books:  Books generally have a three to four week checkout period.  Turnaround time for book requests is about 7 working days. There are generally no fees for this service; however, late fine charges for ILL books are $.50 per day.

Journal Article Reprints: If a journal is unavailable at TNU a reprint of it can be ordered using the online form off the web site.  There is no cost. Allow 7 days for delivery of the article.
Subject Headings used in the behavioral sciences include but are not limited to:
Psychology; Social Sciences

Acting out (Psychology); Adjustment (Psychology); Aggressiveness (Psychology); Behavior genetics; Behaviorism (Psychology); Belief and doubt; Child psychology; emotion; Influence (Psychology)
Cross-cultural studies; demography; gerontology; Human behavior; Paradigms (Social sciences); Pluralism (Social sciences); Power (Social sciences); Sociology; Social sciences (Field work);

Call Numbers: Using Library of Congress Classification system, the call number indicates the location of books on the shelves.  Stack books are on the second floor.
BF - Psychology    H - Social Sciences
BF 176 - Psychological Tests   
HB - HJ Economics
BF 379 - Cognition,  Consciousness HM-HX – Sociology
BF 501 - Motivation
HQ – Family, Marriage
BF 511 - Emotion HV - Social Problems, Crime
BF 795 - Temperament
 


Locating Reference Books
This abbreviated list of sources is used for quick facts.  Photocopies can be made, as reference books are not available for check out.

Psychology

Encyclopedia of Psychology    Ref BF 31 .E5 V. 1-8
Survey of Social Sciences-Psychology Series   Ref BF 31.S79 V. 1-6
Encyclopedia of Human Emotion    Ref BF 531 .E55 V.1-2

Social Sciences

Encyclopedia of Sociology    Ref HM 17 .E5 V. 104
Statistical Handbook on the American Family    Ref HQ 536 .S727
Survey of Social Sciences-Sociology Series    Ref HM 17 .S86

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Locating professional journal articles

If you know the journal title:  

        From the library homepage, enter the name of the journal in the search box near the top.  Change the tag to read “Journal Title” then enter.  If your journal is full text in one of our databases the result will include a link to the database where you can access the full text or locate print, bound or microfilm copies.  If there were no hits you can complete online an ILL form requesting a journal article reprint. Allow 7 days for receipt of the reprint. 

If you are searching by subject: 

       Electronic Resources  Link: You can select a general database or peruse by field of study.  Accessing subscriber databases off campus requires you to provide your name and the ID number from your student ID.   

Psychology Database Descriptions


Primary

 

·         PsycARTICLES CSA Illumina product provides full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association (63), the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber.

·         PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain non evaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.

·         Psychology: Sage Full Text - includes the full text of 34 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, encompassing over 44,400 articles and up to 63 years of backfiles. Citations are searchable.

·      Social Sciences Full Text part of Wilson Web is a bibliographic database that provides citations to journal articles in the sociology, psychology, and related fields from 1984 - present.   

 Secondary

·       ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials is an online full text database of journals indexed in the ATLA Religion Indexes.  ATLASerials is an ongoing collection of religious journals.

·       Digital Dissertations Full Text – from ProQuest.

·       HaPI, Health & Psychosocial Instruments – from EBSCO, a bibliographic database providing information about behavioral measurement instruments.

·         In InfoTrac, use one of the interdisciplinary databases, such as Expanded Academic Index or OneFile.   In a subject search, you may start out with a broad topic.  You will have categories listed from which you can narrow your search.

·       Mental Measurements Yearbook™ - MMY provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.

·         ProQuest - PQD, type in specific topic.  You can limit your search to peer reviewed journals only that provide you with a result list of scholarly and more relevant articles

·      Tests in Print - TIP serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).

      ·         WorldCat - contains more than 35 million records describing items owned by U.S. libraries and libraries around the world; each record contains library holdings
Internet resources

American Psychological Association   
Classics in the Field of Psychology  
Encyclopedia of Psychology                     
Psychology: Virtual Library
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