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Psychology

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To find reference materials, use the Library catalog and limit to Reference Collection.

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In addition to the books listed below, browse appropriate call numbers sections in the Reference Collection for books that may be of interest to you. For assistance, inquire at the Reference Desk. See: Library of Congress Classification Outline (as modified and used at ORU)

Library of Congress Call Numbers (partial list) BF    Psychology H   Social Sciences HN   Social history & conditions. Social problems. Social reform. HV   Social pathology. Social & public welfare. WM   Psychiatry

Selected Reference Books

• Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling - BF31.B25 LRC-R
• Biographical Dictionary of Psychology - BF109.A1B56 LRC-R
• Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary - WM13.C189C LRC-R
• Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry - WM100.k173 LRC-R
• Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology - BF31.E553 LRC-R
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - WM15 D536 LRC-R
• Dictionary of Psychology - BF31.C64 LRC-R
• Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and cognitive Behavior Therapy (3 vols.) - WM425.5.C6E56 LRC-R
• The Encyclopedia of Elder Care - WT13 E56 LRC-R
• The Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology and Psychoanalysis - WM13 E565 LRC-R
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology - BF31.G35 LRC-R
• Handbook of Psychiatric Measures - WM34 A512 LRC-R
• Handbook of Psychological Assessment - BF176.G76 LRC-R
• The Harvard Guide to Psychiatry - WM141 H339 LRC-R
• Measures of Religiosity - BR110.M43 LRC-R
  Includes measures and scales in the psychology of religion such as the "Faith Maturity Scale" (pp. 171-) and "Spiritual Leadership Qualities Inventory" (p. 255).
• Pictorial History of Psychology - BF81.P47 LRC-R
• Practice guidelines for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders - WM400 A5131A LRC-R
• Religion and American Adolescent Delinquency, Risk Behaviors and Constructive Social Activities - BL625.47.R478 LRC-R

 

Credo Reference Center

Concept Map Examples:  William James | ritual
Book Titles (click Psychology for the subject)
Topic Pages for Psychology

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Sample titles:
• Abortion: An Eternal Social and Moral Issue, 2008 ed., 2008
• AIDS/HIV, 2008 ed., 2008
• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drugs, 2007 ed., 2008
• Capital Punishment: Cruel and Unusual?, 2008 ed., 2008
• Child Abuse and Domestic Violence, 2007 ed., 2007
• Child Development, 2002
• Crime, Prisons, and Jails, 2007 ed., 2008
• Death and Dying: End-of-Life Controversies, 2008 ed., 2009
• Encyclopedia of Aging, 4v, 2002
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd ed., 5v, 2004
• Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society, 3v, 2004
• Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 3v, 2009
• Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed., 5v, 2001
• Gambling: What's at Stake?, 2007 ed., 2007
• Growing Old in America, 2008 ed., 2008
• Growing Up: Issues Affecting America's Youth, 2007 ed., 2008
• Health and Wellness: Illness among Americans, 2008 ed., 2009
• International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family, 2nd ed., 4v, 2003
• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd ed., 9v, 2008
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, 2v, 2002
• Minorities: Race and Ethnicity in America, 2008 ed., 2009
• Psychology of Classroom Learning, 2009
• Social Welfare: Fighting Poverty and Homelessness, 2007 ed., 2008
• Weight in America: Obesity, Eating Disorders, and Other Health Risks, 2008 ed., 2009
• Women in American Society, 2008 ed., 2008

Points of View Reference Center

For general information on books and ebooks see the library guide called Find Books & ebooks (link at right).

 

 

ebrary

 

Search TIP: For the most recently published ebooks to appear at the top of the list change "Sort results by" from Relevance to Date.

 

ebrary Titles by Subject;

• Psychology ~1,630 ebooks   See: Subjects under psychology

• Philosophy, Psychology, Religion  ~7,033 ebooks

• Counseling ~162 ebooks

• Cross-cultural counseling ~5 ebooks

 

eBook Collection

Search: Use the advanced search, type a subject such as psychology or chemistry, and then change Select a Field (optional) to Subject.

To see if a journal is available in the ORU Library, search or browse the titles in ORU's A-to-Z Journals List. Some titles are available in multiple formats and/or multiple databases. For titles that are available online, the database(s) with full text will be listed. When a title is available "in-house" in paper, CD-ROM or microform there will be a link to Oral Roberts University Library Holdings. Follow the links to what you need.

 

ORU A-to-Z Journals List

 

Titles by Subject:

• Psychology ~462 Titles

• Other Sciences ~4,270 Titles

Sample Titles:

• IRB: Ethics & Human Research

• Journal of Experimental Psychology : Applied

• Psychology and Health (18 month embargo)

 

ScienceDirect Title List - Alphabetically

To view free full text titles mark "Full-text available" then click Apply.

ScienceDirect Title List - By Subject

Mark the subject(s) then click Apply.

Browse Psychology Journal Titles

 

 

In ORU databases, use the Publications link, or similar, to browse or search journal titles within the database.

 

 

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals: Psychology

~152 open access journals

Search the library catalog for a topic or browse the reference and ebook databases. Sample title:

Encyclopedia of Bioethics - 5 volume set, available online in Gale Virtual Reference and in the library's Reference Collection, call number QH332.E52, LRC-R.

 

Web Resources

 

The Hastings Center http://www.thehastingscenter.org/

Johns Hopkins University Bioethics Institute  http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/bioethic

National Institutes of Health: Bioethics Resources on the Web

http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/index.html

Presidents Council on Bioethics  http://www.bioethics.gov

 

Tutorials:

Human Subject Assurance Training Module – Produced by the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

This tutorial explain the responsibilities involved in an institutional program of human subject protection and the informed consent process.
Protection of Human Subjects; Informed Consent (FDA)
Informed Consent - FAQs (Dept. of Health & Human Services)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center

By the NIH Clinical Center Office of Clinical Research Training and Medical Education. Includes training programs, courses and archived course materials.
Training/ Educational Resources

To review related articles and concepts on your topic refer the to Subject Terms and Cited References.

On the Cited References page (shown below), to view records related to your article, mark the checkboxes and click Related Records.

• To locate another journal article, click the full text link, if available. Or, search the journal title in the A-to-Z Journals List and drill down to what you need. .d (HTML Full Text, PDF Full Text, or
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