PSYCHOLOGY AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Online Databases
For scholarly journals search:
Academic Search Elite full-text journal articles. Limit results to “Scholarly (Peer Reviewed)
Journals.”
JSTOR full-text journal articles. Limit to Psychology under Advanced Search.
ProQuest Research Library full-text journal articles. Specify “peer reviewed” and select Social
Sciences under Advanced Search.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection full-text articles from almost 400 journals.
Specify “peer reviewed.”
Sociological Collection nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, including
psychology, sociology and education. Specify “peer reviewed.”
For general periodicals, try:
MasterFILE Premier
ProQuest Research Library
Magazine
Psychology Today covers popular psychology for a general audience.
Books
LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG
Search for books by author, title, keyword or subject in the Maple Woods Library online catalog at
http://mwlbrary.mcckc.edu. A link on the library online catalog page connects to the shared
library online catalog for MOBIUS, a network of academic libraries in Missouri that includes Maple
Woods. The MOBIUS online catalog accesses over 27 million items. Request books online from
other libraries at no charge.
Most books on psychology may be found in the 150s. Books on infants, children, aging, and gender
are located in the 305 section while books on mental health are at 616.8.
Selected Reference Books
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128.2 Ox2-2
150 H191
150.3 Ap11
150.3 C71d
150.3 C81p
150.3 C818-3
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The Oxford Companion to the Mind
Handbook of Psychology (12 volumes)
APA Dictionary of Psychology
Dictionary of Psychology
Popular Psychology: An Encyclopedia
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
(4 volumes)
Psychology Basics (2 volumes)
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152.4 En19
153.03 M691
153.12 T84e-2
154.6 En19
155.82 En19
616.83 En19
Encyclopedia of Human Emotions (2 volumes)
The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences
Encyclopedia of Memory and Memory Disorders
Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams (2 volumes)
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology
Encyclopedia of Human Memory (3 volumes)
Human Development
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150 H191
155.4 H19c-5
305.23 C436
305.231 C436
305.26 En19-3
Handbook of Psychology, vol. 6, Developmental Psychology
Handbook of Child Psychology (4 volumes)
The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion
Child Development
The Encyclopedia of Aging (2 volumes)
Mental Health
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150.3 P959m
616.8498 T39e-3
616.85 D65e-2
616.852 C27e-3
616.852 Ea82di
616.8521 D65e
616.8527 D442-3
616.8588 Au81
616.8589 K29e
616.86 H72e
616.89 D54-5
616.89 D54-5d
616.89 K 12e-3
616.89 K14k-9
616.89 M528-3
616.89 N72e-3
616.89 P959d-3
616.891 G941-2
616.98 K12es-2
616.98 St83
Psychology & Mental Health (5 volumes)
The Encyclopedia of Sleep and Sleep Disorders
The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties
The Encyclopedia of Obesity and Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders: An Encyclopedia of Causes, Treatment and Prevention
The Encyclopedia of Trauma and Traumatic Stress Disorders
Depression Sourcebook
The Autism Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders
Encyclopedia of Addictions (2 volumes)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed. DSM-5
Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-5
The Encyclopedia of Mental Health
Synopsis of Psychiatry
Mental Health Disorders Sourcebook
The Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Psychologists’ Desk Reference
A Guide to Treatments That Work
The Encyclopedia of Stress and Stress-Related Diseases, 2nd ed.
Stress-Related Disorders Sourcebook
Internet
The American Psychological Association’s website is located at www.apa.org.
Also, check out the reference librarians’ Internet file under the heading of “Psychology”
APA (American Psychological Association) Style
For help with APA style for citing references:
 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. Ref 808.02 P96 2010
 www.apastyle.org/
 APA Style Guide handout (also online under “Research Tools” at
http://mwlibrary.mcckc.edu
 Ask a reference librarian
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