Blackwell Handbook of Child Social Development (2002). REF BF713 .B565

Dictionary of psychology (2001). REF BF31.C65

Drug use : a reference handbook (2004). HV5801 .I67

DSM-IVTR: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Text Revised (2002). REF RC455.2.C4 D54

Encyclopedia of mental health (1998). REF RA790 .E53

Encyclopedia of psychology (2000). REF BF31 .E52

Gale encyclopedia of childhood and adolescence. (1998). REF HQ772 .G27

Gale encyclopedia of psychology (1996). REF BF31 .G35

Handbook of child psychology. (1998). REF BF721 H242

Handbook of cross-cultural psychology (1997). REF GN502 .H36

International encyclopedia of developmental and instructional psychology (1996). REF BF712.7 .I58

Oxford companion to the mind (1987). REF BF31 .O94

Psychology: a guide to reference and information sources (1993). REF Z7201 .B39

Tests: a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology,education, and business (1997). REF BF176.T43

EBSCOhost: includes several databases that contain psychology related information. On the library home page under "Library Resources," choose "Articles, Indexes, Databases" and select "EBSCOhost Premier." On the EBSCOhost home page, select the green tab at the top of the screen that says "Choose Databases." This will allow you to search several databases at the same time or you can search databases individually. The relevant databases to consider:

PsycINFO : this database is the one most relevant to psychology. It contains citations, abstracts, and some full text articles from 1,300 journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. Coverage is from 1887 to present. Most current articles and information are full text, though not all.

CINAHL: the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing for 1,835 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982.

Health Source: Nursing/Acad. Edition: This database provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Psychology related information can also be found in Academic Search Premier or ERIC.

FirstSearch allows you to search 15 different databases. The most likely to be relevant is:

MEDLINE: MedLine is available through the list of databases. It is the electronic equivalent to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. Includes thousands of records with substantial abstracts

Amoebaweb (http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/):
Maintained by Douglas Debelman, PhD at Vanguard University, this site provides links to over 2000 psychology related resources free on the Web. Includes links to full text articles as well as access to abstracts from numerous journals.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Illinois (http://il.nami.org/):
Contains current facts and statistics on mental illness in Illinois; identifies local clinical resources; provides articles and information regarding specific disorders of childhood,adolescence and adulthood. Some information on medications; current conferences around the state and specific topics such as religion and mental illness.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/):
Current information on clinical trials, news and events, and information for public, practitioners and researchers of specific mental and behavioral disorders. The National Institutes for Health (nih.gov) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (also under NIH) also have abstracts, citations, and some articles available.

National Mental Health Association: Fact Sheets (http://www1.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/42.cfm):
Excellent resource for facts about many mental health topics including specific disorders such as anxiety, disorders of childhood, adolescence and adulthood; and information about current research.

Professional organizations:

• American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists: (http://www.aamft.org/index_nm.asp)
• American Psychological Association: (http://www.apa.org/)
• American Psychiatric Association: (http://www.psych.org/)
• National Association of Social Workers: (http://www.naswdc.org/)
• National Board of Clinical Counselors: (http://www.nbcc.org/)

Psychology WWW Virtual Library (http://www.dialogical.net/psychology/index.html):
Part of the original virtual library project started by Tim Berners-Lee, tracks online information in psychology. Wide spectrum of topics. Current, authoritative, and usually well maintained.

Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG): (http://www.sosig.ac.uk/psychology/)
SOSIG provides access to psychology resources on the Internet provided that support the needs of social scientists and psychologists in the UK academic community. Each resource has been evaluated and categorized using the APA PsycINFO coding scheme and the main focus of coverage is on areas of psychology relevant to the social sciences, not life sciences. Some resources are pay-per-view but an excellent source of key words and search terms for researching journal articles.