LIBRARY GUIDE
Psychology 204
Introduction to Learning
Contact: Judy Sandt
Phone Number: 610-285-5028
Location: Penn State Lehigh Valley
Email: jsandt@psu.edufinding books
Students may borrow books from any Penn State campus. To search all Penn State libraries, choose ALL from the In Library menu.
For more detailed searching information go to the Quick Guide to the CAT.
Books Elsewhere:
WorldCat
finding articles
The most comprehensive database of psychology-related articles is PsycINFO, with coverage from 1840 to the present including indexing and abstracting of over 1800 journals from 50 countries.
For information on how to search PsycINFO, consult Using Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Databases
Other Learning-Related E-Resources
Education Databases**
about this databaseLinguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts**
about this databaseMental Measurements Yearbook*
about this databaseMIT Cognet: The Brain Sciences Connection
about this databasePubMed (most comprehensive index to medical journal articles)
PubMed Online Tutorial
about this databaseProQuest Psychology Journals***
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Social Science Abstracts*
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Social Science Citation Index
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Sociological Abstracts**
about this database* - ERL databases. To search more than one resource concurrently, log on to one and then click change next to View databases being searched.
** - CAS databases. To search more than one resource concurrently, log on to one and then click Change specific databases.
*** - ProQuest databases. To search more than one resource concurrently, log on to one and the click Select Multiple Databases
Articles on your topic may also be available in other sources. Check this list of databases by subjects such as sociology, educational psychology, and communication disorders.
Get the full text:
Once you find the citation, you may find the full text linked from the database. If a GET IT button appears next to the article, use it to get the full-text immediately or to order the full-text via ILLiad. Articles ordered via ILLiad are usually available in your account online within 24-48 hours.
finding writing tools
Writing in Psychology - Allegheny College's guide to writing various types of psychology papers
Writing in Psychology Links - From grammar to APA format, writing links from Jacksonville State University's Encyclopedia of Psychology
Internet Public Library Style & Writing Guides - A list of online resources for proper grammatical usage, citation formats, & paper writing
For additional library research assistance, stop by the library reference desk or email Judy Sandt, jsandt@psu.edu.
last updated September 2005
