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| Genre/Form: | Sources |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Dolan, Deborah, 1958- Research guide to psychology. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] (DLC) 2017055959 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Deborah Dolan |
| ISBN: | 9781442276017 1442276010 |
| OCLC Number: | 1012708842 |
| Awards: | Commended for A Library Journal Best Reference Book of the Year 2018 |
| Description: | xvi, 183 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: 1. Research Problems and Their Solutions: Types of Resources -- Introduction -- Why Even Write This Chapter? -- Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Resources -- Dictionaries and Encyclopedias -- Handbooks -- Books -- Journal Articles -- 2. Definitions to Deep Background: Encyclopedias, "Handbooks," and Dictionaries -- Introduction -- General -- Addictions -- Altruism/Prosocial Behavior -- Anxiety Disorders -- Attachment -- Bereavement and Grief -- Body Image and Appearance -- Clinical and Counseling -- Cognition, Thought, and Language -- Communication -- Community and Prevention Psychology -- Comparative Psychology -- Consumer and Economic Psychology -- Creativity -- Developmental Psychology -- Dissociative Disorders -- Eating Disorders and Obesity -- Educational and School Psychology -- Ethics -- Experimental Psychology -- Family Psychology -- Forensic Psychology -- Geropsychology Happiness/Well-Being/Quality of Life -- Health Psychology -- History -- Identity -- Industrial and Organizational Psychology -- Intelligence, Memory, and Creativity -- Learning -- Memory -- Mood/Affect/Emotions and Their Disorders -- Motivation -- Multicultural Psychology -- Neurodevelopmental Disorders -- Neuropsychology -- Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders -- Personality and Personality Disorders -- Positive Psychology -- Research Methods and Statistics -- Sensation and Perception -- Sexuality and Gender -- Social Psychology -- Stress and Trauma -- Suicide -- Teaching of Psychology -- Violence -- Other -- 3. Current Research: Journal Articles and Annual Reviews -- Introduction -- Psychology-Specific Databases -- Medically Oriented Databases -- Education-Oriented Databases -- Selected Other Databases -- Searching Databases -- 4. Tests and Measures -- Introduction -- Commercial and Research Tests Ethics in Testing -- Resources Providing Information about and Evaluating Tests and Measures -- Resources about Assessment Using Tests and Measures -- Resources Containing Full-Text Tests and Measures -- Resources Indexing/Abstracting Tests and Measures -- 5. Theses and Dissertations -- Introduction -- Benefits of Theses and Dissertations in Current Research -- Identification and Acquisition of Theses and Dissertations -- Institutional Products -- Indexes/Abstracts of Dissertations -- Discipline-Specific Thesis and Dissertation Databases -- Open-Access Thesis and Dissertation Portals -- National and International Thesis and Dissertation Sources -- 6. Annotated and Unannotated Bibliographies -- Introduction -- Bibliographies -- 7. United States Government Agencies -- Introduction -- Psychology-Related Government Agencies -- 8. Biographical Resources -- Substantive Sources -- Selected Biographical Bibliographies -- 9. Directories and Organizations -- Directories of Graduate Programs -- Directories of Associations and Organizations -- Selected National Associations -- General -- Clinical and Counseling Psychology -- Cognitive Psychology -- Community Psychology -- Developmental Psychology -- Educational and School Psychology -- Experimental, Engineering, and Cognitive Psychology -- Health Psychology -- History of Psychology -- Industrial and Organizational Psychology -- Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology -- Personality and Social Psychology -- Psychology Student Organizations -- Research Methods and Statistics -- Specific Populations -- Sport Psychology -- Teaching of Psychology -- Miscellaneous -- 10. Style Guides and Related Resources -- 11. Diagnostic Manuals and Related Resources -- Introduction -- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems Research Domain Criteria (RDoc) -- 12. Career Path and Education Resources -- Introduction -- Undergraduate Career and Education Resources -- Graduate Student Career and Education Resources -- Websites Listing Current Position Openings -- 13. Book Reviews -- Book Review Organizations/Publishers -- Indexes/Abstracts/Bibliographies of Book Reviews -- 14. Major Museums and Archives of Psychology. |
| Responsibility: | Deborah Dolan. |
Abstract:
This authoritative research guide volume uses a problem-solving approach to presenting print and electronic resources. Ranging from background sources to current research, it features a wide range of
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