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PS 101 Resources

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Selected Electronic Books -- Periodical Databases -- Selected Books in Busse Library -- Selected Websites

Selected Electronic Books

Adult Learning and Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1998.

Baddeley, Alan D. Essentials of Human Memory. Hove, England: Psychology Press, 1999.

Dretske, Fred I. Explaining Behavior. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991.

Flanagan, Owen J. The Science of the Mind. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991.

Howe, Michael J.A. Principles of Ability and Human Learning. Hove, East Essex (UK): Psychology Press, 1998.

Kimble, Gregory A. Psychology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996.

Olson, Eric T. The Human Animal. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Unsolved Mysteries of the Mind. Hove (UK): Psychology Press, 1996.

Wade, Nicholas. Psychologists in Word and Image. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995.

 

Periodical Databases
 

EBSCO Databases (password required)

  • EBSCO Academic Search Premier -- Contains full-text articles for over 3,400 scholarly journals and is the world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database. Subject areas include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, languages, linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.
  • PsycINFO -- Index to psychological journal articles, books, chapters, technical reports and dissertations from 1887 to the present.
  • PsychArticles -- full-text scholarly journals from the American Psychological Association.

FirstSearch Databases (password required)

After you key in your login and password, you will need to select again from the list of available databases on the search screen.  To do this click on the dropdown menu in: Jump to Advanced Search: Select a Database to Search.  Select the required database and begin your search. You may initiate an InterLibrary Loan request from FirstSearch databases to the Busse Library. Use the linked NOTE 13A: Searching the FirstSearch Databases for help in using the databases. 

  • ArticleFirst - Index to citations from of over 12,600 journals. Tips on using this database.
  • GPO Monthly Catalog - Index to information printed by the US Government Printing Office. Tips on using this database.
  • World Almanac - Facts and figures
  • WorldCat - Over 30 million catalog records of books and audiovisuals held in libraries around the world. A good way to see if a book has been published on a topic which you may want to borrow through InterLibrary Loan. Remember to select books with at least 15 library holdings indicated. Tips on using this database.

 

Selected Books in Busse Library

Belkin, Gary S.
Educational psychology: an introduction.
Dubuque, IA: W.C. Brown, c1977. LB1051 .B32

Berliner, David C.
Handbook of educational psychology.
New York: Macmillan Library Reference, c1996. LB1051 .H2354 1996, Ref.

Cole, Michael.
Comparative studies of how people think: an introduction.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. BF76.5 .C63

Collier, Gary.
Social origins of mental ability.
New York: Wiley, c1994. BF431 .C57 1994

DeVito, Joseph A.
The psychology of speech and language: an introduction to psycholinguistics.
New York: Random House, [1970]. BF455 .D464

Gatchel, Robert J.
An introduction to health psychology.
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, c1983. R726.5 .G38 1983

Ittelson, William H.
An Introduction to environmental psychology.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, [1974]. BF353 .I5

Khalfa, Jean.
What is intelligence?
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 1994. BF431 .W49 1994

McConnell, James V.
Understanding human behavior: an introduction to psychology.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, [1974]. BF121 .M18

Nunnally, Jum C.
Introduction to statistics for psychology and education.
New York: McGraw-Hill, [1974]. BF39 .N79

Rogers, Dorothy.
The adult years: an introduction to aging.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1979. BF724.5 .R57

Travers, John F.
The growing child: an introduction to child development.
New York: Wiley, c1977. BF721 .T72

 

Selected Websites

 

Online materials for students enrolled in PS 101 are provided by the Busse Library, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA. Use is limited to registered students. Contact the Busse Library with your questions.