Research by Subject: Psychology
Books: Use the Library Catalog
Academic OneFile 1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited. Shortcuts: go/onefile (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).
Google Scholar Searches for many types of primarily scholarly sources including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other organizations. Some documents will be available for free while others require a subscription or a one-time access fee. Tips: Note: Preferences can be set to link directly to articles in Middlebury collections. (See above)
JSTOR Full-text archive of over 700 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences covering all issues published, except for the last 2 to 5 years. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Shortcuts: go/jstor (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/jstor (off-campus).
ProQuest Psychology Journals Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 575 titles, with over 485 titles available in full text. Users get access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research.
PsycARTICLES
All articles indexed in PsycARTICLES are also indexes and linked in PsycINFO.
PsycINFO Index and abstracts for psychology journals from 1806-current, and books, 1967-current. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
PubMed 1950s-current. A major source for scholarly biomedical literature. Tips:
Science Citation Index Note: access through Web of Science
ScienceDirect The Middlebury College Libraries subscribe to less than a third of the 3,000+ electronic journals in this database of science journals published by Elsevier. Articles from journals to which we subscribe are marked with a green full-text icon. To find out if we have alternative access to journals not available via ScienceDirect, click on the "Find at Middlebury" button or consult our Journals A to Z list.
Social Sciences Citation Index Indexes core scholarly social science journals worldwide. Search by cited authors or works, or search by words in the bibliographic citations. Go shortcut = go/wos Note: access through Web of Science
SocINDEX Sociology research database encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study. It features abstracts for more than 720 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895, data mined from more than 530 "priority" coverage journals as well as from over 2,800 "selective" coverage journals, and extensive indexing for books/monographs, conference papers, and other content sources.
Web of Science 1985-current. Together, the Science Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index cover several thousand scholarly journals worldwide. The Science Citation Index segment covers core science and technology research journals. Special features include cited article searching and discovery of related articles through common terms. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Tips: Note: For references to articles published 1974-1989, use SciSearch via Dialog on Library computers; ask the Science Librarian for assistance.
American Psychological Association Note: Official APA Web Site
E-Print Network A vast, integrated network of electronic scientific and technical information created by scientists and research engineers active in their respective fields, intended for use by other scientists, engineers, and students at advanced levels. A gateway to over 27,850 Web sites and databases worldwide, containing over 5 million e-prints in basic and applied sciences, primarily in physics but also including subject areas such as chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies, and other disciplines of interest to DOE.
Futurity News about scientific research at research at 35 universities in the United States and Canada.
Middlebury College Department of Psychology
The Personality Project These pages are meant to guide those interested in personality theory and research to the current personality research literature . Although some of the readings are available on-line, all should be available from most university libraries. Note: Northwestern University
Psychology WWW Virtual Library The Psychology Virtual Library keeps track of online information as part of The World Wide Web Virtual Library. Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources before they are linked from the site. Note: Part of The World Wide Web Virtual Library
PsychScholar A collection of Web resources for psychological scholars and budding psychological scholars." Collected or developed by John H. Krantz, Ph.D. Hanover College.
Social Psychology Network Self-proclaimed "largest social psychology database on the Internet. In these pages, you'll find more than 5,000 links related to psychology." Note: Large Internet Gateway
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American Men and Women of Science Main Library Ref Q141 A474 next to latest ed Note: Print Resource
Armstrong Ref Q141 A474 latest ed
American National Biography Oxford ANB Online is an exploration of American history through the lives of the men and women who shaped the nation.
American Women in Science Note: Print Resource
Biographical Dictionary of Psychology Note: Print Resource
Biographical Dictionary of Scientists Multi-volume Armstrong Ref Q141 .B528 2000 Note: Print Resource
Biography Reference Bank Coverage dates: Ancient times to present
Includes biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, and obituaries. It covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images.
Black Women Scientists in the United States Note: Print Resource
Dictionary of National Biography Oxford DNB - 56,000 biographies of deceased people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the present. Also available in print: Main Library Reference CT773 .D4 2004. Note: Oxford
Dictionary of Scientific Biography Multi-volume Armstrong Ref Q141 .D5 Note: Print Resource
Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century Note: Print Resource
Women in Psychology: a Bio-bibliographic Sourcebook Note: Print Resource
The Chicago Manual of Style Online at: In print at:
The Chicago Manual of Style Online Online version of the Chicago Manual of Style - 15th Edition.
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers / Kate L. Turabian This is the "Turabian" style. See also the online Turabian Quick Guide with basic examples, available from the publisher. Note: Print resource
Multiple print copies including:
Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Ready Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Armstrong Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Middlebury Citation & Style Guide This library subject guide links to additional resources pertaining to how to format your paper's footnotes, bibliographies and more.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers In print at: Examples online at:
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) In print at: Examples online at:
RefWorks RefWorks will automatically generate bibliographies and format your research papers in any of hundreds of styles including MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian. Middlebury College students and faculty may use RefWorks by creating a RefWorks account. For more info, follow the RefWorks link or email refworks@middlebury.edu. Middlebury-specific RefWorks Guide located at http://go.middlebury.edu/refworks?midd.
Scientific Style and Format (CSE) In print at: Examples online at:
Writing Papers in Psychology Note: Print Resource
All Psychology Dictionaries at Middlebury This is an active search of the library catalog MIDCAT.
Concise Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents: Properties and Synonyms Note: Print Resource
Dictionary of Biological Psychology Note: Print Resource
A Dictionary of Psychology Note: Print Resource
Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists Multi-volume Armstrong Ref Q141 .N73 1995 Note: Print Resource
A Student's Dictionary of Psychology Note: Print Resource
Access Science McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online.
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Provides authoritative information for non-specialists on a wide variety of science-related topics. Includes the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms and the Yearbooks of Science & Technology in addition to biographies from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography, selected Science News articles, and links to evaluated web sites. Shortcuts: go/accsci (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/accsci (off-campus).
All Psychology Encyclopedias at Middlebury This is an active search of the library catalog MIDCAT.
Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology Note: Print Resource
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior Multi-volume Note: Print Resource
Armstrong Ref BF31 .E3 1994
Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence Multi-volume Note: Print Resource
Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence
Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory Note: Print Resource
Encyclopedia of Psychology Multi-vomume Note: Print Resource
Armstrong Ref BF31 .E54 2000
Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy Note: Print Resource
Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreaming Note: Print Resource
The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences Note: Print Resource
ERIC/AE Test Locator The Test Locator was a joint project of the
Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, the Library and Reference
Services Division of the Educational Testing Service,
the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln,
the Region III Comprehensive Center at GW University, and
Pro-Ed test publishers.
Measurement and Testing Finding Information About Psychological Tests (from the APA) Note: Part of the Social Psychology Network
ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
Educational Testing Service
Performance Assessment Network (e-testing for professionals)
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
Code of Fair Testing Practices in Psychology Education (from the APA)


