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Books - to find basic background information on a topic, or the history of a topic, try the book collection. This information may not the most up-to-date, but should give you a good sense of the "big picture." To look up books on a given topic, go to the library catalog:

http://cmars.cwmars.org/search~S38/

Once you're in the library catalog, try keyword searches like:

  • mental illness
  • alcoholism
  • group therapy

    Remember that we have access to many more books than are located at MWCC library. To see what books other libraries own on your topic "Search All C/WMARS Libraries in Central MA" or pick a specific library to search, within our system.

Also - if you do locate a book which contains good information on your topic, see if there are bibliographies in the book, which list other sources that you can track down.

Periodical Indexes/Databases - to find the most current information on a topic, try journal articles. In order to locate them, you must use an index. Just like in the back of a book there is an index which tells you what page to look at in the book, there are indexes to journals and newspapers which tell you which issue and page to look at in the journal. These indexes used to be just available in print but are now available online as well. Some online indexes which you should use in your work would be:

  • Academic Search Premier - some full-text articles
  • Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection - some full-text articles

Access to databases is available through the library's log in page:

http://www.mwcc.mass.edu/HTML/Library/login.html

Just select the appropriate access - either on-campus (from anywhere at MWCC) or off-campus (if you're working from home), then find these online indexes in the alphabetical database listing.

Once in these databases, try specific keyword searches such as:

mental illness and women
alcoholics anonymous and therapy

Websites - Try these recommended psychology related links on the Web

http://www.mass.gov
Massachusetts State Government site

http://www.psychology.org/
Encyclopedia of Psychology

http://clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/psi/
Psychology Virtual Library, University of Florida

http://www.questia.com/
Commercial online library

http://selfpsychology.org/whatis.htm
About a particular type of psychotherapy

http://www.psychologytoday.com/
Psychology Today, popular magazine

http://www.psychology.net/
Media coverage about Psychology

http://www.spsp.org/
Society for Personality and Social Psychology

http://psych.nwu.edu/
Resources from the Psychology Department of Northwestern University

http://www.psychplace.com/
Psychology Place

http://www.academicpress.com/cogpsych
Site for the journal Cognitive Psychology

http://www.apa.org/journals/psp.html
Selected articles from the Journal of Personality & Social Psychology

http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d
Psych-in-the-News and Hot Topics columns

http://psychjournal.com/
Psychology Journal

http://www.cbt.virginia.edu/
Center for Biological Timing

http://psychwatch.com/
General psychology site

http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/intro/cafe/stu/website.htm
McGraw-Hill Publishing Psych Cafe-choices and links

http://nejm.org
New England Journal of Medicine-serious medical site (also in Library databases)

http://apa.org
American Psychological Association

http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/tutor.html
Psychological Tutorials and Demos from Hanover College

General Search Engines

http://www.lycos.com

http://www.google.com

http://www.altavista.com

http://oneblink.com

http://dogpile.com

http://beaucoup.com

 

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