Reference Sources
Consult encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries and bibliographies for overviews and basic information about a variety of psychology topics.
The titles below represent a small selection of the reference sources available through the library. You can use the UC Davis Library Catalog to search for additional print and electronic titles:
- Advanced Search: UC Davis Library CatalogSearch UC Library Search for books, journals (not articles) and other materials available online or in the library.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window
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A collection of annotated critical bibliographies assessing the sources and research in various subject disciplines. See the annotated bibliography for Psychology. - Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
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Online access to Oxford University Press reference handbooks. Each Handbook has in-depth essays by the world's leading scholars. Browse the titles in the Psychology module.
- Psychology Reference Books (via ScienceDirect)Access and search 30 encyclopedias and other reference works published by Elsevier.
- Psychology Reference Books (via Springer)Search a variety of encyclopedias and handbooks published by Springer Nature.
- Cambridge Handbooks in PsychologyBrowse more than 50 titles covering topics in psychological science. Note: UC Davis does not subscribe to all titles in this series.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences by
Provides authoritative, foundational, interdisciplinary knowledge across the wide range of behavioral and social sciences fields Discusses history, current trends and future directions. Topics are cross-referenced with related topics and each article highlights further reading.
ISBN: 0080970877Publication Date: 2015
- MIT CogNet This link opens in a new windowMIT CogNet is a resource for research in cognitive science, philosophy, neuroscience, linguistics, and psychology.
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Sage Research Methods (SRM) is an online collection of authoritative information resources (e.g., journals, books, reference, videos, podcasts, cases) on how to perform hundreds of research methods, including statistical analyses, in a wide variety of disciplines (e.g., social science, medicine and health, engineering, public policy). Also includes a suite of research tools (e.g., Methods Map, Project Planning, Which Stats Test?).
[Coverage: 1976-present]