Reference Books

Encyclopedia of psychology, Alan E. Kazdin, ed. Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
REF BF31 .E52 2000

Encyclopedia of psychology, Raymond J. Corsini, ed. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1994.
REF BF31 .E52 1994

DSM-IV casebook: a learning companion to the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition. Robert L. Spitzer, et al., eds. Washington: D.C. American Psychiatric Press, 1994.
REF RC 455.2 .C4 D54 1994 Suppl.

Morrison, James R. DSM-IV made easy: the clinician's guide to diagnosis. New York: Guilford Press, 1995.
REF RC 455.2 .C543 1995

Browsing in the reference section located in the call number areas listed above will turn up additional reference books. Use the Clark State Library Catalog to find books on your subject.

Examples of subjects:

Adolescent psychology
Adolescent psychopathology
Animal psychology
Behaviorism (psychology)
Child psychology
Clinical psychology
Codependency
Cognition
Criminal psychology
Developmental psychology
Eating disorders
Educational psychology
Feminist psychology
Gestalt psychology
Humanistic psychology
Instinct
Memory
Mental health
Mental illness
Mentally ill
Multiple personality
Neuroses
Panic disorders
Perception
Personality
Psychoanalysis
Self-destructive behavior
Social psychology

Try the OhioLINK catalog for additional books and videos on topics in psychology and on specific mental disorders. With your Clark State ID you can borrow books from other college libraries that can be delivered here in two to three days. Many of the videos on your list of Movies & Mental Illness videography can be borrowed through OhioLINK. Ask a librarian to show you how.

Journal Articles

The OhioLINK Electronic Journals Center can be accessed from the OhioLINK home page. The EJC contains only research journals.

Academic Search Premier - Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study. Includes or has links to full text.

PsychINFO is the most comprehensive psychology database. Virtually all of the articles indexed therein are research journals. Many of these will link to full text in the OhioLINK Electronic Journals Center and have excellent abstracts.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Oposing Viewpoints Recource Center - For off campus access please call the library (328-6022) or ask your instructor for the username and password.

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Due to the change of editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, it is recommended that students use sources discussing psychological disorders or psychotherapy published since 1994.

Updated: 10 January 2005