LibGuides: Psychology: Finding Books

OneSearch

OneSearch
Search for the library's print books, eBooks, online and hardcopy journals, magazines, newspapers, and more.

Google Books

eBook Databases

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
EBSCO provides access to your librarys e-book collection.eContentis the digital version of books you can access 24 hours a days, seven days a week.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Specialized academic and encyclopedic material: find academic articles and definitions. Excellent beginning resource. Find the Career Information Center here!
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
Covers American literary history from the 1600s to the present day. TheEncyclopediaincludes essays on poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists, as well as major works and essays on literary movements, periods, and themes.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece & Rome
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Romeoffers a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean worldGreek, Hellenistic, and Romanfrom the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the US
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United Statesdraws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Oxford English Dictionary
TheOxford English Dictionary(OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words past and presentfrom across the English-speaking world.
Salem Press
Salem E-books are electronic versions of print reference books held in the Merced College Library.

Start With Background Reading

It's important to begin your research by learning something about your subject; in fact, you won't be able to create a focused, manageable thesis unless you already know something about your topic.

This step is important so that you will:

Begin building your core knowledge about your topic
Be able to put your topic in context
Create research questions that drive your search for information
Create a list of search terms that will help you find relevant information
Know if the information you’re finding is relevant and useful

Reference sources are scholarly sources filled with thorough yet concise discussions that let you know the “who, what, when, why, and where” information on your topic right at the start of your research.

Top Picks for Background Reading:

Psychology & Mental Health
This five-volume set presents 593 alphabetically-arranged articles treating the history of the field; core aspects of behaviorism, cognitive psychology, and psychoanalytic psychology; diagnoses, disorders, treatments, tests; notable people; and important issues and popular concepts.
Psychology : The Key Concepts
This book is intended for Psychology students at undergraduate degree course levels who need a quick guide to the meanings of the main (and occasionally the not-so-main) psychological concepts and an indication of where they can pursue them
further.
Popular Psychology: An Encyclopedia
Popular Pscyhology: An Encyclopedia is a concise guide for anyone seeking to understand the true scientific nature of psychology.