Reference Sources:

Encyclopedias:

• Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development (REF QP84 .C26 1998)
• Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education (REF LB1139.25 .E53 1992)
• Encyclopedia of Educational Research. 6th ed. 4v. (REF LB 15 E48 1992)
• Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education (REF LC1099.3 .M58 1999)
• Encyclopedia of Special Education. (REF LC4007 .E53 2000 3v.)
• The Family Encyclopedia of Child Psychology and Development (REF BF721 .B7157 1992)
• Handbook of Reading Research. 2v. (Floor3: LB 1050 H278 1984)
• Handbook of Research on Teacher Education. (REF LB 1715 H274 1996)
• Handbook of Research on Teaching. 3rd ed. (REF LB 1028 H315 1986, also Floor3: LB 1028 H315 1986)
• International Encyclopedia of Education. 12 v. 1994, 10v. 1985. (REF LB 15 I569)
• International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies. 10v. 1985. (REF LB 15 I569)

Dictionaries:

• Dictionary of Developmental Psychology (REF BF712.7 S78 1995)
• The Dictionary of Developmental and Educational Psychology (REF BF712.7 .D53 1986b)

Tests and Measures

• Buros Institute of Mental Measurements Provides catalog information about the Buros publications, test locator, test publisher locator, test review locator. ERIC/AE test locator included.
• EBSS: Education and Behavioral Sciences Section by the Association of College and Research Libraries covers Lesson plans and Teaching activities, Educational Tests/Psychology, National Standards, Children's and Young Adult Literature, and International/National Education Statistics. Education Sources links to web resources as well as CSUN Library holdings
• ETS Test Collection Catalog. 6v. (REF LB 3051 E79). Provides basic information, such as grade level, descriptors, abstract and availability source. Each volume highlights a particular subject area. Has author, test title, and subject indexes.
• Mental Measurements Yearbook. (REF BF 176 B861) The principal work on testing and measurement. It consists of descriptive information, references and critical reviews of commercially published English-language tests.
• Tests and measurements in child development (Johnson) (REFBF722 J643)
• Test Critiques. 10v. (REF BF 176 T419) Contains reviews of the most frequently used psychological, educational and business tests.

Writing Guides

How to Write Psychology Papers

Location: REFRM BF76.5 .P27 1999

Psychologist’s Companion : a guide to scientific writing for students and researchers

Location: REFRM BF76.8 .S73 1993)

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association

Location: REFRM BF 76.5 A54 2001

Research methodology books (Psychology -- Research – Methodology) BF713.-

Writing papers in Psychology

BF 76.7 R67 2001

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Periodicals/Journals: Indexes & Articles

Psychological Abstracts/PsycInfo

Indexes books and 1,300 journals written in over 25 languages, spanning 1887 to the present

Location: REFRM Table 6 BF 1 . P65 and Online

Index Medicus

An index to 3,700 medical journals published by the National Library of Medicine covering: medicine, health administration, psychology, physical therapy, nursing, all allied health education.

Location: REFRM Table Z 660 .I42 and online: FirstSearch, and LexisNEXIS; and free Web access through PubMed

Education Abstracts (EducationAbs)

A primary source, along with ERIC, in education. Indexes articles published in approximately 300 education journals. Education Abtracts is one of the many indexes included in the FirstSearch2 database.

ERIC (Late 1960's-)

A database that indexes and abstracts 750 journal titles (EJ) and thousands of reports and documents (ED) in education.

Location: Online through CSA,  FirstSearch and EricWizard

Sociological Abstracts

Provides indexing and detailed abstracts of articles taken from 3,000 journals published world wide in sociology, social work and related social and behavioral sciences. Indexing began in 1963, abstracts from 1974-

Social Sciences Index

An index to articles and book reviews in 400 English-language journals in anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology and sociology. Indexing started in 1983, abstracts from 1994-

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