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Online Tutorial:  Finding Psychology Resources

Other Information Literacy Modules

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Books and other Monographs

 

LCSC Library Catalog - provides information about the materials owned by the LCSC Library and other North Idaho Academic Libraries, including North Idaho College and the University of Idaho.  Also has a link to WIN Libraries, so you can search Gonzaga, Whitworth, and VALNet Libraries.

Virtual Reference Library - Search a collection on online reference books from Gale, a respected publisher of subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries.

    Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media: edited by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett.

    Early childhood education : an international encyclopedia : edited by Rebecca S. New and Moncrieff Cochran.

    The Praeger handbook of education and psychology : edited by Joe L. Kincheloe and Raymond A. Horn, Jr.

 

 

WorldCat - A catalog of items held at libraries throughout the world.  Many of these materials can be borrowed through inter-library loan.

Use the "Advanced Search" to limit your search to LCSC or another library.

The results will include chapter titles from within books!

 

Google Books - Info from their Website:  "Just do a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. When we find a book whose content contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. Click a book title and you'll see, like a card catalog entry, some basic information about the book. You may also see a few snippets of text from the book showing your search term in context. If the publisher or author has given us permission through our Partner Program then you'll see a few full pages from the book and if the book is out of copyright, you'll be able to page through the entire book."  Click on the "About This Book" link and look for a link called "Find This Book in a Library" to locate the nearest library holdings.

 

 

Journal articles     

              

Electronic Resources at LCSC:

EDUCATION INDEXES:

ERIC - Contains citations and abstracts from almost 1000 education-related journals.  Citations to the contents of ERIC Documents, including conference papers and curriculum suggestions.  The LCSC Library has most recent ERIC Documents, full-text, on microfiche. 

InfoTrac Educators - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to education.   

 

PSYCHOLOGY INDEXES:

PsycINFO - Contains more than 1.8 million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which dates back to the 1800s, includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages. 

InfoTrac Psychology Collection - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to psychology.  

 

RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN (K-12):

eLibrary Curriculum - One of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for
K-12 schools and libraries.

eLibrary Elementary - Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers,
books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from
Homework Central®, and audio/video files.

Web Sites

Child Care & Early Education Research Connections - a multidisciplinary database of over 10,000 resources, including journal articles, reports, and datasets from research projects.  Maintained by the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

The gateway to educational materials - free lesson plans and other teaching and learning resources.

New Teachers' Home Page - Articles, tips, links to web pages, with the goal of mentoring and inspiring new teachers.  Provided by Inspiring Teachers Publishing, Inc., a small business created by 2 Texas teachers.

Teacher's Domain : Multimedia resources for the classroom and professional development - Provided by WGBH, the PBS station in Boston.  Most materials are for science subjects.  User needs to register (for free)

 

Government:

USA.gov - A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.  Another good source of statistics.

 

 

GPO Access - Searchable database of Web pages, with an emphasis on the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government.  Provided by the Government Printing Office. 

Thomas - An easy-to-search source for legislative information, provided by the Library of Congress.

 

I-Docs - An online collection of paper and digital resources selectively chosen from published Idaho Government Documents.

 

 

Standardized Tests:

 

Test Prep Review -- Free access to sample questions from many standardized tests, such as graduate school entrance exams and certification exams.

 

 

Citations:

 

Knight Cite -- An automatic generator of citations in either MLA, APA, or Chicago style.  Registering for the service allows you to save citations to generate a bibliography.  A free service provided by the Hekman Library at Calvin College.

 

APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.

Bibliographies : MLA Format - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop.

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

 

For more websites, see the complete list.