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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.
Electronic Books [log-in the same as searching for journal articles]:
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology [Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2006]
Life as a Psychologist : Career Choices and Insights [Westport, Conn. : Praeger , 2006]
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.
Electronic Resources at LCSC:
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.
Academic OneFile - a general journal index covering many disciplines, not just Social Sciences. Contains full-text of some articles.
InfoTrac Diversity Studies - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to women, homosexuals, and ethnic minorities.
InfoTrac GLBT Life and Issues - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered individuals.
PubMed - Covers the field of medicine in its entirety. Provides access to 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases. Provided by the National Library of Medicine, part of the Federal Government's National Institutes of Health.
APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.
APA Interactive Tutorial - Developed by Mr. Kevin Schoepp.
MLA Format - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop
USA.gov - A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
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.
Link to Library Home Page
Online Tutorial: Finding Psychology Resources
Page Author: Barbara Barnes
Last updated: February 22, 2007
