Research Guides: PSYC 025: Research Design and Analysis (SC): Encyclopedias & Handbooks

ONLINE Resources

Sometimes you will need to look up words or get some background information before you are able to fully understand the articles you are reading in scientific journals. Here are some good online reference resources where you can find overview articles. These articles could be a good source of KEYWORDS which you will need to run accurate searches in journal databases.

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development
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Provides an interdisciplinary approach to everything from prenatal development to education, pediatrics, neuroscience, theories and research methods to physical development, social development, cognitive development, psychopathology and parenting. It also looks at cultural issues, sex differences and the history of child development.
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology
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Provides full-text access to an authoritative, comprehensive, and current reference work. Covers all areas of psychology. Articles are signed and contain references and suggested readings. Fully searchable by keyword and browsable by topic.
Encyclopedia of the Mind
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This encyclopedia, by SAGE Reference, brings together scholars from the entire range of mind-related academic disciplines from across the arts and humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and computer science and engineering to explore the multidimensional nature of the human mind.

Oxford Handbooks in Psychology
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Offers scholarly review articles that provide an in-depth overview of topics in psychology, as well as authoritative guidance, directing you to further related content. A great place to begin your research.

Principles of Research in Behavioral Science
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Intended for beginning graduate or advanced undergraduate students, this book provides a comprehensive review of research methods used in psychology and related disciplines. It covers topics that are often omitted in other texts including correlational and qualitative research and integrative literature reviews. Basic principles are reviewed for those who need a refresher. The focus is on conceptual issues - statistics are kept to a minimum.
Research Methods in Psychology
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