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Psychology Research Guide

Books from Parks Library (updating this box, in process)

We have both print and e-books available through ISU Libraries

ISU Libraries owns approximately 2.8 million print monographs and has access to somewhere around 1.7 million electronic titles. The best way to access these are by using "Quick Search" on the library's homepage, or by using the advanced search page, which has more options and control, here: Advanced Search ISU Libraries

Use these filter options at your choice:

  • Format Type: Books (to exclude all articles, images, newspapers, etc...)
  • Full Text Online (to exclude print books)
  • Physical Items (to exclude e-books)

 

Searching for books we own

 

Using Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

If you would like access to a book [or other resource] which ISU Libraries does not own, you can use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to get pretty much any title you would like. ILL simply means we get the item from another library for you and get you access to it. To use ILL, login to the ILL system here

Using WorldCat

Worldcat is a catalog of catalogs. Worldcat receives metadata from ~90% of the public and academic libraries in the United States, as well as some international libraries. It is used in several different capacities, such as seeing how many (and which ones) libraries own a specific title, and as a way to explore published books on any topic. Since there are so many libraries included in worldcat, we often treat it as a publications list, although that's not entirely accurate. https://search.worldcat.org/. You are also able to create a free account with WorldCat, which you can use to save titles, lists, etc...

New Psychology titles owned by ISU Libraries

Psychological Encyclopedias

In addition to encyclopedias such as Credo Reference and Wikipedia, there are specialized encyclopedias that focus on one discipline or topic. The following are encyclopedias helpful for psychology topics.