Collins Memorial Library: Psychology: Home

Psychology @ Collins Library

This guide is intended as a starting point for students at Puget Sound who are interested in Psychology. It provides general information as well as links to selected print and electronic resources.

The guide provides suggestions that will help you with the following:

Gaining background knowledge
Finding scholarly / empirically based articles
Identifying primary sources in Psychology
Finding tests and measurements
Finding scholarly books
Correctly citing the sources you use

Speaking of Psychology

APA Podcast
An audio podcast series highlighting some of the latest, most important, and relevant psychological research being conducted today.

Produced by the American Psychological Association, these podcasts will help listeners apply the science of psychology to their everyday lives.

Highlighted Resources

Handbook of Psychology by Irving B. Weiner
Call Number: Click on the title above for online access.
Publication Date: 2012
This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.
21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook by William F. Buskist (Editor); Stephen F. Davis (Editor)
Call Number: Click on the title above for online access.
Publication Date: 2008
Via 100 entries, 21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook highlights the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of psychology ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st century.