The Sterling Memorial Library, Cross Campus Library, Social Sciences Library, Mudd Library, Medical Library, and Library Shelving Facility hold materials that are part of our Psychology collection. This robust collection contains over 28,500 volumes in print and a myriad of electronic resources including online journals and electronic psychology database core resources such as PsycInfo and PsycArticles. The collection includes monographs and serials on a variety of subject areas such as behavioral neuroscience, clinical psychology, cognitive, developmental, and social/personality psychology with an emphasis on scholarly resources. Clinical materials and bibliographic data on tests and assessments are collected and maintained by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library. Undergraduate level and high use materials are held at the Cross Campus Library. In-depth research and historical psychology materials are available at the Sterling Memorial Library. Most of our psychology journals, excluding clinical materials, are also found at the Sterling Memorial Library. Resources on industrial psychology are found at the Social Sciences Library and the Sterling Memorial Library. Data and statistics are held and maintained through the Social Sciences Library Social Sciences Data Archive. Older and low use volumes are held at the Library Shelving Facility and Mudd Library; all of these materials may be requested via Eli Express. Mudd Library stacks (38 Mansfield Street) are open to Yale affiliated users. Most Psychology materials fall under the Library of Congress call number series BF and older Yale classified materials under range Xk11-81. School psychology materials are found in the BF range and the L range. Besides our English language volumes, the Yale University Library collects foreign language psychology materials for scholarly use and study that represent innovative research internationally.

Related Collections

Besides the Psychology collection, of interest to the psychology scholar, are interdisciplinary materials on the family, social policy, linguistics, demography, crime, United States Government Documents, UN, EU, and Canadian Government documents. Demography materials may be accessed via the Social Sciences Library and the Social Sciences Library Social Sciences Data Archive. Social policy materials are found at the Sterling Memorial Library and the Government Documents and Information Center at the Mudd Library. A small collection of social work materials are held at the Medical Library and education resources are held at the Cross Campus Library and the Sterling Memorial Library. The Medical Historical Library also holds a unique collection of rare medical books and journals.

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