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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
This subject guide contains links to library and other resources that can be used for Developmental Psychology. Access to many of these resources requires a computer that is part of the Yale network. Access can also be obtained by means of the Remote Authentication Proxy Server. Catalogs are some of the primary discovery tools in a library. A local catalog (such as Orbis) enables a library user to determine what items are in a library's collection and where those items are housed. Another type of catalog is a union catalog. A union catalog is a "catalog of catalogs" and contains library holdings information for all the libraries (academic, public and private) that contribute information to the union catalog. Use union catalogs to augment your search if you cannot find the information you seek through ORBIS, Yale University Library's Online Catalog. Encyclopedias are works that contain information on all branches of knowledge or treat comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge, usually in articles arranged alphabetically by subject. Encyclopedias are useful in providing background information, particularly if you are not familiar with a given subject area. Indexes, such as periodical indexes, allow you to search for articles published in a periodical or journal title. Indexes are available in print format or as electronic databases. Some of the indexes listed here also permit the retrieval of the full text of a given article. Please note that an index and a catalog are not the same type of discovery tool. A catalog allows you to determine if a periodical or journal title is part of a library's collection. An index allows you to search for a particular article within a periodical or journal title. In this section, you can find a sample of additional library resources, including psychology-related electronic journals and information on Yale University Library's interlibrary loan/document delivery services.
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Style Guides Dictionaries, style guides, and thesauri are useful tools for paper composition and search strategy development. Dictionaries can be general or subject specific. Use dictionaries to verify the spelling and definition of word terms. A Thesaurus is a listing of terms arranged by possible relationship. Use a thesaurus to help determine related terms to keywords you use in your search strategy or to determine correct keywords to use when searching an electronic databases. Style guides provide format information and detail for preparing your paper, bibliographical references, and bibliography. Eureka offers online access to the Research Libraries Group's RLIN bibliographic database of more than 22 million titles. Eureka can be used to uncover a wealth of resources in almost any area of study or to locate items in specific libraries and research collections. Eureka provides catalog records for books, journals, maps, sound recordings, musical scores, films, archives, and computer files held in research, corporate, and public libraries, as well as museums, archives and historical societies. Access to Eureka requires a networked computer with a Yale IP address. Orbis, the Yale University Library's online public access catalog, contains entries for titles the Library has acquired. Orbis provides circulation information for all items as well as holdings information for most journal titles. For help using Orbis, see the Guide to Using Orbis. WorldCat is an online union catalog; a bibliographic database of over 39 million records of books and other materials held in thousands of academic, public, special and national libraries around the world. WorldCat can be used to locate materials outside of Yale, in almost any area of study, or to locate items in specific libraries and research collections. WorldCat provides catalog records for books, maps, sound recordings, musical scores, films, archives, and computer files held in research, corporate, and public libraries, as well as museums, archives and historical societies. All searches may be easily printed, downloaded or e-mailed. Access to WorldCat requires a networked computer with a Yale IP address.
Britannica.com is a free knowledge and learning center for current affairs. Users can simultaneously search the encyclopedia, reviews of web sites, articles from leading magazines, and related books. Britannica.com includes the complete, updated Encyclopędia Britannica, selected articles from more than 70 of the world's top magazines--including Newsweek, Discover, and The Economist, a guide to the Web sites includes more than 125,000 sites, and you can also search the text of more than 100 million Web pages to find more information. Full access to Britannica.com requires a networked computer with a Yale IP address.
The MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences
Title: The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences See Also: Selected Print Resources for more secondary psychology resources. Note: Also available on CD-ROM at the Sterling Memorial Library CD-ROM Reference Center. The MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences (MITECS) is a comprehensive reference work that encompasses the diverse theories and methodologies of the cognitive and brain sciences. The encyclopedia contains 471 specialized articles by preeminent researchers and scholars; articles include extensive bibliographies and provide multiple cross-references. MITECS spans six major topics: Philosophy; Psychology; Neuroscience; Computational Intelligence; Linguistics and Language; and Culture, Cognition, and Evolution.
The Academic Search Elite database provides access to journal articles in most academic areas of study. The database includes full-text coverage of nearly 1,700 journals from 1990 to the present and abstracts/indexing of nearly 3,000 journals from 1984 to the present. The Database Coverage List provides a complete list of journal titles indexed and abstracted in this database. Access to Academic Search Elite is restricted to a networked computer with a Yale IP address. The Current Contents Search (CC Search) database provides access to the tables of contents and bibliographic data from current issues of the world's leading scholarly research journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Cover-to-cover indexing of journal articles, reviews, meeting abstracts, editorials, etc., is provided for each of the 6,600 journals covered. Complete bibliographic information, including English-language author abstracts (for approximately 85% of articles and reviews in the science editions), author keywords, KeyWords Plus*, and ISSNs are provided. Access to Current Contents requires a networked computer with a Yale IP address. User ID and password are also required. ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Online provides over 800,000 references to thousands of educational topics. It includes journal articles, books, theses, curruculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. Coverage is from 1966 to the present and is updated monthly. ERIC documents can be found in Orbis by title search "ERIC documents on microfiche". Access to ERIC requires a networked computer with a Yale IP address. HaPI: Health and Psychosocial Instruments Health and Psychosocial Instruments provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. HAPI assists researchers, practitioners, educators, administrators, and evaluators, including students, to identify measures needed for research studies, grant proposals, client/patient assessment, class papers/projects, theses/dissertations, and program evaluation. Access to Health and Psychosocial Instruments requires a networked computer with a Yale IP address. The PsycINFO database covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. PsycINFO's coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to over 1300 journals in more than 20 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. Over 50,000 references are added annually. Popular literature is excluded. Updated monthly, PsycINFO is produced by the American Psychological Association. Additionally, there are links from PsycINFO to all OVID full-text journals. Coverage is from 1887 to the present. The PsycINFO journal coverage list contains complete information of the title coverage of this database. Access to PsycINFO requires a networked computer with a Yale IP address. Readers' Guide Abstracts Full Text Readers' Guide Abstracts Full Text, produced by The H. W. Wilson Company, is a database containing comprehensive indexing and abstracting of more than 240 of the most popular general interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the full text of over 120 of those periodicals. It covers news, current events, and all subject areas, including business, fashion, politics, crafts, food, education, sports, history, and science. The abstracts average 125 words in length. Two types of abstracts are included. Informative abstracts convey the content, scope, and complexity of the source article, and are the predominant form used. Indicative abstracts describe the subject of the source article and are reserved for how to articles, humorous essays, personal accounts, and recipes. Full-text coverage begins in January 1994 for most titles. Visit the HW Wilson journal directory and select "Readers' Guide Index/ Abstracts/ Full Text" for a full list of included journals. Access to Readers' Guide Abstracts Full Text is restricted to a networked computer with a Yale IP address. The ISI Citation Databases collectively index more than 8,000 high quality, peer-reviewed journals cover-to-cover, providing users with complete bibliographic data, full-length author abstracts, and cited references from the world's most influential research:
Through the Web of Science, these multidisciplinary databases are available independently or in any combination. Users will be able to perform current and retrospective searches (back to 1972, depending upon database(s) chosen) of the files using standard graphical Web browsers such as Netscape. The Social Sciences Citation Index journal list provides complete title coverage for this portion of the database. Access to the Web of Science Citation Databases requires a networked computer with a Yale IP address.
Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services Yale Library's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Document Delivery Services helps to provide access to library collections, both at Yale and around the world. Psychology Electronic Journals This partial list of direct connections to electronic journals devoted to the study of Psychology that are restricted to the Yale community. A more extensive list can be found by searching the Online Journals Database
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Style Guides APA Reference Style: tightening up your citations A comprehensive guide which summarizes APA style, the set of specific formatting conventions sanctioned by the American Psychological Association. This tutorial represents the 4th edition of APA Style. Consult the 5th edition manual for complete information. This website contains tips on APA Style, information on electronic references citation, and tips on removing bias in language. This site contains links to APA style guides and help sheets on the Internet. Students may also wish to look into Carol J. Amato's book, The World's Easiest Guide to Using the APA, copyright 1995 by Stargazer Publishing Company. Columbia Guide to Online Style The Columbia Guide to Online Style presents a guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources. The unique element approach used makes this a useful reference book for citing electronic sources regardless of the specific bibliographic style you may be required to use. A hypertext version of William Strunk's classic style guide which was designed to demonstrate "the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated". The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, is a fully searchable version of the OED. The OED includes definition and etymology searches, quotation searches, proximity searches, as well as boolean searching. Access to the Oxford English Dictionary requires a networked computer with a Yale IP address. A quick reference for creating citations according to the APA Style Manual. Thesaurus.com provides a hypertext version of Roget's Thesaurus.
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