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Electronic Access: You can use the NSCC library web page to access the card catalog, subscription databases, online research tutorials and citation guides. For access from the library homepage, click on what you want to use, then log-in with your last name and student ID#.
Encyclopedia of Psychology 8 Vols. Ref BF 31.E52 2000
The Family Mental Health Encyclopedia Ref RC 437.B69
Handbook of Child Psychology 4 Vols. Ref BF 721.H242 2006
Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence 4 Vols.
Ref HQ 772.G27
Encyclopedia of Aging 4 Vols Ref HQ 1061 .E534 2002
Finding Books
Search the NSCC library online catalog by going to the Library homepage to find books, journals and other material in our collection. Or browse the collection using the following: Library of Congress Classifications
Psychology BF 1-900
Neurosciences RC 321-571
Brain Damage RC 386-387
Physiology QP 1-981
All about E-books: Want access to full-text books on your computer? Go to the NSCC Library catalog. In the Quick Limits drop down menu box on the right hand side select E-books. Search by title or keyword. Once you find a good title, open the record, then to open the E-book, click on the web link at the top of the record page. Click View this book. On the left hand side there is a box with tabs at the top. Use the search tab to search within the book. You may have to register for a free account.
Subcription Databases: Want to find quality information? Use a Subscription Database. Through NSCC databases you have access to more than 230 full-text Psychology Publications. These databases are accessible at the NSCC library and at home with your student net ID. Short Online Tutorial on how to use subscription databases.
Academic Search Premier
Indexes over 8,000 journal titles, including more than 4,600 full-text journals.
Proquest Direct
Provides access to articles from over 2,000 magazines, journals and newspapers.
Health Reference Center Academic
Provides access to health related journal articles.
Carefully evaluate websites for authority, accuracy, bias and relevance. For tips on evaluating web sites try this site, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Sources. Hint: pay close attention to the Criteria information.
To limit your search to government, museum or educational sites, use Google Advanced Search -- and limit by site. Or, for example to find only government sites on George Washington you would put this in the google search box: George Washington site:.gov.
Suggested Internet Sites
Association for Psychological Science -- although this is labeled as a teaching resource there are many links by subject area that would be helpful to the PSY 206 assignment.
Need Additional Help?
Your friendly librarians at North are happy to assist you. We love to talk to you at the library, but if you can't get to the library send us your question via meebo.
You will be able to find me at the reference desk
Monday – 9-1;
Tuesday 8-11;
Wednesday 11-2;
Thursday 2-6.
If you would like to make an appointment with me, Ann Ewel, your Social Science Librarian, please email me at aewel@sccd.ctc.edu .
Short Online Tutorial on How to Use For a short online tutorial on how to use these databases – go to the library web page and under Help with Research click on Research Tutorials – Choose the Research Passport, Finding Articles, Databases: Tools for Finding articles. This specifically goes through the process of searching ProQuest.
Different subject specialties require different citation formats. Know which format your instructor wants you to use. Below are links to basic explanations of style guides for psychology. Usually Psychology uses the APA style (American Psychological Association).
APA Format Guides: The print guide is the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association , and it is located in the NSCC reference collection under the Call number: BF76.7.P83 2001
APA Format Online Guides:
There are numerous online guides for citing sources in APA style. Look on the Help with Research page on the NSCC website.
Also look at the following:
For an electronic tool to help you create a citations try: NoodleBib You must register at NSCC, but then you can use the log-in and password you create from you computer at home.
This page created by Ann Ewel. Last updated, May 2008.