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Cognitive Psychology
Psychology 131
Professor Tracey Kahan

Reference Books

The following resources are good for looking up general information on topics. They can help you get ideas for research papers and quickly provide summary information on topics you are not very familiar with.

  • Dictionary of Cognitive Science: Neuroscience, Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, and Philosophy
     Reference: BF311 .V56713 2004  
  • Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
    Reference: BF311 .E53 2000

Databases

  • PsycINFO
    This is the most important Psychology database. The coverage includes over 1300 journals in 27 languages from approximately 50 countries. 1887-present.

  • PsycArticles
     This database contains only full-text articles from the journals published by the American Psychological Association as well as some others from the Canadian Psychological Association and Hogrefe & Huber. For broader coverage of psychological literature, use PsycINFO.

  • Other Psychology Related Databases
    This page lists other databases that are more specialized (e.g., health information) or cover a wide range of topics. All will have some information related to Cognitive Psychology.

Selected Cognitive Psychology Web Sites

  • This Cognitive Psychology metasite from the Centre for Psychology Resources provides links to numerous relevant web pages. There are 4 sections: General; Consciousness; Language; and Memory.

  • Cognitive Science Web Resources is another metasite providing access to a wide range of cognitive science information.
  • The Encyclopedia of Psychology is not really like an encyclopedia at all! It is, however, a fabulous database of psychology-related web pages, both academically useful and entertaining. You can browse through these pages by category/subcategory or search using keywords. The annotations are very useful and the site appears to be kept current.
  • Classics in the History of Psychology is a browsable and searchable guide to the fulltext of classical texts in psychology. It includes an extremely wide range of material from Ancient times to the 20th century and a variety of formats as well, books, articles, and more! This is a monumental effort for which you should thank York University in Toronto.

APA Style

APA Style.org

Citation Guides and Style Manuals (Santa Clara University)

Ask a Librarian

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Created by Paul Neuhaus on September 14, 2007
Last updated October 9, 2007.


Research Specialist:

Paul Neuhaus
Psychology Librarian
University Library
(408) 554-5431
pneuhaus@scu.edu

 

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