Psychology: Reference Materials

Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Provides searchable full-text e-book versions of over 3,500 reference works, including multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. in a wide range of subject areas.

Collection of 260+ Reference books; including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and books of quotations, includes resources in a wide range of fields.

Available via Gale. This extensive database contains author biographies, overviews of frequently studied literary works, full-text poems, short stories, and plays, literary criticism, web sites, and definitions of literary terms, movements and themes. Can search for authors who share characteristics such as genre, time period, themes, nationality, ethnicity and gender.

Provides a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary English-language testing instruments within diverse areas such as psychology, education, business, and leadership. Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, the MMY offers novice test consumers and professionals alike access to descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited reviews written by leading content area experts. Volumes 9-present online. Please consult the Pollak Library catalog for previous volumes in print. For additional test coverage, please consult the Test Collection at ETS (Educational Testing Service), a database available at http://www.ets.org/testcoll/index.html. Limited to 4 simultaneous users (2008/2009).