Off The Shelf

PsycBOOKS added the following titles to its coverage list in October 2009. Of the titles added, 3 were APA books and 20 were designated classic books. Classic books are landmark titles in psychology and are selected by APA experts.

APA Books

1.   Addictive behaviors: New readings on etiology, prevention, and treatment, ©2009, by Marlatt, G. Alan (Ed.); Witkiewitz, Katie (Ed.)

2.   Disgust and its disorders: Theory, assessment, and treatment implications, ©2009, by Olatunji, Bunmi O.; McKay, Dean

3.   A lifetime of intelligence: Follow-up studies of the Scottish mental surveys of 1932 and 1947, ©2009, by Deary, Ian J.; Whalley, Lawrence J.; Starr, John M.

Classic Books

4.   Biographia literaria, or Biographical sketches of my life and opinions, ©1847, by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Coleridge, Henry Nelson (Ed.)

5.   Christian non-resistance, in all its important bearings, illustrated and defended, ©1846, by Ballou, Adin

6.   An examination of President Edwards’ inquiry into the freedom of the will, ©1845, by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

7.   Government of the thoughts, for young men (from the 2nd London ed., rev. by the Committee of Publication), ©1844, by Committee of Publication, Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, Boston, MA, US

8.   Hereditary descent: Its laws and facts, illustrated and applied to the improvement of mankind; with hints to woman, including directions for forming matrimonial alliances so as to produce, in offspring, whatever physical, mental, or moral qualities may be desired, together with preventives of hereditary tendencies, ©1843, by Fowler, O. S.

9.   A history of the earth and animated nature, Vol 1 (new edition with corrections and alterations), ©1844, by Goldsmith, Oliver

10.   Lectures on mental philosophy and theology, ©1846, by Richards, James

11.   Life of faith: In three parts, embracing some of the scriptural principles or doctrines of faith, the power or effects of faith in the regulation of man’s inward nature, and the relation of faith to the divine guidance, ©1854, by Upham, Thomas C.

12.   Locke’s essays: An essay concerning human understanding, and A treatise on the conduct of the understanding (Complete in 1 volume with the author’s last additions and corrections), © No Year Specified (Reprinted 1844), by Locke, John      

13.   On feigned and factitious diseases, chiefly of soldiers and seamen, on the means used to simulate or produce them, and on the best modes of discovering impostors: Being the prize essay in the class of military surgery in the University of Edinburgh, session 1835-6, with additions, ©1843, by Gavin, Hector

14.   The philosophy of history, in a course of lectures, delivered at Vienna (2nd ed., rev.), © 1846, by von Schlegel, Frederick; Robertson, James Baron(Trans)

15.   The philosophy of human life: Being an investigation of the great elements of life: The power that acts—the will that directs the action—and the accountability or sanctions that influence the formation of volitions, together with reflections adapted to the physical, political, popular, moral and religious natures of man, ©1939, by Dean, Amos

16.   Plato against the atheists; or, The tenth book of the dialogue on laws, accompanied with critical notes, and followed by extended dissertations on some of the main points of the Platonic philosophy and theology, especially as compared with the holy scriptures, ©1845, by Plato; Lewis, Tayler

17.   The principles of medical psychology, being the outlines of a course of lectures, ©1847, by von Feuchtersleben, Ernst; Lloyd, H. Evans (Trans.); Babington, B. G. (Trans.)

18.   The principles of physiology applied to the preservation of health, and to the improvement of mental and physical education, ©1844, by Combe, Andrew

19.  Principles of the interior or hidden life, designed particularly for the consideration of those who are seeking assurance of faith and perfect love (8th ed.), ©1843, by Upham, Thomas C.

20.   Self education: or, The philosophy of mental improvement, © 1847, by Hosmer, William

21.   A system of logic, ratiocinative and inductive, being a connected view of the principles of evidence and the methods of scientific investigation, ©1847, by Mill, John Stuart

22.   Theory of morals: An inquiry concerning the law of moral distinctions and the variations and contradictions of ethical codes, ©1844, by Hildreth, Richard

23.   Unity of purpose, or Rational analysis: Being a treatise designed to disclose physical truths and to detect and expose popular errors, ©1846, by Young, Augustus

Note: To read any of the these ebooks – go to the Articles, Books, and More page.  Scroll down and click PsycBOOKs.  Once  in the database, type in the title.

~Jennie

PsycBOOKS added the following titles to its coverage list in September 2009.  Of the titles added, 3 were APA books and 20 were designated classic books.  Classic books are landmark titles in psychology and are selected by APA experts.

APA Books

1. How caregiving affects development: Psychological implications for child, adolescent, and adult caregivers, ©2009, by Shifren, Kim (Ed.)

2. Medical illness and positive life change: Can crisis lead to personal transformation?, ©2009, by Park, Crystal L. (Ed.); Lechner, Suzanne C. (Ed.); Antoni, Michael H. (Ed.); Stanton, Annette L. (Ed.)

3. Spirituality and the therapeutic process: A comprehensive resource from intake to termination, ©2009, by Aten, Jamie D. (Ed.); Leach, Mark M. (Ed.)

Classic Books

4. The anatomy of melancholy, what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostics, and several cures of it, ©ND (Reprinted 1838), by Democritus, Junior     

5. The book of nature (from the last London ed.), ©1837, by Good, John Mason 

6. A discourse of natural theology, showing the nature of the evidence and the advantages of the study, ©1835, by Brougham, Henry Lord

7. Elements of physiology, ©1837, by Müller, J.; Baly, William (Trans.)

8. Elements of physiology, Vol. 2, ©1842, by Müller, J.; Baly, William (Trans.)

9. The history of ancient philosophy, in four volumes, Vol 4, ©1846, by Ritter, Heinrich; Morrison, Alexander J. W. (Trans.)

10. Intermarriage: or, The mode in which, and the causes why, beauty, health and intellect, result from certain unions, and deformity, disease and insanity result from others: Demonstrated by delineations of the structure and forms, and descriptions of the functions and capacities, which each parent, in every pair, bestows on children,—in conformity with certain natural laws, and by an account of corresponding effects in the breeding of animals, ©1839, by Walker, Alexander

11. Language: Its connexion with the present condition and future prospects of man by a heteroscian, ©1836, by Hazard, Rowland Gibson

12. Legal and political hermeneutics, or Principles of interpretation and construction in law and politics, with remarks on precedents and authorities (enlarged ed.), ©1839, by Lieber, Francis

13. Man, in his intellectual faculties and adaptations, ©1839, by Mudie, Robert

14. Manual of political ethics, designed chiefly for the use of colleges and students at law, Part 1, ©1838, by Lieber, Francis

15. Medical notes and reflections, ©1839, by Holland, Henry

16. Observations on the influence of religion upon the health and physical welfare of mankind, ©1835, by Brigham, Amariah

17-18. On the power wisdom and goodness of God as manifested in the creation of animals and in their history habits and instincts, Vol 1-2, ©1835, by Kirby, William   

19. Outlines of human physiology: Designed for the use of the higher classes in common schools (2nd ed.), ©1838, by Hayward, George

20. Philosophical and practical treatise on the will, forming the third volume of a system of mental philosophy, ©1850, by Upham, Thomas C.

21. Reason. the only oracle of man; or, a compendious System of natural religion, by Col. Ethan Allen; to which is added, Critical remarks on the truth and harmony of the four gospels, with observations on the instruction given by Jesus Christ, and the doctrines of Christianity, by a Free Thinker, ©1836, by Allen, Ethan; A free thinker     

22. Treatise on language: or, The relation which words bear to things, in four parts, ©1836, by Johnson, A. B.

23. Twelve lectures on the natural history of man, and the rise and progress of philosophy, ©1839, by Kinmont, Alexander

Note: To read any of the these ebooks – go to the Articles, Books, and More page.  Scroll down to PsycBOOKs and type in the title.

~Jennie

Have you been scouring the Internet and the library databases looking for that perfect measurement instrument for your research study? For your dissertation? How do you know if it’s a quality instrument and if it’s the right instrument for you? 

Check out this article from the January 2007 issue of gradPSYCH –

“Finding the right tools: Student researchers need to know what to look for in a measurement instrument.”

This article will outline the steps you need to complete when choosing an instrument, including:

• Knowing what you need and what you need to measure.
• Befriending your librarian
• Doing some quality control
• Getting permission

The library has access to all four of the databases mentioned in this article: Mental Measurements Yearbook, Tests in Print, PsycINFO, and Health and Psychosocial Instruments.  You can access these databases from the library’s Articles, Books, and More web page.

For more information on finding tests and measures in the Capella Library, please review  the guide Finding Tests and Survey Instruments on the library’s Guides and Tutorials page (scroll down to Resources for Doctoral Learners).

If you have any questions, please contact us in the library!

~Jennie

PsycBOOKS added the following titles to its coverage list in August 2009. Of the titles added, 4 were APA books and 20 were designated classic books. Classic books are landmark titles in psychology and are selected by APA experts.

APA Book

1. Clinical health psychology in medical settings: A practitioner’s guidebook (2nd ed.), © 2009, by Belar, Cynthia D.; Deardorff, William W.

2. Consulting psychology: Selected articles by Harry Levinson, © 2009, by Levinson, Harry; Freedman, Arthur M. (Ed.); Bradt, Kenneth H. (Ed.)

3. Financial success in mental health practice: Essential tools and strategies for practitioners, © 2009, by Walfish, Steven; Barnett, Jeffrey E.

4. Treatment of chronic medical conditions: Cognitive-behavioral therapy strategies and integrative treatment protocols, © 2009, by Sperry, Len

Classic Books

5. Elements of criticism, with analyses and translations of ancient and foreign illustrations (new ed.), © 1833, by Home, Henry; Mills, Abraham (Ed.)

6. Elements of intellectual philosophy, designed as a text-book (2nd ed.), © ND  (reprinted 1828), by Upham, Thomas C.

7. Elements of moral philosophy (2nd ed., rev. and improved), © 1835, by Parkhurst, John L.

8. The elements of moral science (2nd ed.), © 1835, by Wayland, Francis

9. Elements of psychology: Included in a critical essay of Locke’s essay on the human understanding, © 1834, by Cousin, Victor; Henry, C. S. (Trans.)

10. Essays on the powers of the human mind, Vol. 1, © 1803, by Reid, Thomas

11. An inquiry into the modern prevailing notions respecting that freedom of will which is supposed to be essential to moral agency, virtue and vice, reward and punishment, praise and blame (a new edition), © 1831, by Edwards, Jonathan

12. Introduction to the history of philosophy, © 1832, by Cousin, Victor; Linberg, Henning Gotfried (Trans.)

13. Moral essays contain’d in several treatises on many important duties, Vol. 3 (3rd ed. with amendments) and Vol. 4 contained in two treatises, © 1696, by Nicole, Pierre

14. Moral essays, contain’d in several treatises on many important duties, Vol. 1 (3rd ed. with amendments) and Vol. 2 (2nd ed.), © 1696, by Nicole, Pierre

15. Observations on the Zoonomia of Erasmus Darwin, MD, © 1798, by Brown, Thomas

16. Occasional discourses, including several never before published, © 1833, by Wayland, Francis

17. Of  wisdom: The second and third books (2nd ed.), © 1707, by Charron, Sieur de; Stanhope, George (Trans.)

18-19. On the power wisdom and goodness of God as manifested in the adaptation of external nature to the moral and intellectual constitution of man, Vol. I-II, © 1833, by Chalmers, Thomas

20. The philosophy of the human voice: Embracing its physiological history; together with a system of principles, by which criticism in the art of elocution may be rendered intelligible, and instruction, definite and comprehensive: To which is added a brief analysis of song and recitative (2nd ed. enlarged), © 1833, by Rush, James

21. The philosophy of the moral feelings, © 1833, by Abercrombie, John

22. The principles of physiology applied to the preservation of health, and to the improvement of physical and mental education, © 1834, by Combe, Andrew

23. A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man, with the several dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging, © 1656, by Reynolds, Edward

24. A view of the elementary principles of education, founded on the study of the nature of man,  © 1832, by  Spurzheim, G.

Note: To read any of the these ebooks – go to the Articles, Books, and More page.  Scroll down to PsycBOOKs and type in the title.

~ Jennie

If you have a specific title in mind, you can always check Journal and Book Locator and search for that title.  But did you know that you can also run a search to find all the journals in the library that have certain keywords in their titles?  For instance, if you want to see if we have journals about sports psychology, you can run the following search:

Journal and Book Locator search

(sport* will search for any word that starts with the word sport: sport, sports, sporting, etc.)

 You will get the following four results.  Note that two of them are not located in databases that you can find on the Articles, Books and More page:

Journal and Book Locator Results

This brings me to another method you can use to find articles from our stand alone journals:  Search databases with the Full Text box unchecked.  Most databases actually index more journals than they include full text.  By searching with the full text feature off, you will get additional results.  In fact, if you’re a doctoral learner working on your dissertation, we recommend that you always search the databases with the full text limiter turned off to make sure that you are conducting a thorough search of the literature.

When you run a search without limiting to full text, you will then naturally get some results that will not have a full text link.  Instead, some of the results will say Check Article Linker or Linked Full Text (Ebsco databases) or Link to full text (ProQuest).  Simply click on the link to see if the article is available in either another database or from one of our stand alone journals.

To continue with our sports psychology theme, you would pick an appropriate database for your topic, in this case PsycINFO, and then run a search such as the one below, making sure to uncheck the full text limiter:

PsyINFO database search

Now, even though PsycINFO doesn’t include the full text for the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, we can pull up results for it (and other stand alone journals) because PsycINFO does index it.  Simply click on the link to get to the full text:

PsycINFO search results

As always, if you have questions about article searching, Ask a Librarian! 

 -Kim 

PsycBOOKS added the following titles to its coverage list in June and July 2009. Of the titles added, 3 were APA books and 37 were designated classic books.  Classic books are landmark titles in psychology and are selected by APA experts.

APA Books

1.    Courtroom modifications for child witnesses: Law and science in forensic evaluations, © 2008, by Hall, Susan R.; Sales, Bruce D.

2.    Psychotherapy with cardiac patients: Behavioral cardiology in practice, © 2008, by Dornelas, Ellen A.

3.    Women street hustlers: Who they are and how they survive, © 2008, by Rockell, Barbara A.

Classic Books

4.    Analysis of the phenomena of the human mind, in two volumes, Vol I, © 1829, by Mill, James

5.    The Anatomy of melancholy: What it is with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes & severall cures of it (4th ed.), © 1632, by Democritus

6.    Chirologia: or The naturall language of the hand: Composed of the speaking motions, and discoursing gestures thereof; whereunto is added Chironomia: or, The art of the manuall rhetoricke: Consisting of the naturall expressions, digested by art in the hand, as the chiefest instrument of eloquence, © 1644, by Bulwer, John

7.    A commentary and review of Montesquieu’s spirit of laws, © 1811, by Destutt de Tracy, Antoine L. C.

8.    Contemplations moral and divine: In two parts, © 1675 (Reprinted 1679), by Hale, Matthew

9-11.    An elementary system of physiology, Vol 1-3 (2nd ed.), © 1828, 1830, by Bostock, John

12.   Elements of criticism, Vol. 1, 2nd (American from the 8th London ed.), © 1816, by Home, Henry

13.   Elements of mental and moral philosophy, founded upon experience, reason, and the Bible, The, © 1831, by Anonymous

14.   Elements of moral philosophy: Comprising the theory of morals and practical ethics, © 1825, by Parkhurst, John L.

15.   Essays on some of the first principles of metaphysics, ethicks, and theology, © 1824, by Burton, Asa

16.   Essays on the nature and principles of taste (from the Edinburgh 1811 ed.), © 1812, by Alison, Archibald

17.   Family monitor, or, A help to domestic happiness (2nd American ed.), The, © 1829, by James, John Angell 

18.   First lines of the practice of physic, with notes and observations, practical and explanatory, and a preliminary discourse in defence of classical medicine, in two volumes, Vol 1, © 1816, by Cullen, William; Caldwell, Charles

19.   The freedom of the mind, demanded of American free men; being lectures to the Lyceum on the improvement of the people,  © 1830, by Nott Jr., Samuel

20.   Hints for an essay on the pursuit of happiness (designed for common use), © 1818, by Oliver Jr., Benjamin L.

21.   An inquiry into the opinions, ancient and modern, concerning life and organization, © 1822, by Barclay, John

22.   Lectures on the philosophy of the human mind, Vol 3, © 1830, by Brown, Thomas

23.   Letters on the elementary principles of education, Vol 2 (6th ed.), © 1818, by Hamilton, Elizabeth

24.   Letters on the logos, © 1828, by Upham, Charles W.

25.   The life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, written by himself, © 1830, by Herbert, Edward Lord

26.   The light of nature pursued, Vol 7 (2nd ed., rev. and corrected), together with some account of the life of the author, © ND, by Tucker, Abraham

27.   Medical inquiries and observations upon the diseases of the mind, 4th ed., © 1830, by Rush, Benjamin

28-29.   The philosophy of zoology, or a general view of the structure, functions, and classification of animals, Vol. I-II, © 1822, by Fleming, John

30.   Plan of the founder of Christianity, © 1831, by Reinhard, F. V.; Taylor, Oliver A. (Trans)

31.   A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy, © 1831, by Herschel, J. F. W.

32.   Principles of legislation: From the ms. of Jeremy Bentham, bencher of Lincoln’s Inn, 2nd. Ed., © 1830, by Dumont, M.; Neal, John (Trans)

33.   The spiritual mustard pot: containing a demonstration of the existence of God; answers to three objections to the divine origin of the scriptures; and an essay on the origin of religion, © 1824, by Cogitans, John

34.   Transactions of the phrenological society, instituted 22nd February 1820, © 1824, by Anonymous

35.   Treatise on the philosophy of the human mind, being the lectures of the late Thomas Brown, M.D., Vol II (Abridged, and distributed according to the natural divisions of the subject), © 1827, by Brown, Thomas; Hedge, Levi (Ed.)

36.   The treatise on religious affections, somewhat abridged, to which is now added a copious index of subjects, © 1821, by Edwards, Jonathan

37.   Truth displayed: In a series of elementary principles, illustrated and enforced by practical observations, in three parts, © 1816, by Osborn, Benjamin

38.   Two treatises in the one of which, the nature of the bodies; in the other, the nature of man’s soule; is looked into: In a way of discovery, of the immortality of reasonable soules, © 1644, by Digby, Kenelme

39.   The works of President Edwards: With a memoir of his life, in ten olumes, Vol. I, © 1829, by Edwards, Jona

40.   Zoonomia; or the Laws of organic life, in three parts, Vol 2 (4th American ed.), © 1795 (reprinted 1818), by Darwin, Erasmus

Note: To read any of these ebook go to the Articles, Books & More page. Scroll down to PsycBOOKS and type in the title.

- Jennie

For those of you who will soon be wrapping up at the Jacksonville colloquium (or have attended any other colloquia), here are some of the guides and tutorials the librarians talked about at the library sessions.

Nearly every guide mentioned at the library’s colloquia sessions are included in a special section of our Guides & Tutorials page. To get to that section, just follow these steps.

1) From the Library Homepage click Guides & Tutorials.

2) There are several bulleted links at the top of the page that link to different sections. Click Resources for Doctoral Learners to jump to the section that includes the guides you heard about at Colloquia.

3) From here you can select a guide that piqued your interest at the colloquium!

Got questions? Ask a Librarian!

-Sommer

PsycBOOKS added the following titles to its coverage list in April 2009. Of the titles added, one was an APA book and nineteen were designated classic books.  Classic books are landmark titles in psychology and are selected by APA experts.

APA Books

1. Transcending self-interest: Psychological explorations of the quiet ego,
© 2008, by Wayment, Heidi A. (Ed); Bauer, Jack J. (Ed)

Classic Books

1. Adjustment to physical handicap and illness: A survey of the social
psychology of physique and disability, © 1946, by Barker, Roger G.; Wright, Beatrice A.; Gonick, Mollie R.

2. Basic statistical concepts, © 1955, by Adams, Joe Kennedy

3. Basic statistics, © 1963, by Kurtz, Thomas E.

4. Elements of statistical inference, © 1961, by Huntsberger, David V.

5. Fatigue and impairment in man, © 1947, by Bartley, S. Howard; Chute, Eloise

6. The forty-ninth yearbook of the National Society for the Study of
Education, Part 1: Learning and instruction, © 1950, by Henry, Nelson B. (Ed)

7. Introduction to statistical inference, © 1957, by Li, Jerome C. R.

8. Introduction to the statistical method: Foundations and use in the
behavioral sciences, © 1962, by Hammond, Kenneth R.; Householder, James E.

9. A laboratory manual for social psychology, © 1951, by Ray, Wilbert S.

10. Personality change and development: As measured by the projective
techniques, © 1958, by Harrower, Molly

11. Statistical inference, © 1953, by Walker, Helen M.; Lev, Joseph

12. Statistical methods in educational and psychological research, © 1954,
by Wert, James E.; Neidt, Charles O.; Ahmann, J. Stanley

13. Statistical principles in experimental design, © 1962, by Winer, B. J.

14. Statistics: An intuitive approach, © 1962 (Reprinted 1964), by Weinberg,
George H.; Schumaker, John A.

15. Stress and disease, © 1953, by Wolff, Harold G.

16. Sweet madness: A study of humor, © 1963, by Fry Jr., William F.

17. The teaching and learning of psychotherapy, © 1958 (Reprinted 1959), by
Ekstein, Rudolf; Wallerstein, Robert S.

18. Theory of equations, © 1954, by MacDuffee, Cyrus Colton

19. The Wechsler-Bellevue Scales: A guide for counselors, ©1953, by
Patterson, C. H

 Note: To read any of these ebook go to the Articles, Books & More page. Scroll down to PsycBOOKS and type in the title.

– Erika

As with every new quarter, the library’s been getting a lot of questions about accessing textbooks and course readings. Exactly one year ago today we posted to the blog a FAQ about these common questions.

The answers are still the same, so if you have a question about what to do about your required readings, take a quick look at our post:

Course Readings & Textbooks

- Erin

You have probably enjoyed some of our multimedia tutorials on databases and searching from our Guides & Tutorials page.  Now, it looks like the database companies are getting into the training game directly!

The PsycINFO Department of the American Psychological Association is pleased to share training videos with you through the popular site YouTube. These videos provide guidance to using various features, as well as give tips to build precise searches. We are adding new videos regularly.

All of our videos are available on the PsycINFO Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/PsycINFO

 

– Erika