Encyclopedias, handbooks and other sources of background information
- AccessScience This link opens in a new windowScholarly and up-to-date articles on the sciences and social sciences, illustrations and graphics, and bibliographies. Search either the Encyclopedia or the Science Dictionary for best results. Try the subject-specific study guides for background on a topic.
- Annual Reviews This link opens in a new windowAnnual Reviews provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in more than 45 scientific disciplines. Annual Reviews synthesizes the vast amount of primary research literature, identifying the principal contributions in a given field.
- CQ Researcher plus Archive This link opens in a new windowDetailed reports on important public policy and social issues, for example women's health, education, public financing, etc.
- Oxford Handbooks related to psychologyOver 70 handbooks on various topics and sub-disciplines related to psychology.
- Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5Latest edition of this classification system for mental illness.
- DSM Legacy Collection This link opens in a new windowFull digital versions of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual from DSM-I (1952) through DSM-IV-TR (2000). Note: Adobe Reader 5.0.5 or higher is required to view and print the PDF files.
- Encyclopedia of Psychologcal TraumaReference work on the scientific evidence, clinical practice guidelines, and social issues addressed within the field of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science This link opens in a new windowFirst published in 1946, and now in its Seventh Edition, the Handbook has long been considered the definitive guide to the field of developmental science.
- The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal HistoryThe first encyclopedia of law to provide both historical and contemporary comparisons of the world legal systems.
