LibGuides: Neuroscience: Start Here

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These encyclopedias and dictionaries add depth to your research in neuroscience.

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Scholarly 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.

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APA dictionary of psychology
This print resource is in the Reference section, level A.

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Here you will find Biographical entries, Institutional and organizational entries, Psychological test and assesment instrument entries, and Psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic approach entries.
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5
Latest edition of this classification system for mental illness.

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The DSM is often controversial. Older editions are in the circulating collection.

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Digital versions of the DSM from the first edition through DSM-IV-TR.

You need Adobe’s Reader 5.0.5 or higher to view and print the PDF files.
Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science This link opens in a new window
First published in 1946, and now in its Seventh Edition, the Handbook has long been considered the definitive guide to the field of developmental science.

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