Find Reference Books
The following reference sources, shelved in the Reference Room, provide background information and history on topics.
(N.B. When looking for information in an encyclopedia, first consult the subject index, which is usually located in the back of the final volume.)
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR. Ref RC455.2. C4 D54 2000
- Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. Ref BF31 .E5 1994
- Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ref BF31 .E52 2000
- Human Diseases and Conditions. Supplement 1 : behavioral health. Ref RC81 .A2 H752 2001
- Mental Measurements Yearbook. Ref BF431 .B8
- Publication Manual of The American Psychological Association
- Style manual for writing research papers. Ref Desk BF76.7 P83 2004
Find Books & eBooks
The Library's online catalog, indexes books, e-books, pamphlets, and other material by subject, author, title, keyword, and call number. To search Voyager by subject, enter a term and click on "subject search" in the pull-down menu. Like most American academic libraries, LBCC Library uses Library of Congress subject headings, such as the following:
| Psychology Methodology | [Subject search] |
| Psychology Research Statistical Methods | [Subject search] |
| Psychology Research United States Moral and ethical aspects | [Subject search] |
To search Voyager by keyword, enter
| addiction | [Keyword search] |
To search Voyager by title, enter the title (omitting leading articles, such as "a," "an," "the") and click on "title search" in the pull-down menu.
| Evaluating Information a Guide for Users of Social Science Research | [Title search] |
| Statistical Methods for Health Care Research | [Title search] |
To search Voyager by author, enter the author’s last name, followed by the first name or initial.
| Ashworth, Peter | [Author search] |
Since LBCC Library has a partnership agreement with CSULB, you may check out books from the University Library. To identify books, search CSULB's online catalog, called Coast, which is accessible over the Web at http://coast.csulb.edu.
Find Articles
The Library subscribes to a number of online databases, which are accessible over the World Wide Web from the Library's homepage. Some databases need passwords. A handout of the passwords is available at the Reference Desk.
Gale Group Databases
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Includes all the contents of the Health Reference Center--Academic, as well as additional reference books, updated pamphlets, and web links. Gale database.
Health Reference Center – Academic
Provides articles from medical journals, consumer health magazines, health newsletters, reference books, topical overviews, and pamphlets on health topics. The full text of many articles and all reference books and pamphlets is included. Forty nursing journals are included in full-text, published over the past five years. Gale database.
ProQuest
Offers thousands of articles on a wide variety of topics. ProQuest provides access to approximately 1,500 scholarly and general interest periodicals, many of them full-text, covering all major fields of study in the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology. Dates of coverage vary, but some are available from 1985 to the present. The database is updated daily. Password required.
PsychInfo
Available at California State University, Long Beach. LBCC students may go to the CSULB Library in person and search this database. Bring your LBCC student i.d. and check in first with the Circulation Desk at CSULB Library.
THE database for all aspects of psychology research. Accesses 1,700 journals in all areas of psychology. Also includes references to dissertations, media, and books. updated quarterly. Some full-text journals available include: American Journal of Psychotherapy, Journal of Adolescent Research, Journal of Black Psychology, and Journal of General Psychology. Coverage: 1887 to the current date
Find Websites
http://infomine.ucr.edu
A scholarly subject directory of websites. Covers websites in the social sciences and humanities.
http://www.cornellcollege.edu/psychology/links.shtml
List of links to authoritative World Wide Web sources
Cite Your Sources
Remember to list the sources used in your research in a bibliography or works-cited page following a documentation style, such as APA (American Psychological Association). The most up-to-date guides for citing Web pages and other electronic sources in footnotes and bibliographies are on the Web, and they are accessible from the Library's homepage at http://lib.lbcc.edu. Click on "Internet Resources," then click on "Citation Guides."
