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Psychology Resources: Finding Books

Psychology Books

Books from the catalog

Internet Archives

Searching for Books

There are several options for searching for print and electronic books using the following options:

Use OneSesarch to find articles, book, ebooks, journal titles and more. Click on the link below. OneSearch will be on the left hand side of the library homepage.

https://qcc.libguides.com/libraryhome

CLICS - CUNY  Libraries Intra Campus Delivery Services (CLICS) allows CUNY students, faculty and staff to request circulating books and cd’s from the collections of other CUNY libraries. These deliveries will be taken to the QCC Library per your request. 

Interlibrary Loan - Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a service whereby QCC students, faculty, and staff may obtain library materials that are not owned by the Kurt R. Schmeller Library or at any other CUNY library.

Worldcat - World catalog (Worldcat) is an international catalog that QCC students, faculty, and staff to search for any book and identify its location in any library in the world.

 

LC Classification for Psychology

Psychology-related books  can be found in subclass BF of the Library of Congress Classification System. Here is a brief outline of sections pertaining to Psychology.

BF1-990 Psychology

BF176-176.5 Psychological Tests & Testing

BF180-198.72 Experimental Psychology

BF309-499 Cognitive psychology

BF636-637 Applied psychology

BF660-685 Animal & human psychology

BF712-724.85 Developmental psychology

LB1050.9-1091 Educational Psychology

HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial psychology

HM1001 – 1281 Social psychology

RC467 Clinical psychology (Psychiatry)

 There are other areas of the collection that contain resources supporting the field of psychology, including:

 HQ1-2044 Family

 LB1050.9-1091 Educational Psychology

 RC435-571 Psychiatry

 RJ499-507 Child Psychiatry

Online Encyclopedias

Books such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and directories are often used to answer quick questions or provide background information about a topic before pursuing more detailed research. These are all available online, and can be accessed remotely with an activated CUNY ID card from Queensborough Community College.

 Oxford Reference Online

 Gale Virtual Reference Library