Merner Pfeiffer Library: Research Guide - Behavioral Science

Databases

PsycInfo- (EBSCOHost Web) APA’s resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, books and dissertations in behavioral sciences and mental health.  Journal coverage runs from 1887 to the present.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection- (EBSCOHost Web) –has full text for over 600 of the journals indexed in PsycInfo (above).   You can search these first two databases separately or at the same time in EBSCOHost. 

JSTOR- has the full text of scholarly journal articles from dozens of sociology, psychology, anthropology, population, statistics, African-American, Asian, Middle East, Slavic, and Latin American studies from their beginnings up to 3 to 5 years ago.

Project Muse- has full text of scholarly journal articles from recent women’s studies, sociology, population, anthropology, area studies, and culture journals.

ERIC- index to articles, books, and digests on education research and practice from 1966 to the present; some full text.

Annual Reviews- full text from many Annual Reviews volumes in the social sciences from 1996 to the present.

SIRS Researcher- full text of articles exploring social, historic, economic, political, and global issues.

CWI- Contemporary Women’s Issues- full text of articles on women’s health and human rights issues.

Polling the Nations- results of thousands of surveys conducted by 700 polling organizations in the U.S. and other countries from 1986 to the present.

Wilson Select Plus- contains full text for selected journals from Wilson’s “Social Sciences Index” among others. 

 

Web Sites

Social and Behavioral Sciences

• County and City Data Book
• Current Population Survey
• Data on the Net
• Feminist Theory Website
• Global System for Sustainable Development
• Internet Crossroads in Social Science Data
• Population Institute – POPLINE newsletter
• Population Reference Bureau
• Social Science Information Gateway
• Social Sciences Virtual Library
• Statistical Resources on the Web
• State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
• U.S. Census Bureau
• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• United Nations Population Information Network

Anthropology

• EMuseum
• Experience Rich Anthropology
• Fieldwork: the Anthropologist in the Field
• Resources for the Anthropological Study of Food Habits
• Resources in Ethnographic Studies
• Virtual Karak Resources Project - An Appalachian College Association project studying the cultural and natural resources of Jordan

Criminal Justice

• Bureau of Justice Assistance - list of links to other criminal justice sites
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• CopNet List of police resources
• Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin online, plus current issues in the
  library’s Periodicals Room
• Florida State University Criminal Justice Links – an excellent listing of criminal justice web sites.
• Internet Law Library
• Justice Technology Information Network
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• National Institute of Justice
• Officer.com Law Enforcement Agency listing
• National Sheriff’s Association
• Office of the Director of Central Intelligence
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
• Uniform Crime Reports (FBI)
• U.S. Code (Laws)
• U.S. Customs Service
• U.S. Department of Justice
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Department of the Treasury
• U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
• U.S. Marshals Service
   

Psychology

• Encyclopedia of Psychology
• American Psychological Association
• National Institute of Mental Health
• The Personality Project
• Psych Central
• Social Psychology Network

Sociology

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• Poverty Related Links
• Social Gerontology and the Aging Revolution
• A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
• SocioSite

Reference Sources

Use these sources for selecting and narrowing your topic, finding bibliographies, and doing background reading.

• Longman Dictionary of Psychology and Psychiatry  R BF31.L66
• Encyclopedia of American Social History  R HN57.E58
• Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol  R HV5804.e53
• Encyclopedia of Human Behavior  R BF31.E5
• Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory  R BF318.E53
• Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family  R HQ9.E52
• Encyclopedia of Psychology  R BF31.E52
• Encyclopedia of Social Work  R HV35.S6
• Encyclopedia of Sociology  R HM17.E5
• Tests: Mental Measurements Yearbook  R Z5814.P8B932

Criminal Justice

• Crime in Tennessee – R HV6793.T2C685
• Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice – connect to the Gale Virtual
  Reference Library
• Encyclopedia of Forensic Science – R HV8073.B425
• Encyclopedia of High Tech Crimes and Crime Fighting – R HV6773.N48
• Encyclopedia of Terrorism – R HV6431.K883
• Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes – R HV6251.N48
• Encyclopedia of White Collar and Corporate Crime - R
• FBI Encyclopedia – R HV8144.F43N48
   

Style Guides

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association  Ready Reference  BF76.7.P83

• APAStyle.org
• Purdue University's Online Writing Lab's "Using APA Format"