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Reference Databases
Credo Reference and Oxford Reference Online allow you to search numerous reference sources across many disciplines. In both cases, you will want to filter results to "Psychology" to ensure you are looking at relevant entries.
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(Searches through citations and the full text) Provides full access to hundreds of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical information, images, bibliographies, and links to journal articles, books, and online sources. Includes the Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. - Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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Search across all of Carleton's online reference sources from Oxford University Press, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and quotations.
Selected Reference Works
Sometimes it's good to begin your research with reference works to find background information, definitions, and locate statistics and facts.
Dictionary of Cognitive Science by Call Number: Ref BF 311 .V56713 2004 and OnlineISBN: 1579582516Publication Date: 2003-10-31Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Short articles and definitions of many key terms and concepts in cognitive science. This is particularly helpful if you're working in an unfamiliar area.
Encyclopedia of Cognitive ScienceCall Number: Ref BF 311 .E53 2003 and OnlineA 4 volume set with long, in-depth articles on topics in cognitive science. A great place to begin researching a topic. Each article includes an extensive bibliography.
The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS)Call Number: Ref BF311 .M556 1999Availability and more information from Catalyst...
MITECS is divided into six sections: philosophy; psychology; neurosciences; computational intelligence; linguistics and language; and culture, cognition, and evolution.
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy by Call Number: CC Ref B51 .R68 1998 and OnlineISBN: 0415073103Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Online version is the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.- A Companion to Epistemology byCall Number: Ref BD161 .C637 1992ISBN: 0631172041Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Over 250 extensively cross-referenced entries focus on epistemology and analytic philosophy. Each article contains a bibliography and suggestions for further reading. 
Encyclopedia of Psychology by Call Number: Ref BF31 .E52 2000ISBN: 1557981876Publication Date: 2000-03-16Availability and more information from Catalyst...
This eight-volume encyclopedia is international in scope and provides comprehensive coverage of theory, research, and practice in the field of psychology.
Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence by Call Number: Ref BF431 .E59 1994Publication Date: 1994Availability and more information from Catalyst...
A 2-volume encyclopedia covering all aspects of human intelligence. Entries include a bibliography, and many have illustrations and tables.
