Subject guide: Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES A guide to resources

St John’s College Library www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library

Resources for Psychological and Behavioural Sciences BOOKS The main Psychology collection is located on the First Floor (Garden Wing), with classmarks beginning BF. The oversize sequence precedes the main sequence. The general arrangement is as follows:

BF 173-175.5

Psychoanalysis

BF 176-176.5

Psychological tests and testing

BF 180-198.7

Experimental psychology

BF 207-209

Psychotropic drugs and other substances

BF 231-299

Sensation, Aesthesiology

BF 309-499

Consciousness, Cognition

BF 511-593

Affection, Feeling, Emotion

BF 608-635

Will, Volition, Choice, Control

BF 636-637

Applied psychology

BF 660-685

Comparative psychology, Animal and human psychology

BF 692-692.5

Psychology of sex

BF 697-698.9

Differential psychology, Individuality, Self, Personality

BF 699-711

Genetic psychology

BF 712-724.85

Developmental psychology

BF 795-839

Temperament, Character

BF 1001-2055

Parapsychology, Occult sciences

Other subject classifications relevant to the behavioural sciences might include:

B (First Floor, Garden Wing)

Philosophy

GN, H, HM (Second Floor, Garden Wing)

Social anthropology and sociology

HV (Third Floor)

Criminology

JA (Second Floor, Garden Wing)

Political science

L (First Floor, Chapel Wing)

Education

P (First Floor, Penrose section)

Linguistics

QH 359-470, QL 750-795 (Mezzanine)

Evolution, Genetics, Animal behaviour

QP 351-495 (Mezzanine)

Neurophysiology and neuropsychology

JOURNALS Details of the Library’s journal holdings, listed by subject, are available via the website: www.joh.cam.ac.uk/journals

E-journals can be searched via Cambridge LibGuides (see below for more information).

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES The Department of Psychology Library provides links to a range of online resources on its website: www.library.psychol.cam.ac.uk/

Cambridge LibGuides provide a complete guide to all subjects and electronic resources, such as ejournals, e-books and databases available across the University: libguides.cam.ac.uk

Recommended resources include: 

PsycINFO

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PsycARTICLES

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PubMed

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Psychiatry Online

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Scopus

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Web of Science

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Other libraries you may find useful: 

University Library

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Department of Psychology Library

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SPS Library

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Education Library

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Philosophy Library

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Radzinowicz Library

Recommendations The College Library aims to provide all works necessary for Part One courses, and a selection of the most important works required for Part Two. We receive reading lists from the departmental libraries in advance of each academic year, and continually update the Library collections in response to requests from directors of studies, supervisors and students. You can recommend an item by using the online recommendation form (www.joh.cam.ac.uk/item-recommendations) or by filling in a recommendation form at the Issue Desk. All reasonable requests will be considered. If texts you require for your course are not available in the College Library, please talk to a member of Library staff.

Staff If you have any difficulty in tracing the material you need, whether in printed or electronic format, please ask a member of Library staff for assistance. The Issue Desk is staffed Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.