Psychology: Find Books

Most of the books on psychology can be found on the shelves in these sections:

 

BF Psychology

BF173-175.5: Psychoanalysis

BF309-499: Consciousness. Mind

BF511-593: Affection. Feeling. Emotion

BF692-692.5: Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior

BF698-698.9: Personality

BF 712-BF724.85: Developmental psychology

BF 721-72:3 Child psychology

 

RC500-510: Psychoanalysis

RC554-569.5: Personality disorders. Behavior problems

 

You can also browse our virtual shelves to find e-books in our growing collection of electronic resources. Use JCU Worldcat to discover more or try the following sample result list:

 

Try to make the most out of the subject headings in the library catalogs.

Some examples of official subject headings are listed below:

 

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Subject headings can be subdivided in one or more elements. The first element is the main heading and tells you what the book is about; the subsequent elements are called subdivisions, they follow the main heading, and add specificity to the main topic.

Some subdivisions can be very helpful for improving your result list. here are two examples:

-- Psychological aspects is used to give a psychological dimension to non-psychological topics:

ex.: Sports -- Psychological aspects

-- Psychology is used to find out about psychological traits of individuals or group of people.

ex.: Women -- Psychology

-- Psychology  can also be used to define a topic which may be analyzed or studied in different subjects

ex.: Sex (Psychology)

 

For materials that are not available via the Frohring Library, you can submit an interlibrary loan request and ask for a copy of the item to be sent here.