This guide is an introduction to sources of information in Psychology available at URI. To find additional information, conduct a Subject search in the catalog using subject headings for specific areas in psychology, such as Developmental Psychology, Learning, Personality, Social Psychology, etc. The Library of Congress Subject Headings will help identify appropriate terms.

These are the latest publications from faculty members in this department.

There are four places to start your search for books. Each has a different specialty and scope.

If you see something you'd like, but can't get access via the URI Libraries, you may request materials using InterLibrary Loan. See this page for more information:

Most journals are available through the library in electronic format. To find or to gain access to an electronic journal, search the e-Journal List for the title of the periodical you are looking for.

You can find online journals as well as print journals by searching the URI Libraries Search for the title of the specific periodical. To make this easier, you can use the limiters on the left side of the screen to specify you are looking for journals or you can use the "Advanced Search" version to look specifically for journals as well.

The print journals start their lives in the Current Periodicals section on the lower level of the library (at the base of the stairs). That is where you will find journals that have been published recently, usually less than a year old.

After about a year, the journals are sent out to be bound into something resembling large books. When they return, the bound journals are sent to an area called The Serial Stacks. Here they will live out the rest of their lives. Please visit them!

For more on this and how to track down an article from a citation see:

To find articles by topic, use a reference database that allows keyword searching. Start with this link: 

To find Psychology and other Social Sciences articles by topic, use a reference database that allows keyword searching. Start with this link:

Or visit the "Finding Articles" tab in this guide for more specific database suggestions!

Books with call numbers A through P are located on the third floor.

Books with call numbers Q through Z are located on the second floor.

Except...

The catalog will tell you if a book is in Reference (location = Carothers Library Reference, status = Non Circulating). The Reference Collection is on the first floor.

Some books are located in the University Archives and Special Collections area (location = Carothers Library RI Collection or Carothers Library Archives). The archives is on the second floor.

Books about Psychology are located on the second floor and third floor.

• BF - Psychology
• HD - Organizational Behavior
• HM - Social Psychology
• RC - Cognitive Behavior
• RC - Group Therapy
• RJ - Clinical Child Psychology

This guide was originally created by Barbara Kenney 1/01.

Revised by Cherine Whitney 8/05.

Updated and reformatted by Ida D. McGhee 3/12.

Revised by Katie Leahy, 7/13.

Updated, Taylor St. Pierre, 2/18.