Electronic Reference Shelf

Vol 1: Foundations, planning, measures, and psychometrics;
Vol. 2: Research designs: Quantitative, qualitative, neuropsychological, and biological
Vol. 3: Data analysis and research publication

Covers all aspects of the problem of interpersonal violence

This resource provides a comprehensive survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States.

Presents a thorough overview of the psychology of racial, ethnic, and minority issues in the United States, including contributions from social, developmental, methodological, clinical, industrial/organizational, and health, educational, school, and family psychology.

Captures the data, techniques, theories, designs, applications, histories, and implications of assigning numerical values to social phenomena. Offers descriptions of quantitative and qualitative techniques, measurement, sampling, and statistical methods as well as tools, background information, qualitative methods, and guidelines for structuring the research process.

A comprehensive international directory and guide to universities, museums and art galleries, libraries and archives, research institutes, and learned societies as well as their staff and officials. Includes higher education framework profiles for every country and essays covering the field of higher education around the world.

First attempt since 1968 to describe the state of the art in all the fields encompassed within the social and behavioral sciences. Comprises 4,000 articles and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.

Encyclopedia covering the disciplines of sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, psychology and other fields.

Descriptions and critical evaluations of commercially available tests and measures, from the ninth edition to the current edition of the yearbook

This resource provides coverage of major psychological theories and the people who developed them. An introductory essay provides an overview of the various schools of psychological thought, from behaviorism to Gestalt theory, introducing the basic history of the field. Detailed entries follow, explaining each individual theory in practical terms and exploring the historical impact of each. Entries conclude with a bibliography and further reading list.

Supports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. Its library has over 1,000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by academics from across the social sciences. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method.

Provides concise introductions to the social sciences covering a range of subject areas: anthropology, criminology and criminal justice, human geography, politics, sociology, and more.