Look through books and reference publications, such as psychology encyclopedias, for introductory and background information. In your review of readings, browse references and identify those that you may want to locate when you begin to search for more in-depth periodical articles.

Search your broad topic in the library catalog or browse the subjects. Or you can search by title. Ebook titles are included in the library catalog, with links to the full text ebooks. Narrow your results with a subject search. In subject encyclopedias and books, browse the index and table of contents to look for your topic.

Browse the title list, select a book, and then look at the book table of contents and index. Or, search a broad topic and select from the entries in your result list.
Sample Entries:
"opens new windowCognitive Psychology: The Calculating Brain"
opens new window"Folk Psychology"

Subject:opens new windowPsychology

Search Tips:
• Combine keyword and subject searching to narrow your results.
• Use the Sort By option to arrange the results. For example, Publication Date will sort the newest ebooks at the top of your list. (circled below)
• To view the 20 most relevant chapters from your result list, after you have done a search and have a list of results, click the Chapter Results tab. (circled below)

Try the following Search examples:

cognition and psychology (Keyword search)
"cognitive psychology" (Phrase search)
psychology (Subject search)