1. INFORMATIONAL READING
    
2. CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVE
    
3. BIBLIOGRAPHIC OVERVIEWS OF PSYCHOLOGY
    
4. FACTUAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING BIOGRAPHY
    
5. FACTUAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING BIOGRAPHY, WITH DISCUSSION
    
6. BIBLIOGRAPHIES: PUBLICATIONS BY OR ABOUT
    
7. COMMERCIAL INDEXES TO THE CONTENTS OF PERIODICALS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
    
8. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RECOLLECTIONS
    
9. GUIDES TO BOOK, ARCHIVES, AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
    
10. FINDING AIDS TO MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
     
11. LIBRARY BOOK COLLECTIONS
     
12. MAJOR SERIALS AND PERIODICALS
     
13. SELECTED WEB SITES
     
14. SELECTED WORKS IN THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

Brozek, J., & Pongratz, L. J. (1980). Historiography of modern psychology: Aims, resources, approaches. Toronto: C.H. Hogrefe.
[BF 81 .H56 1980]

An interesting book. See especially the contributions of Wertheimer (rationales for doing historical research in the history of psychology), Woodward (critical historiography as art and science), Bringmann & Ungerer (search and use of Wundtian archival and manuscript materials), Benjamin (case history of his own use of the Akron Archives), and Sokal ("internalist" and "externalist" approaches to the history of science).

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Borchert, D. M. (Ed.). (2006). The encyclopedia of philosophy (2^nd ed., Vols. 1-10). Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA.
[Ref. B 51 .E53 2006]

New edition of standard philosophical reference work. See also: Craig, E. (Ed.). (1998). Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Vols. 1-10). London and New York: Routledge [Ref. B 51 .R68 1998].
Note: The Routledge Encyclopedia also is available online to current SLU students, faculty, and staff via the Library Catalog and the Pius home page "Choose a Database, K-Z" option.

Cayton, M. K., Gorn, E. J., & Williams, P.W. (Eds.). (1993). Encyclopedia of American social history (Vols. 1-3). New York: Scribner's.
[Ref. HN 57 .E58 1993]

Cayton, M. K., & Williams, P.W. (Eds.). (2001). Encyclopedia of American cultural & intellectual history (Vols. 1-3). New York: Scribner's.
[Ref. E 169.1 .E624 2001]

Finkelman, P. (Ed.) (2001). Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century (Vols. 1-3). New York: Scribner's.
[Ref. E 169.1 .E626 2001]

Stearns, P. N. (Ed.). (2001). Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000 (Vols. 1-6). Detroit: Gale.
[Ref. HN 373 .E63 2001 and Online via GVRL]

Four (above) excellent collections of wide-ranging essays dealing with diverse aspects of the development of American and European society. Discussions include overviews of periods, processes, and topics. Psychology and related subjects are addressed and there is much of interest that helps place psychology and its development in broader context.

Cardón, L. A. (2005). Popular psychology: An encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
[Ref. BF 31 .C715 2005]

Explores aspects of popular psychology and the science of psychology in an attempt "to counteract the tide of misinformation about the field..."

Horowitz, M. C. (Ed.). (2005). New dictionary of the history of ideas (Vols. 1-6). New York: Scribner's.
[Ref. CB 9 .N49 2005 and Online via GVRL]

This edition updates the original 1974 edition "to include 20^th century ideas and non-Western thought." Topics addressed include "Behaviorism," "Consciousness," "Mind," "Psychoanalysis," and "Psychology and Psychiatry." See also the original edition: Wiener, P. P. (Ed.). (1973). Dictionary of the history of ideas: Studies of selected pivotal ideas (Vols. 1-5). New York: Scribner's [CB 5 .D52]. It includes essays on "Psychological Ideas in Antiquity," "Psychological Schools in European Thought," and "Psychological Theories in American Thought."

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McInnis, R. G. (1982). Research guide for psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
[Ref. BF 76.5 .M35 1982]

Watson, R. I. (1978). The history of psychology and the behavioral sciences: A bibliographic guide. New York: Springer.
[Ref. BF 81 .W3 1978]

Basic guides to a wide variety of resources in psychology, although becoming dated.

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American men and women of science. (Irregular). New York: Jaques Cattell/Bowker.
[Q 141 .A472 and variations; Recent editions Online via GVRL]

Started by J. M. Cattell. Original title (1st-11th eds, 1906-68) was American Men of Science, which actually did include women. Basic "who's who" type of directory.

Benjamin, L. T., et al. (1989). A history of American psychology in notes and news, 1883-1945: An index to journal sources. Millwood, NY: Kraus.
[Ref. BF 108 .U5 H57 1989]

Identifies career information published in six major journals: American Journal of Psychology; Journal of Applied Psychology; Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Method; Psychological Bulletin; Psychological Review; and Science. From the series "Bibliographies in the History of Psychology and Psychology."

Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI). (Weekly). Thomson/Gale.

Indexes reference works containing multiple biographies or references to multiple biographical sources, such as Biography Index, Contemporary Authors, Who's Who (various series). If your subject doesn't show up in here, that's often a hint of a tough search ahead, at least in traditional library sources.

Note: This online resource is available to current SLU students, faculty, and staff via the Library Catalog and the Pius home page "Choose a Database, A-J" option.

Craighead, W.E., & Nemeroff, C.B. (Eds.). (2001). The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science (3rd ed., Vols. 1-4). New York: Wiley.
[Ref. BF 31 .E52 2001 and Online via NetLibrary]

Revised edition of Corsini's Encyclopedia of Psychology (2nd ed., 1994).

Garraty, J. A., & Carnes, M. C. (Eds.). (1999). American national biography (Vols. 1-24). New York: Oxford University Press.
[Ref. CT 213 .A68 1999 and online]

Covers more than 17,000 persons "who made significant contributions to building the United States."

Johnson, A., & Malone, D. (Eds.). (1964). Dictionary of American biography (Vols. 1-11 and supplements). New York: Scribner's. Original edition, New York: Scribner's, 1928-1958.
[Ref. E 176 .D562 1964]

Standard reference work, known as the "DAB", covering deceased "noteworthy persons of all periods who lived in the territory now known as the United States." Includes bibliographies.

Kazdin, A.E. (Ed.). (2000). Encyclopedia of psychology (Vols. 1-8). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association; Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.
[Ref. BF 31 .E53 2000]

Major disciplinary reference source, sure to become a classic.

Matthew, H. C. G., & Harrison, B. (Eds.). (2004). Oxford dictionary of national biography: From the earliest times to the year 2000. (Vols. 1-60; Index). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.
[Ref. DA 28 .095 2004 and online]

Biographical reference work covering notable deceased persons associated with the British Isles from the fourth century BC to 2000. It revises and expands upon the classic reference work, the Dictionary of National Biography, also known as the "DAB" (Ref. DA 28 .D45 1921), and its supplements.

National cyclopaedia of American biography (Vols. 1-63). (1891-1984). Clifton, NJ: James T. White.
[Ref. E 176 .N27]

Similar to the DAB, but less selective, not as scholarly, excludes bibliographies. Permanent Series (deceased persons) has 63 volumes; Current Series (living persons) Supplement is in progress.

Osier, D. V., & Wozniak, R. H. (1984). A century of serial publications in psychology, 1850-1950: An international bibliography. Millwood, NY: Kraus.
[Ref. BF 121 .O843 1984]

Provides publishing and editorial information on serial titles related to psychology; coverage is international. A "Name Index" is useful for identifying editorial affiliations. The appendix topically lists serial publications outside of psychology that contain relevant material. From the series "Bibliographies in the History of Psychology and Psychology."

Roeckelein, J. E. (1998). Dictionary of theories, laws, and concepts in psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
[Ref. BF 31 .R625 1998]

Provides definitions and descriptions of important generalized psychological concepts, as well as references of original sources and reviews in which the concepts are explained. Includes two appendices: (1) "Frequency of Usage of Concepts as Sampled in Psychology Textbooks, 1885-1996," and (2) "References--Textbooks Surveyed for Collection of Law and Theories in 112 Years of Psychology."

Sheehy, N., Chapman, A. J., & Conroy, W. A. (Eds.). (1997). Biographical dictionary of psychology. London; New York: Routledge.
[Ref. BF 109 .A1 B56 1997]

Information on individuals (including bibliographies of their principal publications and suggestions for further reading) who have "had a profound impact on developments within the discipline." The scope is international and includes persons who may not be regarded as psychologists.

Street, W. R. (1994). A chronology of noteworthy events in American psychology. Washington, DC: APA.
[Ref. BF 108 .U5 S77 1994]

From the cover: "Dates of Birth; Publication of Important Books, Articles, and Mental Tests; Passage of Influential Legislation; Events in the History of Psychological Associations and Institutions; Court Decisions; Research Announcements and Awards." Includes a name index, subject index, calendar index, and APA Division index. Available on the Web as Today in the History of Psychology (www.cwu.edu/~warren/today.html).

See also these chronologies for contextual and factual information:

American decades: 1990-1999 (Vols. 1-10 ). (1994- ). Detroit: Gale.
[Ref. E 169.12 .A419 1994 and Online via GVRL]

American eras (Vols. 1-8 ). (1997- ). Detroit: Gale.
[Ref. E 169.1 .A471979 1997]

Grun, B. (1991). The timetables of history: A horizontal linkage of people and events (3rd rev. ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster.
[Ref. D11 .G78 1991]

Mellersh, H. E. L. (1999). Chronology of world history (Rev. and updated ed.) (Vols. 1-4). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
[Ref. D 11 .M39 1999]

United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Decennial census of the United States.

Taken every 10 years since 1790, this is a treasure trove of personal information that may be difficult to find anywhere else. Actual census data is released to the public 72 years following the census. A variety of finding tools exist. The Pius collection of U.S. Census material contains the statistical compilations produced from the census collections since 1790. Other St. Louis area libraries hold microfilm copies of selected original census rolls. Microfilm of the original census rolls from all states is available at federal regional and national archives centers; for more information, see the Resources for Genealogists/Family Historians (www.archives.gov/genealogy/index.html) page of the National Archives and Records Administation Web site. Transcribed census records are appearing increasingly on the Web, primarily through the efforts of individual genealogists and non-profit volunteer genealogy projects like The USGenWeb Project (www.usgenweb.org/) which includes transcribed census record data.

VandenBos, G. R. (Ed.) (2007). APA dictionary of psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
[Ref. BF 31 .A63 2007]

New, authoritative reference source.

Zusne, L. (1984). Biographical dictionary of psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
[Ref. BF 109 .A1 Z85 1984]

Short sketches on deceased psychologists plus others who have contributed to the field. Scope is international.

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Biographical memoirs. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences.
[Q 141 .N2]

Includes biographical sketches of prominent psychologists. Pius has vols. 1,3-6,12-14,16, and 19-52 in hard copy.
Note: Free online access to many volumes in this series, especially later ones, is available via the National Academy of Sciences (www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=MEMOIRS_A). This Web site also makes available InterViews (www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=INTERVIEWS_Main), lengthy first-person accounts of the lives and work of Academy members.

Gillispie, C. C. (Ed.). (1970-1990). Dictionary of scientific biography (Vols. 1-18). New York: Scribner.
[Ref. Q 141 .D5 and Online via GVRL ]

Covers deceased persons "whose work was intrinsically related to the sciences of nature or to mathematics" so sketches of psychologists are few. Treatment focuses on subjects' professional lives but includes some personal information and bibliographies. There are 14 volumes in the base set plus 4 supplementary volumes.

Kimble, G. A., Wertheimer, M., & White, C. (Eds.). (1991-2000). Portraits of pioneers in psychology (Vols. 1-6). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
[BF 109 .A1 P67 1991]
Note: Volume 2 (1996) edited by G. A. Kimble, C. A. Bonaeau, & M. Wertheimer. Volume 3 (1998) edited by G. A. Kimble, & M. Wertheimer. Volumes 4 (2000) and 5 (2003) edited by G.A. Kimble & M. Wertheimer. Volume 6 (2006) edited by G. A. Kimble, M. Wertheimer, & C. White.

Excellent biographical essays detailing the subjects' contributions to the field.

Moss, D. (Ed.). (1999). Humanistic and transpersonal psychology: A historical and biographical sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
[BF 204 .H865 1999]

Essays on the history and significance of the Third Force, and individuals who had a significant impact on it.

O'Connell, A. N., & Russo, N. F. (1983). Models of achievement: Reflections of eminent women in psychology (Vols. 1-3). New York: Columbia University Press.
[BF 109 .A1 M6 1983]

Note: Volume 3 (2001), edited by A.N. O'Connell, has imprint: Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.

O'Connell, A. N., & Russo, N. F. (1990). Women in psychology: A bio-bibliographic sourcebook. New York: Greenwood.
[Ref. BF 109 .A1 W65 1990]

The authors are notable for their longstanding efforts to bring deserved attention to women, often overlooked, who made significant contributions to the discipline.

Smelser, N. J., & Baltes, P. B. (Eds.). (2001) International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (Vols. 1-26). Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier.
[Ref. H 41 .I58 2001 Vols.1-26]

This extensive resource covers the growth and specialization of knowledge, interdisciplinary development, and expanded directions in research in a wide variety of subject areas. It includes biographical information as well as a section on "Psychology: History and Fields." It updates these classic reference works:

Sills, D. L. (Ed.). (1968-1979) International encyclopedia of the social sciences (Vols. 1-19). New York: Macmillan & The Free Press. [Ref. H 40 .A2 I5]. This 19-volume set contains biographical articles of persons living and dead, of greater and lesser eminence. Articles include bibliographies. Volume 18 is devoted solely to biographies, but they appear in the base set as well. Complements its predecessor: Seligman, E. R. A. (Ed.). (1930-1935). The encyclopedia of the social sciences (Vols. 1-15). New York: Macmillan. [Ref. H 41. E6]

Stevens, G., & Gardner, S. (1982). The women of psychology (Vols. 1-2). Cambridge, MA: Schenkman.
[BF 95 .S73 1982]

Note: Volume 1 is subtitled Pioneers and innovators; Volume 2 is subtitled Expansion and refinement.
Essays combine personal and career information; include bibliographies.

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Fried, S. B. (1994). American popular psychology: An interdisciplinary research guide. New York: Garland.
[Ref. BF 108 .U5 F75 1994]

Selective bibliography covering the period from 1950-1992.

Gottsegen, G. B., & Gottsegen, A. J. (1980). Humanistic psychology: A guide to information sources. Detroit: Gale.
[Ref. BF 204 .G67 1980]

Basic resources for history of psychology; of some biographical use. Becoming dated.

Grinstein, A. (1956). The index of psychoanalytic writings (Vols. 1-5). New York: International Universities Press.
[Ref. BF 173 .A2 G7 1956]

Revision of John Rickman's Index Psychoanalyticus 1893-1926, covering 1900-1952.

Viney, W., Wertheimer, M., & Wertheimer, M. L. (1979). History of psychology: A guide to information sources. Detroit: Gale.
[Ref. BF 81 .V5 1979]

Basic resource for history of psychology; of some biographical use. Becoming dated.

Watson, R. I. (Ed.). (1974-1976). Eminent contributors to psychology (Vols. 1-2). New York: Springer.
[Ref. BF 121 .W37]

A standard source. Volume I contains a bibliography of primary references for psychologists and people in related fields who lived between 1600 and 1967. Volume II contains a bibliography of secondary references for the same people.

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Note: Remote access to Web-based databases, indicated below by the notation [Web], is restricted to current Saint Louis University (SLU) students, faculty, and staff. See Off-Campus Access to Subscription-Based Electronic Resources on the Pius Library Web site's Electronic Access page (libraries.slu.edu/libinfo/offcamp.html) for access instructions.

19th Century Masterfile. Sterling, VA: Paratext, LLC.

Formerly Poole's Plus. The Series I section is a cumulation of Multi-Title Periodical Indices covering nearly all periodicals of the late eighteenth through early twentieth century. Its chief components are the Psychological Index (1894-1905) as well as Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906), edited by W.F. Poole; Index to Periodicals (1890-1902), edited by W.T. Stead; An Alphabetical Subject Index and Index Encyclopedia to Periodical Articles on Religion 1890-1899, edited by E. C. Richardson; Catalogue of Scientific Papers, Series I-IV 1800-1900, from the Royal Society (Great Britain); and Index to Legal Periodical Literature, (1786-1922), edited by Jones and Chipman. [Web]

America: History and Life. (1964- ). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Updated three times per year. Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history of the United States and Canada. Includes abstracts of articles and citations to book reviews and dissertations. [Web]

Historical Abstracts. (1964- ). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Updated three times per year. Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history of the world, except the United States and Canada, from 1450 to the present. Includes abstracts of articles and citations to book reviews and dissertations. [Web]

International Index to Periodicals. (1907-1955). New York: Wilson.
[East Index Shelves Ref. AI 3 .R49]

First published as the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement cumulation for 1907-1915. Title changed to International Index: A Guide to Periodical Literature in the Social Sciences & Humanities (1955-1965). From 1965-1974, title changed to Social Sciences and Humanities Index. In 1974 split into separate Social Sciences Index and Humanities Index [all shelved on East Index Shelves]. Coverage has varied over the years, but scholarly journals are current scope. Book review section began in 1974.

JSTOR (dates vary by title).

Updated monthly. An archival journal resource that provides searchable access to the full-text of about 700 unique journal titles in diverse fields. Note that the last 1 to 7 years of each journal are not available in JSTOR. [Web]
Note:Several journals important to the history of psychology are indexed in this source, and their full text provided. See Section XII: Major Serials and Periodicals for journal titles; those included in JSTOR are so indicated. [Web]

Periodicals Index Online (1665-1995) and Periodicals Archive Online (1802-1995). United Kingdom: ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey Ltd.

Updated four times a year. Periodicals Index Online (PIO) is an index only, linking to full-text when available. Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) is full-text only. It does not include entries without full-text in PIO. Periodicals Index Online (PIO) indexes articles in over 4,000 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. Currently, over 500 journal titles are at least partially available in the complementary database, Periodicals Archive Online (PAO). The focus is on 20th century periodicals. However, periodicals in the 20th century that extend back into the 17^th, 18^th, and 19^th centuries are indexed from their earliest volumes. The scope is worldwide and includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages. [Web]
Note: A number of journals important to the history of psychology are indexed in this source; full text is available for a few of these journals. See Section XII: Major Serials and Periodicals for journal titles; those included in PAO are indicated by the notation [PAO]. [Web]

Philosopher's Index. (1940- ). Bowling Green, OH: Philosopher's Information Center.

Updated quarterly. Indexes and partially abstracts journal articles (300+ journals), essays from books, and monographs in philosophy and related fields. Covers English as well as non-English language publications. [Web]

Project Muse. (dates vary by title). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Updated monthly. Provides full-text access to 250+ scholarly journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press and 20+ other non-for-profit presses in the areas of humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. [Web]

Psychological Abstracts. (1927-2001 ). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
[1927-1966 East Index Shelves Ref. BF 1 .P65; 1967-2001 shelved in stacks at BF 1 .P65]

The primary print index of psychological literature. Incorporated into the PsycINFO and Historic PsycINFO databases. Pius also has the Author Index to Psychological Index (1894-1935) and Psychological Abstracts (1927-1958), the Author Index to Psychological Abstracts First Supplement (1959-1963), and the Cumulative Author Index to Psychological Abstracts Second Supplement (1964-1968); as well as the Cumulative Subject Index to Psychological Abstracts (1927-1960), and the Cumulative Subject Index to Psychological Abstracts Second Supplement (1966-1968) [all shelved on East Index Shelves].

Psychological Index: An Annual Bibliography of the Literature of Psychology and Cognate Subjects. (1894-1935). Princeton: Psychological Review.
[East Index Shelves Ref. BF 1 .P64]

Subtitle varies. Originally published as a bibliographic supplement to the Psychological Review. Ceased publication soon after Psychological Abstracts was initiated. Searchable electronically from 1894-1935 in 19th Century Masterfile; citations to English-language journals only are searchable from 1894-1935 in PsycINFO .

PsycINFO. (1967- ). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Updated weekly. This database indexes and abstracts the professional and academic literature of psychology and related disciplines. Its coverage is worldwide and includes references and abstracts of journals in 25+ languages, and books, book chapters, and dissertations in English. PsycINFO links to the full-text of articles available in the journals covered by the PsycARTICLES database (which also can be searched independently), as well as to the full-text of articles appearing in many other journals for which the SLU Libraries have online access. Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text English-language articles, errata, and letters to the editor from journals published by the APA, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group. Backfiles back to Volume 1, Issue 1, are included for the APA journals. A list of the titles available can be found here. [Web]

Historic PsycINFO (pre-1967). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Database consists of citations and abstracts from Psychological Abstracts (1927–1966), Psychological Bulletin (1921–1926), American Journal of Psychology (1887–1966), all APA journals back to first issue of publication, Psychological Index citations to English language journals only (1894–1935), and Classic Books in Psychology of the 20th Century and the Harvard Book List, 1840–1971. [Web]

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. (1900- ). New York: Wilson.
[East Index Shelves Ref. AI 3 .R48]

Standard library index to popular and general periodicals. Actually a good resource fo historical information on psychology and psychologists. Its predecessors [also shelved on East Index Shelves] were Nineteenth-Century Reader's Guide (1890-1899) [Ref. AI 3 .N5 1944] and Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906) [Ref. AI 3 .P7 1963. Poole's is searchable electronically in 19th Century Masterfile.

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). (1956- ). Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information.
[Ref. Z 7161 .S65]

This resource provides author and subject indexing for articles published worldwide in social science journals. It also supports citation indexing, which establishes links between cited articles and the more recent publications in which they are cited. Pius holds hard copy format from 1956-2000 and CD-ROM format from 1981-1998. Searchable as Web of Science® database from 1995-date.
Note: Another potentially useful source is Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). Pius holds hard copy format from 1985-date [Ref. AI 3 .A63], CD-ROM format from 1985-1998, and has access via the Web of Science® database from 1995-date.

Web of Science®. (1995- ). Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information.

Updated weekly. Now runs on the Web of Knowledge interface. Includes thousands of research journals from hundreds of disciplines. Do a Cited Reference search by Cited Author, Cied Journal Title, or Cited Year or do a General Search by Author, Journal Title, or Address such as institution name, city, country, or even zip code. The Web of Science® consists of Science Citation Index Expanded®, Social Sciences Citation Index®, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index®; ©Copyright Institute for Scientific Information 2007. [Web]

Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals. (1824-1900). London; New York: Routledge.
[Ask at Reference Desk]

This CD-ROM provides indexing for 45 periodicals from the Victorian era from the print Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals [Ref. AI 3 .W45] and additional material published in the Victorian Periodicals Review [PN 5124.P4 .V52]. Search by date, author, title, and more.

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Birren, J.E., & Schroots, J.J.F. (Eds.). (1999). A history of geropsychology in autobiography. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
[BF 724.8 .H57 1999]

Benjamin, L. T. (Ed.). (2006). A history of psychology in letters (2^nd ed.). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
[BF 95 .B44 2006]

Excerpts of key correspondence from major players, placed in historical and social context by the editor.

A history of psychology in autobiography.
[BF 105 .H5]

An important 9-volume series having various editors and publishers. Pius has vols. 1-3 (Murchison), 4 (Boring, et. al.), 5 (Boring & Lindzey), 7-8 (Lindzey), and 9 (Lindzey & Runyan).
Note: Portions of volumes 1-3 are available online via Classics in the History of Psychology (psychclassics.yorku.ca/).

Strack, W., & Kinder, B. N. (Eds.) (2006). Pioneers of personality science: Autobiographical perspectives. New York: Springer.
[BF 109 .A1 P56 2006]

Thompson, D., & Hogan, J. D. (Eds.). (1996- ). A history of developmental psychology in autobiography. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
[BF 713 .H57 1996]

Walker, C. E. (Ed.) (1991- ). The history of clinical psychology in autobiography (Vols. 1-2). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
[RC 466.8 .H57 1991]

Yancy, G., & Hadley, S. (Eds.). (2005). Narrative identities: Psychologists engaged in self-construction. London; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley.
[BF 109 .A1 N37 2005]

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Ash, L., & Miller, W. (Comps.). (1993). Subject collections: A guide to special book collections and subject emphases as reported by university, college, public, and special libraries and museums in the United States and Canada. (7th ed. rev. and enl.; Vols. 1-2). New Providence, NJ: Bowker.
[Ref. Z 688 .A2 A8 7th ed. 1993]

Ceased publication with this edition, but remains a useful source.

Directory of Archives and Manuscripts Repositories in the St. Louis Area. (library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/aslaa/directory/)

Compiled by the Association of St. Louis Area Archivists.

Filby, P. W. (Comp.). (1988). Directory of American libraries with genealogy or local history collections. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources.
[Ref. Z 675 .G44 F56 1988; another copy StL Rm Ref]

Hamer, P. M. (1961). A guide to archives and manuscripts in the United States. New Haven: Yale University Press.
[CD 3020 .U54]

National Historical Publications and Records Commission. (1988). Directory of archives and manuscript repositories in the United States (2nd ed.). Phoenix: Oryx.
[Ref. CD 3020 .D49 1988]

Sokal, M. M., & Rafail, P. A. (1982). A guide to manuscript collections in the history of psychology and related areas. Millwood, NY: Kraus.
[Ref. BF 81 .S58 1982]

From the series "Bibliographies in the History of Psychology and Psychology."

Szucs, L. D., & Luebking, S. H. (1988). The Archives: A guide to the National Archives field branches. Salt Lake City: Ancestry.
[CD 3026 .S9 1988; another copy StL Rm Ref]

Contains lengthy descriptions of record groups.

United States. National Archives and Records Administration. (1989). Guide to records in the National Archives Central Plains region. Washington, D. C.: Author.
[Govt Docs AE 1.108:R 24/3/central]

Repositories of Primary Sources.
(www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html)

The Special Collections Department of the University of Idaho Library compiles this extensive worldwide list "describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar."

Important Archives for the History of Psychology Include:

Archives of the American Psychological Association
(www.apa.org/archives/)
This rich site includes a list of major APA award winners; online versions of APA guidelines, resolutions, and statements; finding aids for APA materials held by the Library of Congress; a directory of annual APA meeetings from 1892-present; division membership statistics; a database that identifies US sites of psychology-related manuscript collections; citations to obituaries published in the American Psychologist; holdings information regarding oral histories; a list of APA presidential addresses (with links to text); a directory of images of psychologists or psychology-related topics in publications; and annual APA membership data (1892- ).

Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP)
(www3.uakron.edu/ahap/)
Located at the University of Akron, the major U.S. archive for psychology outside of the Library of Congress and the APA. Another phenomenally rich resource. Site features include online finding aids; a listing of the Archives' collections; an illustrated instruments and apparatus collection; and a subject-searchable database of the Archives' mental-health related materials. The AHAP and the Society for the History of Psychology (SHP) were featured in the May 2006 issue of the APA Monitor (www.apa.org/monitor/may06/closer.html).

Canadian Psychological Association (CAP) Archives
(www.cpa.ca/aboutcpa/cpaarchives/)
Located in Ottowa, Canada, the CPA Archives house materials related to the history of the Canadian Psychological Association as well as those related to the history of Candadian psychology generally. .

History of Psychology Centre (British Psychological Society)
(www.bps.org.uk/hopc/hopc_home.cfm)
Located in London, the Centre is the main repository of the archive collections of the British Psychological Society.

The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
(psychoanalysis.org/)
Under "resources," see links to the Brill Library and, especially, Archives.

Sigmund Freud Archives
(www.freudarchives.org/)
An independent organization that collects, conserves, and makes available Freud's work for preservation and use at the Library of Congress. Some documents are available online at this site.

Other Sources of Archival Information:

Biographical research may require or be informed by the use of resources such as official government records (e.g., federal census rolls, ship passenger manifests, and military records), church records, and cemetery records. Such materials frequently are used in genealogical research, which is beyond the scope of the Resource Guide: History of Psychology. For guidance in conducting this type of research, use the SLU Library catalog for publications in the Pius Library collection (See Section XI: Library Book Collections). These Web sites also may be helpful:

• Resources for Genealogists/Family Historians (www.archives.gov/genealogy/index.html), the site of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, is the source for many federal documents, including U.S. census rolls.

• Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals: American Family Immigration History Center (www.ellisisland.org/) provides access to a variety of immigrant arrival records and other resources stored in the Ellis Island Archives.

• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet (www.cyndislist.com/) is an extensive compilation of links to Web sites worldwide and a must-see for genealogists, beginner or advanced.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints is renowned for its worldwide collection of genealogical records accessible through its Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Family History Centers all over the world. Visit its FamilySearch.org - Family History and Genealogy Records (www.familysearch.org/) site.

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Brichford, M. J., Sutton, R. M., & Walle, D. F. (1976). Manuscripts guide to collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Urbana: U of Illinois Press.
[StL Rm Ref. CD 3209 .U728 B74]

Clark University. Robert H. Goddard Library. Archives and Special Collections. Dr. G. Stanley Hall Collection
(www.clarku.edu/research/archives/hall/)

Clark University. Robert H. Goddard Library. Archives and Special Collections. The Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung Lectures at Clark University
(www.clarku.edu/research/archives/freud_jung.cfm)

United States. Library of Congress. The national union catalog of manuscript collections (NUCMC). (1959- ).
[Z 6620 .U5 N3]
Note: See NUCMC Web site (lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/).

United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division Finding Aids Online
(lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/mssfa.html).

An excellent example of this type of resource is Kenneth Bancroft Clark: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress. See its associated Outline View (lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/faidfrquery/r?faid/faidfr:@field(SOURCE+@band(clark+kenneth+bancroft)) ) and Full View (lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?faid/faid:@field(DOCID+ms998002). Registers (i.e., Full View) also are available in PDF format.

University of California--Santa Barbara. Davidson Library. Department of Special Collections. Manuscript Collections of the Humanistic Psychology Archives at UCSB Special Collections.
(www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/hpa.html)

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Via the Internet, search the electronic catalogs of libraries worldwide, small and large--including those of major research institutions and national libraries--at no charge. The Pius Library Web site provides links to Other Libraries (www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/othlibs/othlibs.html). Furthermore, the WorldCat database, updated daily, may be used to search all types of library materials (except individual journal articles) dating from 1200 and cataloged by libraries that contribute their records to OCLC, the U.S. national database. Remote access to WorldCat is subject to the same restrictions as other commercial databases.

The SLU Library Catalog (libcat.slu.edu/) consists of the holdings of the Saint Louis University libraries. It is a component of MOBIUS (mobius.missouri.edu/search/), a consortium of over fifty academic libraries in Missouri with its own shared catalog. To look for a book, begin the search in the SLU Library Catalog. If the book is owned by Pius and currently available, it should be at the shelf location identified by its call number. If the book is unavailable at Pius but can be found at another SLU library, use the Library Catalog's Request feature to borrow it from another SLU Library (you can also go and check it out yourself from these libraries). If the book is unavailable from a SLU Library, then use the Search MOBIUS feature to search the MOBIUS Catalog. Finally, if the book is unavailable from both the SLU Libraries and MOBIUS, place an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request for it through the ILLIAD system (illiad.slu.edu/illiad/xii/logon.html). All requests for journal articles should be placed through ILL.

Most academic libraries use Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to categorize their holdings topically. Selected broad LCSH for use in library catalog searches for topics related to the history of psychology include:

PSYCHOLOGISTS -- BIOGRAPHY
PSYCHOLOGISTS -- BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY
PSYCHOLOGY -- HISTORY
PSYCHOLOGY -- HISTORY -- 19TH CENTURY
PSYCHOLOGY -- HISTORY -- 20TH CENTURY
PSYCHOLOGY -- HISTORY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY
PSYCHOLOGY -- HISTORY -- UNITED STATES
WOMEN PSYCHOLOGISTS

Note the subheadings (e.g., history) that can help you focus your search. Further, some subject subheadings are used to inidicate primary source material. These include: Correspondence, Documents, Letters, Personal Narratives, Sources, Works, Writings. Search examples:
      Keyword Search:  Phrenology and Sources
or
      Subject Search:  Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 -- Correspondence

Also, remember to search for important persons as authors as well as subjects, e.g.,
      Author Search:  Hall, G. Stanley (Granville Stanley), 1844-1924

See the Library of Congress Classification Outline (www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/) for a detailed breakdown of subject classes (i.e., call number areas). Psychology's main class BF, but related resources will be classified elsewhere, e.g., RC for psychiatry (abnormal).

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HTP Prints: The History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive (htpprints.yorku.ca/)
E-print and pre-print archives/servers have emerged as a means by which scholars can disseminate their research quickly to a broad audience. Typically, as with HTP Prints, this work has not been subjected to editorial review and is provided to supplement the traditional journal publication process.

Note: Many of the following titles are indexed in the database Periodicals Index Online from the first issue of publication through 1995. These titles are indicated by the notation [PIO]. The PIO titles containing full-text, which are available in Periodicals Archive Online, are indicated by the notation [PAO-FT coverage xxxx-yyyy]. Several journals are available in full-image format from the JSTOR and/or Project MUSE electronic journal collections, from the PsycARTICLES or yet other databases or publishers' Web sites. Notes indicate the extent of the full-image availability. These collections and databases are subject to the same remote access restrictions as other commercial databases. Full-text on publishers' Web sites is accessible only through the Library's site.

American Journal of Psychology   [PAO-FT coverage 1887-1995]
[BF 1 .A5]
Pius has:   v.1-  (1887-  )
                 MICRO:  v.80  (1967), v.100  (1987)
Note 1: Available from JSTOR from Volume 1 (1887) through the volume dated three years prior to the current volume.
Note 2: See article on the American Journal of Psychology, Distinguishing Experiment and Research from Philosophy, published by Rand Evans, Ph.D., in the March 2005 issue of the APS Observer.

American Journal of Religious Psychology and Education   [PIO]
[BL 53 .A1 J6]
Note: PIO indexes all volumes under Journal of Religious Psychology
Pius has:   v.1-4  (1904-1911)

Continued by:

Journal of Religious Psychology, Including Its Anthropological and Sociological Aspects
Pius has:   v.5-7  (1912-1915)

American Psychologist   [PIO]
[BF 1 .A55]
Pius has:   v.1-60;(1946-2005); Missing v.21:1-6
                 MICRO:  v.1-9 (1946-1954), v.46 (1991)
Note: Available from PsycARTICLES from Volume 1 (1946)-date.

Archives of Psychology
[BF 21 .A7]
Pius has:   v.1-41  (1906-1945)  [Nos. 1-300]; Index

History of Education Quarterly   [PIO]
[L 11 .H67]
Pius has:   v.1-  (1961-  )
                 MICRO:  v.16  (1976), v.24  (1984)
Note: PIO indexes all volumes under History of Education Quarterly. Available from JSTOR from Volume 1 (1961) through the volume dated five years prior to the current volume.

Formerly:

History of Education Journal
Pius has:   v.1-10  (1949-1959); Missing v.6:3.

ISIS   [PIO]
[Q 1 .I7]
Pius has:   v.1-  (1913-  )
                 MICRO:  v.1-6  (1913-1924), v.19-24  (1933-1936)
Note: Available from JSTOR from Volume 1 (1913) through the volume dated five years prior to the current volume.

Journal of General Psychology   [PAO-FT coverage 1928-1995]
[BF 1 .J64]
Pius has:   v.1-  (1928-  ).
                 MICRO:  v.125-  (1998)
Note: Available from Academic Search Premier from Volume 92 (1975)-date.

Journal of Genetic Psychology   [PAO-FT coverage 1891-1995]
[L 11 .P4]
Pius has:   v.84-119  (1954-1971), v.121-  (1972-  )
Note: PIO indexes all volumes under Journal of Genetic Psychology. Available from Academic Search Premier from Volume 127 (1975)-date.

Formerly:

Pedagogical Seminary
Pius has:   v.1-31  (1891-1924)

Pedagogical Seminary and Journal of Genetic Psychology
Pius has:   v.32-83  (1925-1953)

Journal of the History of Ideas   [PIO]
[B 1 .J75]
Pius has:   v.1-67;(1940-2006)
Note: Available from JSTOR from Volume 1 (1940) through the volume dated three years prior to the current volume; from Project MUSE from Volume 57 (1996)-date; and from Humanities Full-Text from Volume 67 (2006)-date.

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
[BF 1 .J7]
Pius has:   v.1-  (1965-  )
Note: Available from Academic Search Premier from Volume 25 (1989) up to six months ago; and from Wiley from Volume 32 (1996)- present.

Mind   [PIO]
[B 1 .M65]
Pius has:   v.76-  (1967-  )
                 MICRO:  v.1-16 (1876-1891), n.s.v.1-75  (1892-1966)
Note: Mind is available from the JSTOR database from Volume 1 (1876) through the volume dated seven years prior to the current volume; and from Oxford Journals from Volume 105 (1996)-date.

Psychological Bulletin   [PIO]
[BF 1 .P75]
Pius has:   v.1-131;(1904-2005)
                 MICRO:  v.57  (1960), v.67-72  (1967-1969), v.75-80  (1971-1973)
Note: Available from PsycARTICLES from Volume 1 (1904)-date.

Psychological Monographs (various titles)
[BF 1 .P8]

Psychological Review: Monograph Supplements
Pius has:   v.1-7  (1895-1906)  [Nos. 1-31]
                 MICRO:  v.1-7  (1895-1906)

Psychological Monographs
Pius has:   v.8-61  (1907-1947)  [Nos. 32-287]
                 MICRO:  v.8-61  (1907-1947)

Psychological Monographs: General and Applied
Pius has:   v.62-80  (1948-1966)  [Nos. 288-633]
                 MICRO:  v.62-80  (1948-1966)

Psychological Review   [PIO]
[BF 1 .P7]
Pius has:   v.1-112;(1894-2005)
                 MICRO:  v.73-75  (1966-1968), v.78-79  (1971-1972)
Note: Available from PsycARTICLES from Volume 1 (1894)-date.

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The number of Web sites pertaining to the history of psychology has increased rapidly. For a nice (though now dated) overview of many important sites, see Glossing the Body Electric: A Review of Web Resources for Historians of Psychology (www.yorku.ca/christo/webreview/) by Christopher D. Green, Ph.D., York University. He also moderates the York University History & Theory of Psychology Electronic Question & Answer Forum (hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a.tcl?topic=History%20%26%20Theory%20of%20Psychology). The site of the Society for the History of Psychology (SHP), APA's Division 26 (www.hood.edu/shp/), features an extensive list of History & Philosophy of Psychology Web Resources (www.psych.yorku.ca/orgs/resource.htm).

Many of the Web sites listed here are identified in the Division 26 listing or the mega sites. They are intended to illustrate the diversity and quality of history of psychology resources currently available on the Web. They range from the serious to the fun, and demonstrate many of the advantages of using the Web as a vehicle for the transmission of information. Most of these sites, in turn, will lead to yet other Web sites.

Mega Sites -- Web sites containing extensive links to other related sites.

History of Psychology -- Psychology World Wide Web Virtual Library
(www.dialogical.net/psychology/notables.html)
•The Virtual Library is maintained by volunteers who compile pages of site links in their areas of expertise. It claims to be the oldest Web catalog.

The History of Psychology (C. George Boeree, Ph.D., Psychology Department, Shippensburg University)
(webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/historyofpsych.html)
•Electronic text covering the ancients through the 1990s. Includes maps and timelines.

Unofficial Schultz & Schultz History of Psychology Page (Alfred Kornfeld, Ph.D., Psychology Department, Eastern Connecticut State University)
(www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/personal/faculty/kornfeld/frames.htm)
•Designed as an ancillary to the textbook:
Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (1999). A history of modern psychology (7th ed.). Fort Worth: Harcourt College Publishers.

Classics in the History of Psychology
(psychclassics.yorku.ca/)
•Christopher D. Green, Ph.D., York University, is the project editor. See also the accompanying sites, Green's Links to Other On-Line Documents Related to the History of Psychology (psyclassics.yorku.ca/links.htm) and Classics Special Collections (psychclassics.yorku.ca/Special/), which consists of topic document sets. These are must-see resources. All documents reside in the public domain.

Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind (PoM)
(philosophy.uwaterloo.ca/MindDict/)
•Scholarly online resource featuring peer-reviewed articles. Edited by Chris Eliasmith of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

The Mead Project 2.0: Foundational Documents in Sociological Social Psychology
(www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/)
•Provides access to foundational documents of Mead and others related to his work (e.g., William Isaac Thomas and Floyd Henry Allport). A feature of the site, Mead Project Inventory, is Project Inventory Arranged by Author (www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/inventory5.html), intended to provide context for Mead's own work. Compiled and maintained by members of the Department of Sociology, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.

The History of Phrenology on the Web
(www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/11656/20050419/pages.britishlibrary.net/phrenology/index.html)
•Billed as the most comprehensive Web site on phrenology; includes many e-texts. No longer available but archived as of April 18. 2005. Created by John van Wyhe, Ph.D., Department of History & Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge.
Notes: Harvard University's Countaway Library of Medicine is a repository of the history of the phrenology movement; see the Web exhibit Talking Heads (https://www.countway.harvard.edu/chm/rarebooks/exhibits/talking_heads/index.html).
See also Van den Bossche Peter's Phrenology site (134.184.33.110/phreno/index.html), which espouses the view that phrenology still is useful.

Links to Primary Source E-Texts on the Web
(www.usca.edu/psychology/history/histor~1.html)
•Identifies Web-based psychological literature while setting the cultural context for their emergence. A nice supplement to Green's Classics in the History of Psychology site. Compiled and maintained by William J. House, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina-Aiken.

Resources on the History of Idiocy
(www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~mksimpso/)
•Features e-texts and links to e-texts, as well as a lengthy bibliography. Compiled and maintained by Murray K. Simpson, Ph.D., Department of Social Work, University of Dundee.

An Academy in Crisis: The Hiring of James Mark Baldwin and James Gibson Hume at the University of Toronto in 1889
40 minutes; on Google video    (video.google.com/video.google.com/videoplay?docid=31528576023114946)
•Video documentary (2003) written, directed, and produced by Christophper D. Green, Ph.D., York University, that places events in a broad cultural context.

Historic Asylums of America
(www.rootsweb.com/~asylums/)
•Presents psychiatric hospitals founded primarily in the last half of the 19^th century, with a focus on those built on the "Kirkbride plan." Fascinating and disturbing. See also The Story of a Mental Hospital: Fulbourn, 1858-1983 (England) by David H. Clark.

Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement
(www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/branch.pl)
•Collection featuring over 2,200 images originating mainly from the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, which was the focal point of American eugenics research from 1910-1940. Context for eugenics research is provided by virtual exhibits on these subjects: social origins, scientific origins, research methods, traits studied, research flaws, eugenics popularization, marriage laws, sterilization laws, and immigration research.

The Jigsaw Classroom
(www.jigsaw.org/)
•Official Web site for Elliot Aronson's well-known cooperative learning technique.

The 100-Year Journey of Educational Psychology: From Interest, to Disdain, to Respect for Practice
(courses.ed.asu.edu/berliner/readings//journey.htm)
•Overview by David C. Berliner, Ph.D., College of Education, Arizona State University.

Toward a School of Their Own (Part (I)
64 minutes; on Google video    (video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1488007330440945673)
A School of Their Own (Part II)
59 minutes; on Google video    (video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3352007762997860688)
•Video documentaries (2007) about the history of American functionalist psychology. Written, directed, and produced by Christophper D. Green, Ph.D., York University.

Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment Conducted at Stanford University
(www.prisonexp.org)
•While part advertisement for a video, and certainly not a "text" in the traditional sense, this site includes detailed descriptions, as well as photographs and video clips, of the events of this familiar psychological study. The full-length (50 minutes) 1971 documentary film, Quiet Rage is available on Google Video (video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5885015703670665277&total=64&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=6).

The Stanley Milgram Website
(www.stanleymilgram.com/milgram.php)
•Thomas Blass, Ph.D., a Milgram scholar from the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, developed and maintains this site. It features background information on Milgram, a selected bibliography of writings by and about him, information about the educational films he made, little known facts about him, quotes, and a question-of-the-month feature.

History of Psychology Web Site -- Psychology Department Histories
(academic.udayton.edu/GregElvers/hop/index.asp)
•Links to 17 histories of psychology departments in the U.S. and Europe. See Psychology Department Histories under "Categories" in left-hand frame.

History of Psychology at the University of Leipzig  (Geschichte der Psychologie an der Universit¨at Leipzig)
(www.uni-leipzig.de/~psycho/hist_eng.html)
•Brief overview of this institution's importance. Use Google's Language Tools to translate the text of this page from German to English.

Highlights of the History of the Saint Louis University Department of Psychology
(www.slu.edu/x13055.xml)
Compiled by James H. Korn, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University. For a more detailed history, through 1960, contact Miriam E. Joseph, Ph.D., Psychology Liaison Librarian, Saint Louis University.

Barnard College Psychology Department -- History of Psychology Collection
(www.barnard.columbia.edu/psych/museum/b_museum.html)
•Apparatus from the Department's early days.

Brass Instrument Psychology at the University of Toronto
(psych.utoronto.ca/museum/)
•Apparatus placed in the context of the Department of Psychology's early days.

Museum of the History of Psychological Instrumentation (Montclair State University)
(www.chss.montclair.edu/psychology/museum/museum.html)
•Extensive online museum of early psychological laboratory research apparatus. The illustrations were reproduced from the 1903 Eduard Zimmermann (Leipzig) catalog of psychological and physiological equipment.

Online Register of Scientific Instruments: An International Database of Historic Scientific Instruments
(www.isin.org/)
•Extensive resource providing detailed descriptions, often with images, of apparatus typical of early research in psychology and other fields. The Museum of the History of Science (www.mhs.ox.ac.uk) at the University of Oxford, England, and the Scientific Instrument Commission (www.sic.iuhps.org/) of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science (www.dhstweb.org/) collaborate on this project.

Bedlam: Custody Care and Cure 1247–1997
(www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archive/exhibits/bedlam/f_bed.htm)
•Online London Museum exhibit that relates the story of Bethlem Royal Hospital.

The American Crowbar Case and Nineteenth Century Theories of Cerebral Localization
(www.neurosurgery.org/cybermuseum/pre20th/crowbar/crowbar.html)
•A Cybermuseum of Neurosurgery entry on the famous Phineas Gage case.
Note: See also The Phineas Gage Information Page, maintained by Malcolm Macmillan, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia (www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/psychology/gagepage/).

Freud: Conflict & Culture
(lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/)
•View the online version of the controversial Library of Congress Freud exhibit.

Mind and Body: Rene Descartes to William James
(serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/Table.html)
•Adaptation of catalog accompanying National Library of Medicine and American Psychological Association exhibit honoring APA's Centennial (1992).

Alfred Adler
(ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hstein/)
•Classical Adlerian Psychology Web site developed by the Alfred Adler Institute of San Francisco includes biographical sketches of Adler (and other Adlerian psychologists), interviews, and readings.

Association for Humanistic Psychology
(www.ahpweb.org/)
•Includes Humanistic Psychology Overview and bibliographies.

Sir Fredric Bartlett Internet Archive
(www-bartlett.sps.cam.ac.uk/)
•Includes documents, bibliography, photos, and Web links related to the live and work of the English cognitive psychologist. Developed and maintained by Gerard Duveen, Alex Gillespie, & Brady Wagoner, Cambridge University, Social & Developmental Psychology Department.

Biographical Pages
(www.socialpsychology.org/history.htm#biographies)
•A lengthy list of links to sites about historical figures in psychology. It is part of History of Psychology Links (www.socialpsychology.org/history.htm), one of the psychology subject area options incorporated into the outstanding Social Psychology Network site (www.socialpsychology.org/)created and maintained by Scott Plous, Ph.D., Wesleyan University.

Celebrities in Cognitive Science
(carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/cogsci.html)
•Collection of links to works by and about leaders in cognitive science, including psychologists. Compiled by Martin Ryder, University of Colorado at Denver, School of Education.

Charles Darwin
While not a psychologist, Darwin's work transformed scientific thought and had a significant and continuing impact on psychology.

• Darwin Correspondence Project
  (www.darwinproject.ac.uk/)
  •Based at the Cambridge (UK) University Library, the goal of this project is the publication of the definitive edition of letters to and from Darwin.
• The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online
  (darwin-online.org.uk/)
  •Created and maintained by John van Wyhe, Ph.D., Department of History & Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge.
  

Sigmund Freud
In addition to Freud: Conflict & Culture (See Section XIII: Selected Web Sites: Exhibitions), visit these sites:

• Freud Museum London
  (www.freud.org.uk/)
• Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna (Online Service of the Sigmund Freud Society)
  (www.freud-museum.at/)
  Includes an online tour. Click on the "Sigmund Freud Online" button to access the Media Library for audio and video of Freud.

Sir Francis Galton F.R.S.
(galton.org/)
•Extensively annotated and replete with primary documents and images of original sources, this site conveys the many facets of Galton's life and work.

Human Intelligence: Historical Influences, Current Controversies, Teaching Resources
(www.indiana.edu/%7Eintell/index.shtml)
•Features short biographies of influential persons in the field, as well as discussions of topics such as the Bell Curve, Goddard and the Kallikak Family, and the Cyril Burt Affair. A neat feature is an interactive map (i.e., timeline) of the "History of Influences in the Development of Intelligence Theory & Testing."

Important Scientists in the Early Development of Comparative Cognition
(www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/history.htm)
•Information by and about Charles Darwin, George Romanes, C.L. Morgan, Ivan Pavlov, Edward Thorndike, Wolfgang Kohler, Konrad Lorenz, and B.F. Skinner. Part of a course Web site developed by Robert Cook, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Tufts University.

William James
(www.des.emory.edu/mfp/james.html)
•A wonderfully extensive site devoted to the father of American psychology. Created by Frank Pajares, Ph.D., Emory University. Relatedly, see also the new interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, online journal William James Studies.

Personality Theories
(webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/perscontents.html)
•Detailed biographical sketches are part of this electronic textbook designed by Dr. C. George Boeree, Shippensburg University.

Jean Piaget Society
(www.piaget.org/)
•Includes a biographical sketch and list of major publications.

A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Human Behavior
(www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/humbeh.html)
•A PBS/WGBH (Boston) educational site containing brief biographical sketches and descriptions of major discoveries related to the mind.

B. F. Skinner Foundation
(www.bfskinner.org/)
•A publishing/educational endeavor that provides information about Skinner's work, a complete bibliography of his publications, and image and audio files.

Lev Vygotsky

• Vygotsky Internet Archive
  (www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/)
  •Writings of and biographical information about the Soviet psychologist from the Marxist Writers' Archive.
• Vygotsky Resources
  (www.kolar.org/vygotsky/)
  •Compilation by Siobhan Kolar and Lisa D'Ambrosio.

Women in Psychology

• Society for the Psychology of Women Heritage Site
  (www.psych.yorku.ca/femhop/)
  •Division 35's site "devoted to documenting the role of women in the history of psychology and promoting feminist approaches to writing, teaching, and understanding psychology and psychology's history" (text from site). Includes biographical articles on women in psychology as well as related links.
• Women in Psychology
  (psychology.okstate.edu/museum/women/cover2.html)
  •Highlights women's significant contributions to psychology. The developers of this site, Charles I. Abramson, Ph.D., and Melanie Page, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, received a 2002 Instructional Resource Award from the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (teachpsych.org/otrp/index.php) of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2) (teachpsych.org/index.php) to support its development.
• Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society
  (www.webster.edu/~woolflm/women.html)
  •Biographical sketches prepared by students in an advanced seminar taught by Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Webster University.

Cheiron: International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences
(people.stu.ca/~cheiron/)

Society for the History of Psychology (SHP)
(www.hood.edu/shp/)
•Division 26 of the American Psychological Association. See the SHP Web site (History of Psychology Resources) for a list of Professional Societies & University Programs
(www.psych.yorku.ca/orgs/resource/profsocs.htm)

European Traces of the History of Psychology
(mysite.verizon.net/donrae19/)
•A site created by Donald Cousins, Ph.D., Psychology Department, Rhode Island College. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the tour!

History of Psychology Web Site -- Trivia
(academic.udayton.edu/GregElvers/hop/index.asp)
•Test your knowledge! Click on the Trivia link on the main page.

Phrenology and the Fine Arts
(www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/phrenology/)
•Essentially an advertisement for the book A Measure of Perfection, Phrenology and the Fine Arts in America by Dr. Charles Colbert, who teaches in the Fine Arts Department of Boston College. Check out the illustrations and the interactive guide (www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/phrenology/phrenology_frames.html).

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Pius library owns the collection Classics in Psychology, 1855-1914. This is a 51-volume series edited by Robert H. Wozniak and published by Thoemmes Press (now Thoemmes Continuum). The collection has not been shelved as a set in Pius; instead, each volume was assigned a call numbers and shelved in its most appropriate subject location. Search the Library Catalog several ways: (1) by "Title" using the series name as the title, i.e., Classics in Psychology, 1855-1914, to see the catalog listing arranged by volume number and/or (2) for specific titles or authors.

Adler, H. E., & Rieber, R. W. (Eds.). Aspects of the history of psychology in America: 1892-1992. New York: New York Academy of Sciences.
[Q 11 .N5 v.727]

Allport, G. W. (1947). The use of personal documents in psychological science. New York: Social Science Research Council.
[BF 38 .A4 1947]

Ash, M. G. (1995). Gestalt psychology in German culture, 1890-1967: Holism and the quest for objectivity. New York: Cambridge University Press.
[BF 203 .A84 1995]

Baker, D. B. (Ed.). (2003). Thick description and fine texture: Studies in the history of psychology. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press.
[BF 81 .T47 2003]

Boden, M. A. (2006). Mind as machine: A history of cognitive science (Vols. 1-2). Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press.
[BF 31 .B576 2006 Vols. 1-2]

Boring, E. G. (1950). A history of experimental psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Appleton-Century Crofts.
[BF 181 .B6 1950]

Brett, G. S. (1965). Brett's history of psychology (2nd rev. ed.). (R. S. Peters, Ed.). Cambridge, Mass., M.I.T. Press.
[BF 81 .B7 1965]

Bringmann, W. E., Luck, H. E., Miller, R., & Early, C. E. (Eds.). (1997). A pictorial history of psychology. Chicago: Quintessence.
[BF 81 .P47 1997]

Brook, A. (Ed.). (2007). The prehistory of cognitive science. Basingstoke [England]; New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
[BF 311 .P739 2007]

Capshew, J. H. (1999). Psychologists on the march: Science, practice, and professional identity in America, 1929-1969. New York: Cambridge University Press.
[BF 108 .U5 C36 1998]

Cole, M., Levitin, K., & Luria, A. R. (2006). The autobiography of Alexander Luria: A dialogue with The Making of Mind. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.
[BF 109 .L87 C65 2006]

Crabtree, A. (1988). Animal magnetism, early hypnotism, and psychical research, 1766-1925: An annotated bibliography. White Plains, NY: Kraus.
[Ref. BF 1141 .C722 1988]
Note: From the series "Bibliographies in the History of Psychology and Psychiatry."

Cushman, P. (1995). Constructing the self, constructing America: A cultural history of psychotherapy. Boston: Addison-Wesley.
[RC 443 .C84 1995]

Danto, E. A. (2005). Freud's free clinics: Psychoanalysis and social justice, 1918-1938. New York: Columbia University Press.
[BF 173 .D365 2005]

Demorest, A. (2005). Psychology's grand theorists: How personal experiences shaped professional ideas. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.
[BF 109 .A1 .D45 2005]

Dewsbury, D. A. (Ed.). (1996- ). Unification through division: Histories of the divisions of the American Psychological Association (Vols. 1-5). Washington, DC : APA.
[BF 11 .U55 1996]

Dowbiggin, I. R. (1997). Keeping America sane: Psychiatry and eugenics in the United States and Canada, 1880-1940. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
[RA 790.5 .D69 1997]

Evans, R. B., Sexton, V. S., & Cadwallader, T. C. (Eds.). (1992). The American Psychological Association: A historical perspective. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
[BF 11 .A68 1992]

Farr, R. M. (1996). The roots of modern social psychology, 1872-1954. Oxford: Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.
[HM 251 .F355 1996]

Feist, G. J. (2006). The psychology of science and the origins of the scientific mind. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
[Q 177 .F45 2006]

Fuller, R., Walsh, P. N., & McGinley, P. (Eds.). (1997). A century of psychology: Progress, paradigms and prospects for the new millennium. London and New York: Routledge.
[BF 105 .C44 1997]

Goodwin, C. J. (1999). A history of modern psychology. New York: Wiley.
[BF 105 .G66 1999]

Green, C. D., & Groff, P. R. (2003). Early psychological thought: Ancient accounts of mind and soul. Westport, CT: Praeger.
[BF 91 .G74 2003]

Guthrie, R. V. (1976). Even the rat was white: A historical view of psychology (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
[BF 105 .G87]

Herman, E. (1995). The romance of American psychology: Political culture in the age of experts. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
[BF 108 .U5 H47 1995]

Hilgard, E. R. (1987). Psychology in America: A historical survey. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
[BF 108 .U5 H54 1987]

Jackson, S. W. (1999). Care of the psyche: A history of psychological healing. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
[BF 637 .C6 J335 1999]

Jansz, J., & Drunen, P. V. (Eds.). (2004). A social history of psychology. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
[BF 105 .S63 2004]

Keenan, J. P. (2003). The face in the mirror: The search for the origins of consciousness. New York: Ecco.
[BF 311 .K365 2003]

Kimble, G. A., & Schlesinger, K. (1985). Topics in the history of psychology (Vols. 1-2). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum.
[BF 95 .T67 1985]

Koppes, L. L. (Ed.). (2007). Historical perspectives in industrial and organizational psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum.
[HF 5548.8 .H53 2007]

Korn, J. H. (1997). Illusions of reality: A history of deception in social psychology. Albany, NY: SUNY.
[HM 251 .K552 1997]

Leahey, T. H. (2001). A history of modern psychology (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
[BF 105 .L43 2001]

Midelfort, H.C.E. (1999). A history of madness in sixteenth-century Germany. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
[RC 450 .G3 M528 1999]

Millon, T. (2004). Masters of the mind: Exploring the story of mental illness from ancient times to the new millennium. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
[RC 438 .M557 2004]

Mook, D. (2004). Classic experiments in psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
[BF 198.7 .M66 2004]

Murphy, G., & Kovach, J. K. (1972). Historical introduction to modern psychology (3d ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
[BF 95 .M8 1972]

O'Boyle, C. G. (2006). History of psychology: A cultural perspective. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.
[BF 81 .O26 2006]

Paris, J. (2005). Fall of an icon: Psychoanalysis and academic psychiatry. Toronto; Buffalo, NY: University of Toronto Press.
[RC 506 .P37 2005]

Pate, J. L., & Wertheimer, M. (Eds.). (1993). No small part: A history of regional organizations in American psychology. Washington, DC: APA.
[BF 108 .U5 N6 1993]

Pickren, W. W., & Dewsbury, D. A. (Eds.). (2002). Evolving perspectives on the history of psychology. Washington, DC: APA.
[BF 105 .E87 2002]

Pickren, W. E., & Schneider, S. F. (Eds.). (2005). Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health: A historical analysis of science, practice, and policy. Washington, DC: APA.
[RA 790.6 .P77 2005]

Pillsbury, W. B. (1929). The history of psychology. New York: W. W. Norton.
[BF 81 .P5]

Popplestone, J. A., & McPherson, M. W. (1994). An illustrated history of American psychology. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark.
[BF 108 .U5 P67 1994]

Puente, A. E., Matthews, J. R., & Brewer, C. L. (Eds.). (1992). Teaching psychology in America: A history. Washington, DC: APA.
[BF 80.7 .U6 T43 1992]

Reed, E. S. (1997). From soul to mind: The emergence of psychology, from Erasmus Darwin to William James. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
[BF 103 .R44 1997]

Reisman, J. M. (1991). A history of clinical psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Hemisphere.
[RC 466.8 .R45 1991]

Richards, G. (2002). Putting psychology in its place: A critical historical overview (2^nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
[BF 95 .R55 2002]

Rosenzweig, S. (1994). The historic expedition to America (1909) : Freud, Jung, and Hall the king-maker, with G. Stanley Hall as host and William James as guest (2nd. rev. ed.). St. Louis : Rana House.
[BF 175 .R672 1994]

Routh, D. K. (1994). Clinical psychology since 1917: Science, practice, and organization. New York: Plenum.
[RC 466.8 .R68 1994]

Sahakian, W. S. (1982). History and systems of social psychology (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Hemisphere.
[HM 251 .S25 1982]

Scarborough, E., & Furumoto, L. (1987). Untold lives: The first generation of American women psychologists. New York: Columbia University Press.
[BF 109 .A1 S24 1987]

Sheehy, N. (2004). Fifty key thinkers in psychology. London; New York: Routledge.
[BF 109 .A1 S49 2004]

Simonton, D. K. (2002). Great psychologists and their times: Scientific insights into psychology's history. Washington, DC: APA.
[BF 109 .A1 S56 2002]

Spearman, C. E. (1937). Psychology down the ages (Vols. 1-2). New York: Macmillan.
[BF 81 .S6]

Tomlinson, S. (2005). Head masters: Phrenology, secular education, and nineteenth-century social thought. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press.
[BF 868 .T66 2005]

Vande Kemp, H. (1984). Psychology and theology in western thought, 1672-1965: A historical and annotated bibliography. Millwood, NY: Kraus.
[Ref. BL 53 .V362 1984]
Note: From the series "Bibliographies in the History of Psychology and Psychiatry."

Watson, R. I. (1968). The great psychologists from Aristotle to Freud (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott.
[BF 81 .W35 1968]

Yanni, C. (2007). The architecture of madness: Insane asylums in the United States. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
[RC 445 .Y36 2007]

Zenderland, L. (1998). Measuring minds: Henry Herbert Goddard and the origins of American intelligence testing. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press.
[BF 431 .Z46 1998]

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