Psychology

Collection overview

The Psychology collection in Senate House Library is a leading national resource, which holds the collections of the British Psychological Society. The periodicals collection is especially strong. There is a collection of psychological tests and manuals. Most stock is reference-only.

Most key areas of Psychology are covered:

Animal behaviour
Biological
Child and Adolescent psychology and psychiatry
Cognitive
Developmental
Forensic psychology
Health psychology
Historical
Hypnosis
Mental health
Methodological
Occupational
Parapsychology
Psychiatry
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy
Social
Testing

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Collection location

Most books and periodicals are located on the 2nd floor North Block
All items available on open access will display the location PSYCHOLOGY, with the classmark prefix 67 eg PSYCHOLOGY North Block 2nd Floor (67) IMNJ Pre
Most periodicals are shelved in a separate alphabetical sequence . See the: A-Z list of our Psychology journals and A-Z list of our Psychology eJournals
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Goldsmiths Library – 4th floor South Block. For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page
However, Psychological tests and manuals with the classmark (67) Office Tests will need to be requested from the issue desk North Block 2nd floor (restrictions apply - please consult staff for more information).
Some items are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service ([s]67). Please request at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor South Block
The Reference section can be found adjacent to the Psychology books – this includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes and test sources
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Psychological Tests

For further information, please see Finding Psychological Tests and Psychological Scales and Questionnaires

Related collections

Health Sciences collection – sports psychology
Philosophy collection – cognitive science and consciousness studies
Social Sciences collections
Special Collections - the Harry Price Library holds works on psychical research

Classmarks for Psychology

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 67, eg PSYCHOLOGY North Block 2nd Floor (67) IMNJ Pre

IA	General psychology	IK	Depth psychology and psychoanalysis
IB	Physiological psychology	IL	Abnormal and clinical psychology
IC	Sensation and Perception	IM	Psychiatry and psychotherapy
ID	Feeling and Emotion	IN	Forensic psychology
IE	Motor Behaviour	IO	Parapsychology
IF	Cognitive psychology	IP	Social psychology
IG	Personality and intelligence	IQ	Developmental psychology
IH	Differential psychology	IV	Child psychology and psychiatry
II	Psychology of special groups	IW	Applied and organisational psychology
IJ	Mental health

For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.

Other libraries

For more information about Psychology collections in other academic libraries in the London area, please see consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk