Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Psychology - New Library Resource

The Library has purchased perpetual access to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Psychology,

This is an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the major topics in Psychology. It is suitable for all student levels and it consists currently of 600 articles and topic summaries by leading experts in the field. Content is being continually developed and updated.

Examples of topic covered in the encyclopedia include:

• ADHD in Children and Adolescents
• Culture and Human Development
• Enduring Debates on Psychology and Language in the 20th Century
• History of Mindfulness and Psychology
• Nature and Nurture as an Enduring Tension in the History of Psychology  
• Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory 
• Social Development Across the Life Span

Oxford Research Encyclopedias offer in-depth, peer-reviewed overview articles by specialists in a range of disciplines. The articles are written at a level for beginning researchers (both in content and language level), and can generally be read in less than half an hour.  The OREs are written for anyone wishing to expand their knowledge, from a student starting out on their studies to a researcher requiring background knowledge on a subject.

The Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Psychology can be accessed via the Library Catalogue.

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