Books & eBooks

The sections below give an introduction to the print holdings in the Library. The Library’s collection also includes both academic eBooks and other fiction and non-fiction eBooks available through the Libby platform. All academic eBooks will appear in your search results in the Library catalogue. Those available through Libby are also in our catalogue but can also be searched separately through the Libby platform, which you also need in order to access these titles.

The majority of the collection is shelved at S. Psychology, although there is a separate shelfmark for comparative psychology, S. Psychology (Animal). Material within the two shelfmarks is arranged on the shelves in single alphabetical sequences, not subdivided by geographical area or topic. Larger books for these shelfmarks will be designated on the catalogue as 4to, and will be shelved in a different area from the standard books.

The following relevant shelfmarks are all located in the main Science & Misc. section in the Back Stacks unless otherwise stated. Please note also the two separate sequences for oversize books: Science & Misc., 4to. and Science & Misc., folio.

Child/developmental psychology

S. Children

S. Education

Perception

S. Optics & Light

Criminal psychology

S. Crime

Shellshock

S. Military Medicine

S. War & Peace

Psychoanalysis

S. Dreams

S. Hysteria

Parapsychology

S. Hypnotism

S. Occult Sciences

R. Spiritualism (Religion: 5th Floor)

Others

S. Computers

S. Ethnology

S. Evolution

S. Fear

S. Genius

S. Heredity

S. Laughter

S. Love

S. Memory

S. Mental Health

S. Pleasure

S. Psychology

S. Psychology, Animal

S. Sex

S. Sleep

S. Social Science

S. War & Peace

Psychoanalysis

A good collection on the history of psychoanalysis is possessed. Most books are shelved in S. Psychology but relevant material can also be found at S. Dreams, S. Hypnotism and S. Hysteria. The 24-volume Standard edition of the works of Sigmund Freud (Hogarth Press, 1953-1974) is located in S. Psychology; correspondence of Freud and biographies of him and other psychoanalysts are shelved in the Biography section on the 3rd and 4th Floors.

Shellshock

The Library holds a considerable amount of material on shellshock and war-related trauma, particularly that relating to the First World War. Works on individual conflicts are shelved with historical material on these conflicts, e.g. H. European War I and H. European War II (Back Stacks Level 3). More general works can be found in S. War & Peace and S. Military Medicine.

Psychology of religion

Works on the psychology of religion are located at R. Religion & Philosophy of Religion (5th Floor). The focus of these is Christianity but material on other religions, including Buddhism, is held.

Reference Materials

A range of reference works are located in the Reading Room (1st Floor), at the shelfmark R.R. Dicts., Psychology, including the 8-volume Encylopedia of psychology (American Psychological Association/Oxford University Press). Useful single-volume works include Andrew Colman’s Dictionary of Psychology, Oxford Companion to the Mind, and A Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychological and Psychoanalytical Terms.