Print and eBooks
Goldsmiths Library has a large collection of both print books and eBooks (accessible from home using your username and password). Use Library Search to search for books by title, author, keywords and more. Watch the video below for guidance on how to search for print books.
There is also a growing collection of e-books listed on Library Search. These can be searched for in the same way as print books but you can use the drop down menu to just select electronic books.
You can also access e-books via PsycBOOKS (requires Senate House login).
- PsycBOOKS This link opens in a new window
To access this resource please register for free membership to Senate House Library.
PsycBOOKS is an extensive collection of peer-reviewed books that provides students, researchers, and educators access to high-quality publications in psychology and related fields. PsycBOOKS includes the newest scholarly and professional books published by APA including reference works from the APA Handbooks in Psychology® Series that delve deep into specific subfields within psychology.
Partially in Library Search
Useful shelfmarks
Books are arranged on the shelves using the Dewey Decimal Classification system (000-999). Below is a list of the most relevant classmarks for Psychology.
Remember to use Library Search in addition to browsing, as books can be classified in different ways (e.g. books on the psychology of music will be in the music section at 781.15).
| Psychology | |
| 150.1 | Philosophy and theory |
| 150.1943 | Behaviourism |
| 150.1952 | Psychoanalytic systems |
| 150.195 | Freudian system |
| 150.1954 | Jungian system |
| 150.287 | Testing and measurement |
| 150.72 | Research Methods |
| 150.727 | Statistics for Psychology |
| 152.1 | Sensory perception |
| 152.14 | Visual perception |
| 152.15 | Auditory perception |
| 152.4 | Emotions |
| 153 | Conscious mental processes and intelligence |
| 153.12 | Memory |
| 158.1 | Personal improvement and analysis |
| 158.2 | Interpersonal relations |
| 158.7 | Occupational psychology |
| 302 | Social Psychology |
| 610-618 | Medicine and Health |
| 612.8 | Nervous system (including biopsychology) |
| 612.82 | Central nervous system (including the brain) |
| 616.89 | Mental disorders (including clinical and abnormal psychology) |
| 616.8914 | Psychotherapy |
| 616.89142 | Behaviour therapy |
Senate House Library books
Goldsmiths staff and students are also entitled to borrow books from Senate House Library - eBooks can be accessed online remotely. For information on how to self-register online, please see here. You can search for books and other resources available at Senate House Library using Encore.
