Psychology: finding your way
This guide outlines the location numbers for books on psychology and basic information on finding information in this subject.
- To find books on a specific topic search the Unicorn catalogue
- To find journal articles search Databases for psychology
Where are the psychology books?
- Most of the psychology books are on the 3rd Floor of the Library, although some (610s) are on the 2nd Floor and some (300s) are on the 4th Floor.
- Larger sized (Folio) books are shelved separately from normal sized books for practical reasons. You will find your key sections in both large (Folio) and normal sized sections.
- Pick up a floor plan from the Information Desk to help you find your way around. View the 3rd Floor plan (PDF)
Key sections for psychology
| 130 | Branches of psychology |
| 131 | Physiological psychology |
| 132 | Abnormal psychology |
| 134 | Hypnosis |
| 135 | Sleep, dreams |
| 136 | Differential psychology |
| 137 | Personality |
| 150 | General psychology |
| 151 | Intelligence |
| 152 | Sensation and perception |
| 153 | Cognition |
| 154 | Memory and learning |
| 155 | Imagination |
| 157 | Emotions |
| 158 | Movement, instincts, reflexes |
| 159 | Volition and movement |
| 300 | Social sciences |
| 301.15 | Social psychology |
2nd Floor
| 610 | Medical sciences |
| 611.8 | Anatomy of the nervous system |
| 612.8 | Physiology of the nervous system |
| 613.8 | Drug use - health aspects |
| 616.8 | Diseases of the nervous system |
Call Numbers for selected topics
Adler: Psychoanalysis 131.3463
Alcoholism 132.72
Amnesias 132.8
Animal psychology 151.3
Aphasias 132.155
Aphasias, Medical aspects 616.8552
Applied psychology 150.13
Auditory perception 152.2
Behaviour 151.3
Child development 136.72
Child personality 136.73
Child psychology 136.7
Comparative (animal) psychology 151.3
Compulsions and neuroses 132.6
Consciousness 153.7
Delinquent children 136.763
Developmental psychology 136.5
Drug addiction 132.73
Drug addiction, Treatment 616.863
Dyslexia 132.155
Dyslexia, Treatment of 616.8553
Environmental psychology 136.2
Ethnopsychology 136.4
Exceptional children 136.73
Experimental psychology 150.72
Forensic psychology 614.15
Freud: Psychoanalysis 131.3462
Genius 151.1
History of psychology 150.9
Jung: Psychoanalysis 131.3464
Language use 153.65
Learning 154.4
Mental deficiencies 132.2
Mental health 131.3
Mental illness 132.1
Modern psychological theories 150.1
Motivation 159.4
Olfactory perceptions 152.3
Personality tests 137.8
Psychiatry 616.89
Psychoanalysis 131.34
Psychological systems 150.19
Psychological tests 151.2
Reason 153.6
Schizophrenia 616.8982
Sexes, Psychology of 136.1
Sexual deviation 132.75
Social psychology 301.15
Statistical methods and experimental design 150.7253
Visual perception 152.1
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