Research Guides: Psychology Research Guide: Home

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Hello! Welcome to the Research Guide for Psychology. This guide will help you access materials through Columbia Libraries and beyond.

Looking for books? Use CLIO, the libraries' primary search interface to find: books, databases, ebooks, journals, newspapers, and DVDs.

Looking for articles? Go to the "Find Articles" tab of this guide.

CLIO - search the Columbia Libraries' primary catalog. Includes materials from Barnard & ReCAP partners.
Course Reserves - find your course books here
EDUCAT - search the Teachers College catalog, which has many psychology resources
Pegasus - search the Law Library catalog
Psychology encyclopedias

Borrow Direct enables you to rapidly borrow books directly from other university libraries. Try this if the book you need isn't in CLIO or is unavailable.
Interlibrary Loan enables you to borrow materials, including article or chapter scans, from libraries that aren't in the Borrow Direct network as well as to request scans of articles or book chapters from all libraries.
Scan & Deliver: Electronic Document Delivery enables you to request article or chapter scans from Columbia's collections.
Recommend a title for purchase

Librarians are available to assist you with research support in person or by video call. Email ref-sci@columbia.edu to schedule a consultation.
Instant message with the Ask a Librarian service . A librarian will answer your questions in real time during chat hours!
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