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Psychology: Books

A guide for doing research in psychology.

Browsing Books

Books in Belk Library are organized by the Library of Congress Classification, meaning that books are organized by topic. If you would like to browse, go to the following sections:

BF = Psychology (Located on the 2nd floor)

RC = Internal Medicine (Located on the 3rd floor)

Here are some specifics:

Subclass BF - Psychology
BF1-990 Psychology
BF38-64 Philosophy. Relation to other topics
BF173-175.5 Psychoanalysis
BF176-176.5 Psychological tests and testing
BF180-198.7 Experimental psychology
BF203 Gestalt psychology
BF207-209 Psychotropic drugs and other substances
BF231-299 Sensation. Aesthesiology
BF309-499 Consciousness. Cognition (Including learning, attention, comprehension, memory,imagination, genius, intelligence, thought and thinking, psycholinguistics, mental fatigue)
BF501-505 Motivation
BF511-593 Affection. Feeling. Emotion
BF608-635 Will. Volition. Choice. Control
BF636-637 Applied psychology
BF638-648 New Thought. Menticulture, etc.
BF660-685 Comparative psychology. Animal and human psychology
BF692-692.5 Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior
BF697-697.5 Differential psychology. Individuality. Self
BF698-698.9 Personality
BF699-711 Genetic psychology
BF712-724.85 Developmental psychology (Including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood)
BF725-727 Class psychology
BF795-839 Temperament. Character
BF839.8-885 Physiognomy. Phrenology
BF889-905 Graphology. Study of handwriting
BF908-940 The hand. Palmistry
BF1001-1389 Parapsychology
BF1001-1045 Psychic research. Psychology of the conscious
BF1048-1108 Hallucinations. Sleep. Dreaming. Visions
BF1111-1156 Hypnotism. Suggestion. Mesmerism. Subliminal projection
BF1161-1171 Telepathy. Mind reading. Thought transference
BF1228-1389 Spiritualism
Including mediumship, spirit messages, clairvoyance
BF1404-2055 Occult sciences
BF1444-1486 Ghosts. Apparitions. Hauntings
BF1501-1562 Demonology. Satanism. Possession
BF1562.5-1584 Witchcraft
BF1585-1623 Magic. Hermetics. Necromancy
BF1651-1729 Astrology
BF1745-1779 Oracles. Sibyls. Divinations
BF1783-1815 Seers. Prophets. Prophecies
BF1845-1891 Fortune-telling
BF2050-2055 Human-alien encounters. Contact between humans and
extraterrestrials

Subclass RC - Internal Medicine

RC49-52 Psychosomatic medicine
RC321-571 Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC346-429 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system (Including speech disorders)
RC435-571 Psychiatry
RC475-489 Therapeutics. Psychotherapy
RC490-499 Hypnotism and hypnosis. Suggestion therapy
RC500-510 Psychoanalysis
RC512-569.5 Psychopathology
RC512-528 Psychoses
RC530-552 Neuroses
RC554-569.5 Personality disorders. Behavior problems (Including sexual problems, drug abuse, suicide, child abuse)
RC569.7-571 Mental retardation. Developmental disabilities

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