DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Subjects covered
The Department of Psychology offers the Ph.D. in psychology with an emphasis in four areas of specialization: clinical psychology, health and social behavior, human factors (applied experimental psychology) and neuropsychology.However, the psychology curriculum and faculty areas of specialization represent most areas of psychology.The following table identifies the general areas of curriculum and research activity:

abnormal psychology	health & social	organizations	psychological assessment	social policy
addictive behavior	psychology	pediatric psychology	psychology of AfricanAmericans	social psychology
applied behavioral science	homosexuality	perception	psychology of men	sociocultural interventions
child & spouse abuse	human factors	personality	psychophysics	statistics (applied)
clinical psychology	human performance	physiological psychology	psychotherapy	stress
cognitive psychology	human sexuality	policy research	research methods	suicide
conflict resolution	hypnosis	post-traumatic stress disorder	self psychology	sustained attention
developmental psychology	interpersonal behavior	prejudice	sensation	systems of psychology
ecological psychology	intervention research	program evaluation	sex education	tests & testing
experimental psychology	leadership	psychobiology	sex therapy	teaching
evolutionary psychology	learning	psycholinguistics	small groups	transcultural psychology
feminist therapy	mental illness		social development	urban psychology
gender issues	motivation and emotion			women’s issues
group therapy	neuropsychology			women's psychology

 

Departments /Users served
The primary users of the psychology collection are undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in the Department of Psychology.However, the psychology collection is heavily drawn upon by students and faculty from the School of Social Work, College of Education and the College of Evening & Continuing Education.Further, many colleges and academic departments offer courses that require use of psychology materials.

These colleges offer areas of study in psychology

College of Applied Science: Offers an area of study in Psychology
College of Evening & Continuing Education:Offers areas of study in “Addiction” and in “Psychology”
University College: Offers area of study in “Psychology”

Selected examples of “psychology” related courses offered across campus:

Communication Sciences & Disorders (CAHS): “Psychology of Speech”
Industrial Design (DAAP): “Human Factors in Design”
English (A&S): “Between Psychoanalysis and Feminism”
Management (CBA): “Organizational Behavior”
Philosophy (A&S): “Cognitive Science/Mind,”
Political Science (A&S): “Political Psychology,”
Women’s Studies (A&S):“Lesbian Literature and Psychology”

Non-primary users also are responsible for a significant number of requests for the purchase of library materials.These requests are accommodated if the materials requested fall within the scope of the collection policy for this department and if sufficient funding is available.

Quantitative information (approximately)
Undergraduate students:380
Graduate Students:80

Full time Faculty35

Adjunct Faculty~50 (fluctuates)

Degrees Awarded (1998/99)
Baccalaureate:90
Masters:13

Doctorates:13

Degrees granted

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Bachelor of Arts in Pre-Personnel & Industrial Relations
Master of Arts in Psychology
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (variety of specializations/clinical program is APA Accredited)

Special programs/Accreditation requirements
The Department of Psychology offers the Ph.D. in clinical psychology.The American Psychological Association accredits this program.

Research focus, grants, special funding

The Department of Psychology operates six labs and a departmental neuropsychology clinic.The Department collaborates with a number of organizations to provide a wide variety of courses and research opportunities for students.Information about these opportunities is available from the Psychology home page (http://ucaswww.mcm.uc.edu/psychology/index.html).

Research support for the Department, totaling well over one million dollars during the last two years, has come from such agencies as the U.S. Navy, Procter & Gamble, the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the International Flavors and Fragrances Corp., the National Cancer Institute, the National Arthritis Foundation, the Ohio Department of Mental Health, Revco Company and the Center for Substance Abuse and Prevention.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION

Location of collection
The majority of the psychology collection is housed in Langsam Library.The collection occupies shelving on all three floors.Selected older materials and many duplicate copies of monographs are housed in SWORD.

Other collections supporting program
Internal
Psychology students and faculty frequently use the Health Sciences Library collection.To a limited extent they also make use of the Engineering and DAAP collections and the University Libraries’ collections in Biology, Computer Science, Education, Industrial Relations (Business), Mathematics and Sociology.

External

Psychology students and faculty also utilize collections represented by the OhioLINK consortium of libraries.

Collection history
The Department of Experimental Psychology and Pedagogy was established in 1901, assisted by an allocation of $600.00 from the University Board of Trustees for the purchase of books.The first masters degree was awarded in 1909 and the first doctorate in 1922.The Department history (http://ucaswww.mcm.uc.edu/psychology/departH.htm) is sprinkledwith some prestigious names in the field of psychology.

The psychology collection was housed in the Blegan Library until 1978, when it was moved to Langsam.Since the late 1970s the budget for psychology has been modest, but nearly adequate to support collection building.However, several serials cancellation projects, the result of spiraling inflation in the 1980s and 1990s, seriously eroded the psychology collection.Serial additions during this time frame were isolated and rare.However, recent years have brought the prosperity of OhioLINK and its Electronic Journal Center (EJC).The psychology collection has benefited significantly by the emergence and growth of EJC and by the addition of several other electronic journal service contracts.

General level of collecting
Research level collecting has been the goal for the major areas of clinical psychology, health & social psychology, neuropsychology and human factors (applied experimental psychology).Collecting for other areas of study/research in psychology is at the advanced study level.

Specific aspects of collection

Call numbers

Materials collected for Psychology fall generally in the following classifications:

Class. Letters Area of Relevance Class. Letters Area of Relevance
BF Psychology LB Developmental Psychology (child)
RC Psychiatry (Psychotherapy) QA Statistical Analysis
HM Social Psychology QL Animal Behavior & Psychology
HQ Sexual Life T – TA Human Factors
HV Substance Abuse Z Relevant Subject Bibliographies

Current & retrospective collecting
The focus of the collection is predominately on current materials.The notable exception to this general rule is with regard to materials covering the history and systems of psychology.In this area the acquisition of older materials, including microform sets, is entirely appropriate.

De-selection is continual to ensure the timeliness of the collection.However, classic and seminal works are retained in the Langsam collection, contingent upon the condition of the work.

Time period collected
With very few exceptions, notably the area of history and systems, the collection emphasis is on current materials.Indexing sources also must be current.Out-of-print items are rarely purchased.

Levels & treatments

Collections expenditures are heavily weighted toward research level materials required by graduate students, faculty, and upper level undergraduates.However, since 1998 purchases for the undergraduate population have increased, particularly for specialized texts, readings, and summary treatments of general areas in psychology.Popular psychology materials and paranormal psychology materials are not purchased.

Languages
Nearly all acquisitions are of English language materials.However, translations of significant works in psychology are acquired.Generally, foreign language materials are only considered for purchase if requested by a specific Psychology faculty member or graduate student.

Geographical areas

Content rather than geography determines the acquisition decision.Materials that conform to the psychology collection profile are considered for purchase.Because of the aforementioned language requirement, most materials come from English speaking countries.

Special Aspects
Materials published on special aspects of psychology are not purchased unless they directly relate to the psychology curriculum or the research interests of the faculty.Examples of materials on special aspects of psychology that would not be purchased are books on the psychology of tennis, jury behavior or psychological assessments of historical figures.Selected materials are purchased, however, on such special aspects as ethics in human and animal research and on psychology as a profession and a career.

Types of resources
Journal literature is the most important resource for psychology research.Graduate students and faculty are heavily dependent upon the journal literature.Undergraduate psychology majors also are expected to use this resource.Faculty and students, particularly undergraduates, also rely heavily upon the book collection for research and curriculum support.Other materials upon which the faculty and graduate students rely include conference proceedings, society publications and testing materials.Graduate students require access to dissertations, but these materials are usually borrowed rather than purchased.

Resource formats
Most psychology materials are in paper, microform or electronic format.A significant percentage of the journal literature is now available in electronic format.Presently there is no significant volume of electronic books in the field of psychology.Some books do include floppy disks or CD-ROM supplementary material.Audiovisual tapes are occasionally acquired, largely for curriculum support.Most of the major psychology indexes are now available online or on CD-ROM.

Endowed areas
The Psychology Department receives no special endowment funds.


Acquisition Processes
Approval plans
Psychology participates in the YBP approval plan.The majority of psychology’s monographs come via the approval plan.The psychology approval profile is available through GOBI.

Firm orders
A significant number of psychology’s monographs are ordered through the YBP approval notification slips.Additionally, some monographs are ordered outside of the approval plan, particularly society publications.

Standing orders
Standing orders are a significant component of the psychology collection.Most are series that serve to chronicle state of the art research in a wide range of areas in the field psychology.

Document suppliers
The OhioLINK document delivery service provides convenient, patron initiated document delivery for book requests.The venerable ILL service continues to provide document delivery for photocopies of articles, microforms, dissertations, books (those unavailable through OhioLINK) and miscellaneous other materials.

Special vendors
Psychology does not require special vendors outside of those normally used by Acquisitions.

Unique sources
Society publications, particularly proceedings, and tests, published by the Educational Testing Service, constitute unique sources for psychology.

Randall L. Roberts

Bibliographer for Psychology
June 19, 2000

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