Printed resources and library help are available at the following libraries:
A full list of all the libraries in Cambridge can be found on the Libraries Directory.
Access to scanned resources only via the link on Moodle (exclusive for students taking the paper)
On your Moodle Course, you will find direct links to the list and those moodle links allow you to access every scanned chapter available. All items with a Tag "Scan available" will be available to enrolled students download once you login via Moodle Course (this is a CLA requirement).
Visit the Guide with full instructions and information about the platform "Reading List Online"
With lots of libraries dotted across Cambridge, it can be difficult to get to them all, so check out our virtual library induction from the Biological Sciences Libraries Team.
We have a superb collection including rare books and the bequest from John MacCurdy. The major subject categories of the collection are:
Abnormal Psychology |
Experimental Psychology |
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience |
Neuropsychology |
Comparative Psychology |
Psychopharmacology |
Developmental Psychology |
Social Psychology |
MacCurdy Library (classmarks begin with a number)
0.4: Works of J. T. MacCurdy 0.6: History 0.8: Textbooks of psychiatry and psychopathology 12: Miscellaneous psychiatry and psychopathology 14: Clinical psychology 16: Schizophrenia 20: Affective disorders 21: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 24: Health psychology 28: Psychological therapies 32: Psychoanalysis 36: Works of Freud 40: Works of Jung 44: Experimental and theoretical psychopathology 48: Child development 52: Education 56: Learning disorders 59: Little Club Clinics in Developmental Medicine |
60: Child psychiatry (except Psychoanalysis) 64: Delinquency 65: Addictive behaviour 66: Ageing 68: Nervous system (normal and related disciplines) 72: Disorders of the nervous system 73: Aphasia 74: Hypnosis 76: Personality 80: Sex 84: Social 88: Tests 90: Philosophical 92: War 96: Miscellaneous 98: Congresses 100: Theses |
C. Physiological
C.1 General physiological psychology and neurophysiology
C.2 Texts: anatomy, physiology, genetics
C.4 Senses, general
C.5 Hearing
C.6 Vision
C.8 Neuropsychology
C.9 Neural connectionism
C.10 Psychopharmacology
C.11 Motivation and emotion
C.13 Motor and action
D. Comparative Psychology
D.1 General and theoretical
D.2 Invertebrates
D.3 Birds
D.4 Mammals (including primates)
E. Experimental and General Psychology
E.1 General
E.2 General and introductory texts
E.3 Gestalt psychology
E.4 Perception (including time)
E.5 Reading
E.6 Human learning, memory, skill, vigilance
E.7 Human motivation and emotion
E.8 Animal behaviour, learning and motivation
E.9 Language and thinking, decision making
E.10 Temperament and personality
E.11 Technique
F. Mathematical Psychology
F.1 Mathematical psychology
F.2 Artificial intelligence
F.3 Computer program manuals
G. Research Design, Experimental Design, Mathematical Techniques
H. Developmental Psychology
H.1 General
H.2 Child development
H.3 Intellectual processes
H.4 Learning difficulties
H.5 Disorders of development, guidance
H.6 Educational psychology
I Social Psychology
I.1 General texts
I.2 Social anthropology
I.3 Sociology
I.4 Attitude and opinion studies
I.5 Propaganda, morale, leadership
I.6 Human relations, group studies, families
I.7 Applied social psychology
I.8 Crime
J. Abnormal Psychology
J.1 General
J.2 Psychiatry and psychotherapy
J.3 Psychopathology
J.4 Psychoanalysis derivatives
J.5 Jungian psychology
J.6 Learning disorders
J.7 Psychological counselling, tests, etc.
J.8 Sleep, hypnosis, dreams
J.9 Blindness, deafness
K. Individual differences and mental tests
K.1 General: intelligence and differential measurement
K.2 Factor analysis
K.3 Intelligence tests, psychometrics
K.4 Genius
K.5 Sex
K.6 Scholastic tests and examinations
K.7 Graphology
L. Industrial and Applied Psychology
L.1 General
L.2 Time and motion study, fatigue
L.3 Military and service psychology
L.4 Personnel: selection and guidance
L.5 Ageing
M. Aesthetics
M.1 General
M.2 Music
M.3 Literature
A. History of Psychology
B. Biography
N. Philosophical Psychology
O. Religious Psychology
P. Psychology in Economics and Politics
Q. Environmental Psychology
R. Bibliographies, Reports of Congress
S. Collected Papers
T. General Reference, Study and Research Skills
U. Miscellaneous
V. Russian
W. Popular Science
X. Sex
Where an article is not available from within Cambridge, researchers can apply for an Inter-Library Loan from another participating institution.
Both the University Library and the Betty & Gordon Moore Library operate an online service that is open to all registered users:
The Betty & Gordon Moore Library runs a free Scan & Deliver service to allow current University staff and students to get remote access to their collections that are not currently available electronically.
Users should be aware that the service only covers the holdings of the Betty & Gordon Moore Library, and the Engineering Library. To make an order, please use the relevant online form.
On iDiscover you might come across books that are "Available on designated PCs in the UL and most Faculty and Departmental libraries”. These ebooks are supplied to the UL by publishers under Electronic Legal Deposit legislation, and may only be used on designated PCs for Electronic Legal Deposit access.
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