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The Psychology section under the Library of Congress heading “BF” has a variety of reference materials related to psychology, including encyclopedias of psychology and handbooks that include specialized topics (e.g., alternative reality). You will also find dictionaries or handbooks on fundamental topics such as emotion, stress, intelligence, and health. A small sample of the reference volumes you might typically find under the heading “BF” is as follows:

Encyclopedia of Psychology, Volumes 1–8 (Kazdin, 2000)

Encyclopedia of Perception, Volumes 1–2 (Goldstein, 2010)

Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence, Volumes 1–2 (Sternberg, 1994)

APA Dictionary of Psychology (2nd ed.) (VandenBos, 2015)

The Dictionary of Psychology (Corsini, 2002)

Handbook of Child Psychology (4 vol., 6th ed.) (Damon & Lerner, 2006)

The Reference section is also a good place to find sourcebooks of research measures and test critiques, a topic covered in more detail in Chapter 5:

Measures for Clinical Practice, Volumes 1–2 (Corcoran & Fischer, 2013)

Under “H” in the Library of Congress headings, you are likely to find more general coverage of the social sciences (e.g., Dictionary of the Social Sciences; Calhoun, 2002) and coverage of topics traditionally found in sociology. For example, HM-HQ includes important sources of attitudes such as the Gallup Poll Cumulative Index: Public Opinion 1998–2007 (Gallup & Newport, 2008). Other topics indexed under this heading include sexuality, women’s issues, and criminal behavior.

Under “L” in the Library of Congress heading are topics in education. Particularly useful are sources about research in education, and there are many volumes related to the work of the Educational Testing Service.