Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
11-2012
Publication Source
Against the Grain
Abstract
The American Psychological Association (APA), which publishes several specialized handbooks, describes them as “one-stop shop[s] for both overviews and in-depth analyses of a variety of sub-fields within psychology.” In general, upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty scholars consult handbooks for different reasons. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students sometimes read handbook chapters for a course or seminar. (In my experience, most lower-level undergraduates find the style and content of handbook chapters bewildering.) Undergraduate honors students and, especially, graduate students may consult handbook chapters when they begin to work on their theses or dissertations, because the chapters provide authoritative reviews of relevant literature. Faculty members rely on handbooks to identify important references outside their areas of expertise.
Inclusive pages
86-88
ISBN/ISSN
1043-2094
Document Version
Published Version
Volume
24
Issue
5
Keywords
Psychology Handbooks
eCommons Citation
Polzella, Donald J. and Doherty, Anne, "Collecting to the Core — Psychology handbooks" (2012). Psychology Faculty Publications. 88.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/psy_fac_pub/88
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7771/2380-176X.6338