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Image Credits: The Women's Library, London Metropolitan University - image references are at the end
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Key class numbers and search terms
Key references, latest academic works and acquisitions
Periodicals
Press cuttings and ephemera
Zines and artist books
Electronic resources
Archives (personal and organisational papers, oral histories)
Museum collections (objects, textiles and visual materials)
Idenfitying images
Web archive
London Metropolitan research institutes and centres
Further information
The Women's Library, founded in 1926 as the Library of the London Society for Women's Service, exists to document and explore women's lives in Britain in the past, now and in the future. The collections include a wide range of resources for the study of women and psychology. In addition to historic and contemporary books, pamphlets and periodicals on different aspects of women and psychology, for example crimminal, occupational, social, health and pyscoanalysis and psychotherapy. The collections also contain related press cuttings, emphemera and archives of individual papers.
Key class numbers and search terms
The Women's Library's printed materials are arranged in the Dewey Decimal Classification and listed on London Metropolitan University's online catalogue. Key class numbers and search terms for Psychology include:
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Criminal Psychology
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364.3, 363.44, 616 |
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Health and Psychology
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613.04244,155.3, 616.89 |
| Industrial Psychology |
158.7082, 331.4 |
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Occupational Psychology
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331.1, 158.7082, 305.3 |
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Organisational Psychology
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352
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| Psychiatry |
616.85, 364.608 |
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Psychoanalysis and women
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150.193, 155.33 |
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Psychology
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150
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Psychology of Childbirth
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613.63019
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Psychology of Marriage
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306.81 |
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Psychology and Sociology
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155.5, 391.009, 306.7 |
| Psychopathology |
306.74, 150.19 |
| Psychotherapy |
616.8914, 362.196 |
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Women and Psychology
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155.333
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See also Sources on women and domestic violence, health, law and sociology and social research
Key references, latest academic works and acquisitions The Library holds directories of organisations, bibliographies, encyclop?dias and other references sources useful for identifying further information on women and work, such as:
Bardwick, Judith (ed.). Readings on the psychology of women. New York ; London : Harper & Row, [1972]. Reading room oversize 155.633 REA
Ellis, Havelook. Studies in the Psychology of Sex. Vols 1-7. Philadelphia : F A Davis, 1917-1928. Vault CB 155.3 ELL
Kanner, Barbara. Women in English social history 1800-1914 : a guide to research : in three volumes. Vol.1 . New York ; London : Garland, 1990. Reading Room 016.305420942 KAN
Oakes, Elizabeth H. Guide to social science resources in women's studies. Santa Barbara, Calif : ABC-Clio, c1978. Psychology pp 8-95. Reading Room 016.30542 OAK
The Women's Library's most recently published and newly available acquisitions
Periodicals
The Library holds a wide range of periodicals on women, including academic titles, popular magazines and campaigning newsletters. Some relevant periodical titles on employment include Feminism and Psychology, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Psychology of Women Section Review, Psycologies Magazine
For further guidance on identifying periodicals click here.
Press cuttings and ephemera
The presscuttings collections cover the whole of the 20th century and are particularly valuable for identifying contemporary comment where retrospective online newspaper coverage is unavailable. The Library holds microfilmed cuttings, up to 1979, on on reels . 1, 4, 23, 76. The Library holds a sequence of biographical press cuttings drawn largely from obituaries
The Library's ephemera collection contains information relating to women's organisations, including leaflets, flyers, minutes of meetings, agendas and all kinds of campaign literature. It includes ephemera for Psychology of Women Section, Medica and Spiral Path.
Zines and artist books
The library also holds an important collection of over 350 zines and artist books which include personal stories. Zines and artist books can be identified through the online catalogue.
Electronic resources
Electronic resources (online journals and databases) are currently only available to London Metropolitan University staff and students, and can be accessed via the online catalogue. with their institutional identification and password. London Metropolitan Academic Liaison Librarians have provided a list of relevant e-resources.
Archives (personal and organisational papers)
A brief guide to the archives is available on The Women's Library's website. Further details of archives available for research can be found in the archive and museum catalogue, or in the hard copy catalogues available in the Reading Room on the shelves adjacent to the Information Desk. The following archives, including the records of organisations, societies, campaigns, personal papers and letters, relate to psychology:
7PTS Papers of Dr Patricia Shaw (1876-1965) (fl.1948-1965); Doctor
7AMA Papers of Dame Adelaide Anderson (1863-1936); HM Chief Lady Inspector of Factories
7ANG Papers of Angela Martin (fl.1984-fl.2010); feminist artist
7DDO Papers of Daisy Dobson (fl.1927-1950); secretary to Agnes Maude Royden(1876-1956); suffragist and preacher
7EIJ Papers of Ellen Isabel Jones (fl.1910-1950); suffragette
7TBG Papers of Teresa Billington-Greig (1877-1964); suffragist
Museum collections (objects, textiles and other visual materials)
This includes badges, postcards, photographs, posters, textiles, some ceramics and other objects. Further details of museum objects available for research can be found in the archive and museum catalogue or in the hard copy catalogues available in the Reading Room on the shelves adjacent to the Information Desk.
Identifying images
Images can be found throughout The Women's Library's collections. Many digital images are available on Flickr, Vads, the archives catalogue (click on the number in the left hand side) and Mary Evans Picture Library. Use Mary Evans Picture Library's fast service for a non-watermarked high resolution images suitable for publication. If you require an image which has not been digitised you are welcome to use our reprographic service. Normal copyright conditions will apply.
Web archive
Women's Issues provides a list of links to Web sites of women's organisations and campaigns, research reports, government publications and statistics pertaining to women, personal sites of women, such as blogs, and women focused e-zines.web sites, such as Beat: beating eating disorders and Womanking: Bristol Women's Therapy Centre
London Metropolitan research institutes and centres
The Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) and The Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute (HRSJ)is based in London Metropolitan University's Faculty of Applied Social Sciences (FASS) have undertaken research in psychology.
Further information The staff of The Women's Library can help you find material relating to your subject area; please don't hesitate to ask. You can contact the Information Desk staff prior to your visit via email twlinfodesk@londonmet.ac.uk, by telephone 020 7320 3515 or in person at the Information Desk when in the Reading Room.
Image references: Norris, John. Reflections upon the conduct of human life : with reference to the study of learning and knowledge : in a letter to the Excellent Lady, the Lady Masham. London : printed for S. Manship, at the Black Bull in Cornhil, 1690 ; Freud, Sigmund. Introductory lectures on psycho-analysis : a course of twenty-eight lectures delivered at the University of Vienna. London : Allen & Unwin, 1922
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