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Sample Books in the Gustavus Library

Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality by Edward B. Davis (Editor)
ISBN: 9783031102745
Publication Date: 2023
The Oxford Handbook of Hope by Matthew W. Gallagher (Editor)
Call Number: BF 204.6 .O934 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Ethnographies of Waiting by Manpreet K. Janeja (Editor)
Publication Date: 2020
Happiness for All? by Carol Graham
Call Number: HN 90.S65 G73 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Resilience: the science of mastering life's greatest challenges by Steven M. Southwick
Call Number: BF 698.35.R47 S68 2018
Publication Date: 2018

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Books are shelved in general subject categories using the Library of Congress classification system. You may want to supplement your use of the catalog with browsing shelf areas for your topic. Below is a brief listing of some of the subject locations in the field of field of psychology.

BF Psychology

180-210 Experimental Psychology
501-504 Motivation
511-593 Emotion
608-635 Will. Choice
636-637 Applied Psychology
660-685 Comparative Psychology
698-698.9 Personality
712-720 Developmental Psychology
721-723 Child Psychology

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Citations and abstracts to articles from more than 1300 international journals in psychology and related fields, going back to 1840. Covers all areas of psychology, including experimental, developmental, communications, social processes and issues, personality, physical and psychological disorders, professional issues, applied psychology, educational psychology, and behavioral literature in such related fields as law, business and medicine. Also includes citations for books and chapters.

Sample Books in the Gustavus Library

Historical and multidisciplinary perspectives on hope by Steven C. van den Heuvel (Editor)
Publication Date: 2020
The Science and Application of Positive Psychology by Jennifer S. Cheavens
Call Number: BF 204.6 .S244 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Frailty, Suffering, and Vice by Blaine J. Fowers
Call Number: BF724.55.A35 F69 2017
ISBN: 9781433827532
Publication Date: 2017
The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology by Shane J. Lopez (Editor)
Call Number: BF 204.6 .O95 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Realistic Hope : facing global challenges by Angela Wilkinson (Editor)
Publication Date: 2018

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