Neuroscience and Behavior Research Guide
Library Catalogs
Library Catalogs
UMass Amherst Libraries Catalog
Search for books, journals, and other materials by author, title, subject, keyword, call number, journal title, etc. For materials on a specific subject, enter your term(s), and search by "Subject begins with" or "Subject keywords." The Library of Congress Subject Headings (Z695.L695+) located near the Reference Desk suggests search terms (subject headings). Some examples of relevant subject headings in Neuroscience and Behavior follow.
Animal behavior
Behavior genetics
Behavior -- physiology
Biological psychiatry
Brain
Brain chemistry
Brain -- Growth
Brain injuries
Brain -- Localization of functions
Brain -- Research
Central nervous system
Cognition in animals
Cognitive neuroscience
Developmental psychobiology
Genetic psychology
Human behavior
Learning in animals
Mind and body
Nervous system
Neural circuitry
Neural networks (Neurobiology)
Neural receptors
Neural transmission
Neurobiology
Neurochemistry
Neuroendocrinology
Neurogenetics
Neurohormones
Neurology
Neurons
Neuropharmacology
Neurophysiology
Neuropsychiatry
Neuropsychological tests
Neuropsychology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Neurosciences
Neurotransmitters
Phrenology
Psychobiology
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Psychopharmacology
Psychophysiology
Other Library Catalogs
To expand your research to other libraries, try the following catalogs. Ways to obtain materials not owned by UMass Amherst Libraries.
Five Colleges Libraries Catalog
Search the Library Catalog of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst Colleges.
WorldCat (UMass Amherst students, faculty, and affiliates enter their OIT account username and password when prompted for off-campus access.)
Search the catalogs of thousands of libraries around the world. Also available free on the Web: click here.
C/W MARS Catalog
Contains records for the materials of participating public, academic, school, regional, and special libraries in Central and Western Massachusetts.
Find Library Materials by Call Number
The Library Catalog provides a call number and location for each item. The call number consists of an alphanumeric string based on the Library of Congress classification system. View an example of how to read a call number. Materials on Neuroscience and Behavior reside primarily in the 'RC' call number area. Specific topics and locations follow.
BF309-499 Consciousness. Cognition
BF699-711 Genetic psychology
BF866-885 Phrenology
QH457 Behavior genetics
QL750-795 Animal behavior
QM451-471 Nervous System
QP351-495 Neurophysiology and neuropsychology
QP361-430 Nervous System
RC321-574 Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC346-429 Neurology. Diseases of the Nervous System
RM315-334 Neuropsychopharmacology |
