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PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH. RENITA KRASNODEBSKI x4239. MAHONEY LIBRARY WEB PAGE. Begin with Research Tools. RESEARCH TOOLS. Subject Guides in Instruction and Tutorials or from Home Page. COOLCAT Catalog. Databases. Newspapers Online. Services and Borrowing.
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PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH RENITA KRASNODEBSKI x4239
MAHONEY LIBRARY WEB PAGE Begin with Research Tools
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SUBJECT GUIDE-PSYCHOLOGYGo to Mahoney Library Page-Instructions and Tutorials Databases Guides Websites Catalogs
COOLCAT CATALOG Agressiveness in Children Subject Browse
COOLCAT CATALOG Agressiveness in children Contains 22 titles From FDU and CSE Search titles by LC subheadings
EXAMPLES OF BOOKS REFERENCE A Dictionary of Psychology (2009). Ref 150.3 C716 Handbook of Psychology (2003). Ref. 150 H236 Psychologists and their theories for students (2005). Ref 150.922 P974 CIRCULATING Mind: A historical and philosophical introduction to the major theories (2006). 150 K962 Understanding depression in women: Applying empirical research to practice and policy (2006). 616.85U554 Evidence-based psychotherapy: Where practice and research meet (2006). 616.89 E937
A PRIMARY, SECONDARY OR TERTIARY RESOURCE Here are some definitions and examples to help you identify the various categories: Primary – firsthand information or original data e. g. Newspaper articles, and transcripts, surveys, interviews statistics etc. Suicide in the U.S.: Statistics and Prevention Secondary – Interprets, analyzes and evaluates primary sources. e.g. Books, Commentaries, Bibliographies, Research articles, Biographical Works Emotions and Consciousness (2005) 152.4 E549 Tertiary – Reference sources that compile and organize information from primary and secondary sources in a specific subject area. e.g. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Directories Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (1994) Ref. 150.3 En19h
TYPES OF JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES CONSUMER TRADE Geared towards a reader from a particular trade Some advertisements from industry Targets specifically to industry Some graphs, charts, photos Uses technical terminology e.g. Mental Health Weekly Digest • Focus is lay reader • Many advertisements • Written by an anonymous author or freelance writer • Easy reading e.g. Psychology Today
JOURNALS: SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS • Article can be peer reviewed or refereed • Written by a subject expert • Minimal advertising • Original research including studies and reports e.g. Professional Psychology, research and Practice Experimental Psychology Behavioral Research and Therapy Brain and Cognition
ONLINE AND PRINT JOURNALS Search by title keyword: Cognitive Psychology
PsycInfoSearch For Full Text Stereotyping and gender in subject and abstract fields
PsycInfoSearch For Full Text Search for Full Text
PsycInfoSearch For Full Text Match citation January 2009 vol. 33 issue 4
PsycInfoSearch For Full Text Find January, 2009
PsycInfoSearch For Full Text Scroll to article Evidence that gender differences….
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NEED A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE? Newspapers Online found on Mahoney Library Home Page provides links to online Newspapers and newspaper databases. Also included are a number of key news sites on the web.
SELECTING WEBSITES Criteria for evaluating websites: • Up-to-date information • Credibility of author or organization • Domains – e.g. .com; .edu; .gov; .org • Links to resources and may have list of references Encyclopedia of Psychology: Resources Doing Research http://www.psychology.org/links/Resources/Doing_Research/ Anxiety Disorders Association of America http://www.adaa.org/ Princeton University: Center for the Study of Brain and Behavior http://www.pni.princeton.edu/index.shtml NASA: Applied Cognition Games http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/cognition/tutorials/index.html
EVALUATING RESOURCES Criteria to look for: 1. Currency 2. A balance of primary, secondary or tertiary resources 3. Credibility of the publication - Scholarly and peer reviewed journals - Government document 4. Identity of the author - A professional from a reputable institution - Author’s name cited in other scholarly works 5. Does the resource have a bibliography
HOW DO I CITE SOURCES?Mahoney Library Web Page-How To • Print copies of citation guides on Reserve and in Reference Additional guidesavailable online through Mahoney Library Home Page (How do I?... Cite sources – Style Guides) 2. Convert a citation to MLA in databases such as Proquest or Academic Search Premier 3. RefWorks: an online bibliographic web-based manager that will create your bibliographies for you. See your reference librarian for further information.
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