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Psychology Research

Psychology Research. Lynn Cameron Liaison Librarian for Psychology. Scholarly vs. popular. What’s the difference between a popular magazine with a scholarly journal?. Scholarly vs. Popular. . Scholarly articles (journals) written by scholars or experts have references for works cited

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Psychology Research

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  1. Psychology Research Lynn Cameron Liaison Librarian for Psychology

  2. Scholarly vs. popular What’s the difference between a popular magazine with a scholarly journal?

  3. Scholarly vs. Popular . • Scholarly articles (journals) • written by scholars or experts • have references for works cited • usually peer reviewed • Popular articles, (magazine and newspapers) • may be written by authors who have no expertise on the topic • written for the general public • no references

  4. Peer Review • What does it mean? • Why is it important?

  5. Articles are reviewed by experts on the topic before being accepted for publication. This type of review is important to the scholarly process. What is a peer-reviewed (refereed) scholarly journal?

  6. Types of Journal Articles • Research • Author reports on an experiment or analyzes data that have been collected • Review • Summarizes research • Case Study • Theory • Program Description • Opinion

  7. Research Report • Introduction includes review of related literature and statement of hypothesis • Method gives description of subjects, instrument used, procedures • Results describes what the author learned from the experiment, statistics • Discussion talks about the significance of the results • example

  8. Finding research articles • Where do you typically look for research articles from scholarly journals?

  9. PsycINFO • 1400+ journals • Books, chapters, dissertations • 27 languages from countries around the world • Abstracts • Links to full text for many articles

  10. Article is not online! • What do you do if you can’t find an article online?

  11. To link to full text Find out if JMU Libraries has this item To scan from a bound or micro journal (24 hours - free) To obtain electronic copy from another library (8-10 days - free) From PsycINFO to full-text

  12. From one to many • Use references of book or article to find related sources

  13. Bradley, M.M., Culthbert, B.N., & Lang, P.J. (1990). Startle reflex modification: Emotion or attention? Psychophysiology, 27, 513-522. This is a: Book Journal article Article in a book What is this reference?

  14. Does JMU Libraries have this? Bradley, M.M., Culthbert, B.N., & Lang, P.J. (1990). Startle reflex modification: Emotion or attention? Psychophysiology, 27, 513-522. Look for this in: • LEO • Periodical Locator

  15. Bradley, M.M., Culthbert, B.N., & Lang, P.J. (1990). Startle reflex modification: Emotion or attention? Psychophysiology, 27, 513-522. Which part would you look up in Periodical Locator? Find this reference! A B C

  16. Search for the Journal

  17. Periodical Locator Bradley, M.M., Culthbert, B.N., & Lang, P.J. (1990). Startle reflex modification: Emotion or attention? Psychophysiology, 27, 513-522. Psychophysiology (0048-5772)    Title details from ulrichsweb.com™ from 07/01/1964 to 11/30/1996 in Blackwell-Synergy Backfiles from 01/01/1997 to present in Blackwell-Synergy from 1998 to 2002 in Cambridge Journals Online from 01/01/2003 to 1 year ago in Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

  18. Subject Headings (Descriptors) • What is the subject term for Gazing? (Look in PsycINFO) • Answer: Eye Fixation • What is the subject term for helping behavior? • Assistance (social behavior)

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