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PSYC 314 Spring 2014

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PSYC 314 Spring 2014

Library instruction session slides for Spring 2014 PSYC 314

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Kimberly Miller

January 31, 2014
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  1. • Kimberly Miller • [email protected] • 410-704-6324 • Cook Library

    • In-person: Research Help Desk (3rd floor) • Phone: 410-704-2462 • IM/Email: http://cooklibrary.towson.edu • Text: 66746 & start your question with askcook • CLA Café: Wed. 11:00am – 12:30pm starting March 5th • Social Media
  2. http://tinyurl.com/libworkshopsS14 Of note: • Library Research for Psychology Students Wednesday,

    March 5th 5:30-6:30pm • APA Citation Style Tuesday, March 25th 3:30-4:30pm • “Research To-Go” Thursday, April 24th 3:30 – 5:00pm
  3. Interpreting the Assignment Reading Background Information Using Online Databases &

    Indexes Gathering Sources Drafting Paper or Presentation Citing Sources Refining a Topic Evaluating Sources Selecting a Topic Identifying & Listing Vocabulary
  4. Researchers Submit Article to Journal Journal Peer- Reviews Article Article

    is Accepted Article is Published Article is Rejected Authors asked to Revise & Resubmit Authors Edit Article Authors Seek a Different Journal for Publication
  5. • Database used to find scholarly “literature” in Psychology •

    Published by the APA • More than 3.5 million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in all fields of psychology.
  6. Tools in your “advanced search” toolbox • “Connectors” • “Limiters”

    • Thesaurus • Fields Leo-seta, “Bigger” via Flickr, CC BY 2.0
  7. • Effect / Affect • Impact • Change • Influence

    • Advance / Improve • Help / Aid • Cause • Pro / Con • Benefit • Importance
  8. Concept 1 – pets • Dogs • Cats • Horses

    • Pet therapy Concept 2 – health • Physical health • Mental health • (specific examples of mental or physical health)
  9. • Find a list of databases on the subject or

    course gateway • Narrow your results? 1. Limiters (e.g., date range, “peer review” checkbox) 2. Fields (e.g., subject and thesaurus) 3. More specific search terms • Expand your results? 1. Try new keywords or different combinations of keywords 2. Citation chasing 3. Multiple searches in multiple databases
  10. • Kimberly Miller [email protected] 410-704-6324 • Cook Library In-person: Research

    Help Desk (3rd Floor) Phone: 410-704-2462 Chat: http://cooklibrary.towson.edu Text: 66746 & start your question with askcook