Research Methods in Psychology Library Workshop Fall 2016Professor Brown Merrill Stein/Jutta Seibert PSY 2050

 General library services overview  Finding your subject guide  Searching for articles with PsycINFO  APA Resources  Searching for cited references with Web of Science  Project Help Goals for Today

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Psychology Subject Guide

What makes a scholarly article “scholarly”?  Scholarly articles have undergone a peer review process prior to being published in a reputable journal.  According to the Encyclopedia of Evaluation:Encyclopedia of Evaluation  Peer review refers generally to the evaluation of professional performance or products by other professionals and, more specifically, to a set of procedures for evaluating grant proposals and manuscripts submitted for publication. For peer-reviewed journals, content-matter specialists are asked to judge a manuscript, often using specified criteria and blinded to the author's identity. The journal editor considers reviewers' comments and decides whether the paper should be published, rejected, or revised and resubmitted. Similar procedures are used to review grant applications. Critiques of the peer review process focus on the low reliability of reviewers' recommendations, but the goal of peer review is to make good and defensible judgments rather than to have high reliability. Peer review is an example of an expertise-oriented approach to evaluation.

 Author name and affiliation  Abstract  Introduction & literature review  Method  Procedure  Results  Discussion  Limitations  Future Considerations  References Parts of a Scholarly Article

Article from a peer-reviewed psychology journal

 Investigate your topic: What do you know? What don’t you know?  Think about your topic in terms of key concepts  Jot down a list of key words (2-3 similar words for each key concept) to develop into search terms  Think about it differently = synonyms  Choose a database to search Preparing to Search

PsycINFO

Keyword v. Subject

Truncation: Find variations of a word by placing an asterisk after the root of a word. Example: disab*=disability, disabled, disable, disabilities Phrase searching: Put quotes around two or more words to narrow your results. Reducing Search Results

Results

Narrow your search

Full text and related resources

 Once you have found a relevant article, review the bibliography carefully. The resources used to write that paper will also be relevant to your research.  This is looking into the past research.  We can look forward and see what subsequent studies have used your articles (i.e. – Your article A was written in In 2007, article B was written and used article A as a reference.) Mining resources

Searching : cited reference search

The default field is always Topic. You can always select a different field to search. Search Fields

When you complete a Cited Reference Search in a product citation index, the number of citing articles you retrieve may be smaller than the number listed in the Citing Articles column on the Cited Reference Search page if your institution's subscription does not include all years and all citation indexes.

Use “Get a Scan” for items not available One example from link

In Science Direct, viewing more cited articles will connect to another citation database, Scopus.

Provides abstracts and citations for peer-reviewed journals in all major disciplines. Scopus offers comprehensive coverage of the scientific technical, medical, geographic and social sciences (including arts and humanities). Another citation database

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Reference List: APA Format  List references in alphabetical order.  Include only works that have been cited in the text of your paper.  Space evenly throughout.  The first line of a citation should be flush left  Indent all subsequent lines (hanging indent - 5 spaces).

Reference List Journal articles in APA format  Always leave names of authors in the order they are given.  More than 7 authors: First 6 authors,…Last author.  DOI not available: Retrieved from URL or name of database  Journals paginated by issue: Include the issue number in parentheses  Constructivism in the Human Sciences, 23(2), p

Reference List: Journal Articles in APA format  Retrieved Online Author, A.B., & Writer, C.D. (YEAR). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume#, begin page – end page. doi: 1053/ Wang, Z., Lang, A., & Busemeyer, J. R. (2011). Motivational processing and choice behavior during television viewing: An integrative dynamic approach. Journal of Communication, 61, doi: /j x p

Reference List: Book Chapters in APA format Author, A.B. (YEAR). Title of chapter. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of the book (pp. beginpage – endpage). Location: Publisher. *For works retrieved online, include DOI if available, or if not available, use Retrieved from. Berelson, B. (1966). Content analysis in communication research. In B. Berelson & M. Janowitz (Eds.), Reader in public opinion and communication (2nd ed.), pp New York, NY: Free Press.

Always double-check!

APA Resources  American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 1 Publication manual of the American Psychological Association  American Psychological Association. (2007). APA style guide to electronic references. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.APA style guide to electronic references  APA Style Online Tutorial APA Style Online Tutorial  APA Style Blog (Official APA Resources) APA Style Blog 1. All citation and formatting rules found in this presentation are from this source. Check this area of each slide for a page reference.

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Psychology subject guide -

   Stop by: my office is on the second floor (Room 221)  Make an appointment (subject guide or )  Questions are welcome at any stage of the research process!  Writing Center: Falvey Library 2 nd Floor, Room 210 Contact Information