Research Methods in Psychology Library Workshop Fall 2015Professor Brown Alexander Williams PSY 2050

 General library services overview  Finding your subject guide  Searching for articles with PsycINFO  Using Web of Science – Cited Reference Search  APA Resources  Project Help Goals for Today

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Subject Guides

Psychology Subject Guide Use later for a Cited Reference Search!

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  Example Citation: Author, A.B., & Writer, C.D. (YEAR). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume#, begin page – end page. doi: 1053/ Parts of a Scholarly Article

Article Record from a Database

 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

Research as a Process Image from Ohio Dominican Library, retrieved 8/29/15 from Edwards, Sylvia and Bruce, C.

Google Scholar Advantages  Friendly interface  Probably already familiar  Links to citations/cited by  Searches across many disciplines  Often easy to find full text  Easily link up to Falvey’s full-text  Full-text searching  Serendipity Disadvantages  Can be difficult to do deeper or advanced searching  Searches across many disciplines  Ranking relies on clicks  Timeliness  Validity  Vast results

Falvey’s Articles & More search is an alternative to Google Scholar. It searches the library’s full text electronic journal holdings. Good for interdisciplinary research or exploring a topic in the early stages. Many of the same problems as Google Scholar. Alternative  Google Scholar Preferences Google Scholar Preferences  Set your library to Villanova University to enable instant full text searching within Falvey’s collections Google Scholar

PsycINFO

Truncation: an * placed at the end of a root tells the computer to search for all words containing that stem. Example: disab*=disability, disabled, disable, disabilities Or, start at the Advanced Search screen.

Scroll all the way down to edit your search. Narrow by language, subject population, subject age, etc.

Results

Narrow your search

Article Record.

Look up an article from PsycINFO in SSCI Truncation is important for the author’s name. Select which indexes to search.

 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.)  ISI Web of Knowledge – Social Science Citation Index is the best resource for a Cited Reference Search (see the Psychology Subject Guide for the link) ISI Web of Knowledge – Social Science Citation Index Mining resources

Results – you may need to refine for common last names

More recent articles may not have been cited yet.

Citation Mapping

Academic Integrity  academic integrity, n.: the process of maintaining honesty about ideas and their sources, and avoiding behaviors such as cheating on tests, plagiarizing papers, falsifying data.  Academic integrity is a primary value for any institution of higher education. Cheating on tests, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty and misconduct are completely unacceptable, especially at Villanova which prides itself on its commitment to the Augustinian values of truth, unity, and love. See:

Reference List: Scholarly Articles [Periodicals]  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 Scholarly Articles [Periodicals]  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

First page of an article

Article Record from a Database

Always double-check! Automatically generate citations or export to Refworks.

Reference List: Formatting  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 (5 spaces). References Berelson, B. (1966). Content analysis in communication research. In B. Berelson, and M. Janowitz (Eds.), Reader in Public Opinion and Communication (2 nd ed.), pp New York, NY: Free Press. Severin, W. J., and Tankard, J. W. (2001). Communication Theories: Origins, Methods, and Uses in the Mass Media. New York, NY: Addison Wesley Longman. Shyles, L. (2002). Deciphering Cyberspace. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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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RefWorks

   Stop by: my office is on the first right on the second floor (Room 227)  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