PSY101 - General Psychology - Dr. Devlen

Librarian - Dr. Cook - dlcook@ship.edu

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Your Assignment:

Choose an empirical article available in PDF format (NOT html) from a peer-reviewed Psychology journal, published 2000 - present. Cite in APA style. 

 See a Sample Empirical Psychology Article  

How can you tell if it's an empirical article from a scholarly journal?

1. "Journal of...."
2. Look for the words "In this study" [Describes 1 or 2 studies done by the author(s)]
3. Includes sections with the titles: Method, Participants, Measures, Procedures, Results, Discussion.
4. Reference List at the end of the article
5. Database Hints:  
1. Choose "Peer-Reviewed" or "Scholarly" when searching databases
2. Choose "Full Text"
3. Indicate date "2000 to present"
4. Add the word "Research" or "Study" to your search topic
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Resources from Ship Library

The following can also be accessed from the Library's web page - http://library.ship.edu

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1. Scholarly Psychology Articles - If you don't find full text of the article, choose "Check Availability" to order it via ILLIAD [inter library loan]

 PsycINFO  - An index to abstracts of journal articles, books, and reports in psychology and related fields. 

 PsycARTICLES  - Includes full-text for 53 Peer-Reviewed psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association and related groups. Most titles go back to 1985 or to the first journal issue; coverage of the remaining titles extends back to the mid-1990s. 

 Psychological and Behavioral Sciences Collection  - A full-text database to 500+ psychology and behavioral science journals. 80%+ of the items are in full-text; almost all are peer-reviewed, with much coverage back to the 1970s. The 50+ titles included in PsycARTICLES, are not in this collection.

2. Other Article Resources 

Academic Search Complete  - Our main, full text database of journal and magazine articles in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, business and eduation. 50% of the articles are available immediately in electronic form.

Other subject databases - You may need to check our other subject databases such as, SportDiscus, SOCIndex, etc. 

JSTOR  - provides access to an online archive for 700+ full text scholarly journals throughout the arts and sciences. It includes online backfiles which extend from the first issue to within 3-5 years of the current issue

3. Other Useful Services 

 InterLibraryLoan   ILLiad - Articles not available in our databases can be ordered from ILLiad 

 Journal Title List   a searchable list of all the journals to which Ship subscribes both digitally and in paper


APA Style - Quick Guide - 2 page printable handout