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 Periodical Desk and Microfilm Cabinets | Ebsco Host | Analyzing the Article: Primary Source vs. Other Articles
Selecting an Article  |  Emailing/Printing Articles  |  APA Citation Format  |  Other Library Resources

INDEX TO PSYCHOLOGY JOURNALS AT CHABOT LIBRARY AND IN EBSCO HOST (Handout)

LINK TO PSYCHOLOGY JOURNALS IN EBSCO HOST     CLASSICS IN THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY WEBSITE
 

LOOK UP PERIODICAL HOLDINGS IN: Chabot Library's Collection Library Subscription Databases Other Libraries' Collections

QUICK APA REFERENCES APA Citation Style Examples--References APA Citation Style Examples--In-Text Citations Landmark's Citation Machine Works Cited/Style Manuals: APA

Why Journals and not Books or Magazines for this assignment?

Because in the areas of the sciences and social sciences which include Psychology, the latest scientific research is published in journals.  Books would be dated and be too lengthy to handle for this type of assignment and popular magazines in psychology rarely contain primary source articles.  A journal is basically a peer-reviewed periodical published on a regular basis with articles that are written by scholars for scholars in a specialized field.  This handout will guide you to the journals, themselves, which are almost always indexed with popular magazines.

Psychology Journals at the Periodical Desk and Microfilm on the Mezzanine

If you want to browse through journals, Chabot College does have a number of titles available in print at the Periodical Desk.  The Periodical desk is located opposite of the main room of the Library, against the wall, next to the elevator.  Go to the index to see what titles we have available and ask for a copy.  A seven-day checkout is available for issues of a journal.

Chabot College Library also has a number of titles available in the Microfilm format with some titles going back to the 1950's or even earlier.  The microfilm rolls are available in green cabinets on the mezzanine.  They are alphabetical, by journal, magazine, and newspaper title.  Microfilm readers are available against the wall, and if you need assistance to load a microfilm reel properly, ask for assistance at the Audio Visual Center Desk, which is to your right.  The microfilm readers also have photocopiers built in.  Cost per copy is ten cents per page.

Searching by Publication (Browsing Journals on Ebsco Host)

For this assignment, you will want to use Ebsco Host and search Academic Search Elite.  Go to Magazine, Journal, Newspaper Articles and More and select EbscoHost Academic Search Elite http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html
 

Browsing Journals in Ebsco Host

You can browse journals on Ebsco Host very similar to how you browse journals from the Periodical Desk!   The best way to do so is by following these directions:

Express Directions: Go to the Web version of this handout, Go  to Link to Psychology Journals in EbscoHost, click on the link that matches the journal title you want to search!  Or follow the directions below if following the paper handout:

1. Go to the Index and find a journal that suites your interest from the Academic Search Elite holdings.
2. Go to Magazine, Journal, Newspaper Articles and More and select Ebsco Host Academic Search Elite.  If you’re off campus, follow the directions on the screen to enter your username and password
3. Select Magazine and Journal Articles and More
4. Select Title List listed underneath the Academic Search Elite selection.  Or if you go directly into Academic Search Elite, click on .

5. Enter the title of the journal and make sure that you are selected to Publications Beginning With:

6. After clicking on Search, your title will usually appear in the first result listed.  Note that for this title, the last 12 months is not available.  Note also that the articles are viewed only through Adobe Acrobat (only PDF is listed):

7. After clicking on the title, you will have selections listed below.  You want to select either View only Full Text Articles or View Issue

Searching EbscoHost by Author

Searching for a Topic of Your Interest and Limiting it to Journals
After selecting your databases, you will be brought to a search form.  When conducting a search for this assignment, always make sure the "Peer-Reviewed" box IS CHECKED.  Note: the two databases listed below are no longer available.  Select Academic Search Elite.

If you get results you do not want, click on  and perform a different search.

Take note that the following search terms will most often NOT WORK:  primary source, experiment, descriptive study, correlational.

Usually you have to look AT THE ARTICLE, itself, to determine if it is a primary source. 

You can also search by ONE TERM at a time by clicking on . If you get results you do not want, click on  and perform a different search.  To view your past searches, click on  .  

Reading the Results List Screen

The above diagram refers to how to read results on Ebsco Host, in general.  Take note that for this assignment, you do not want book reviews, period.

Sometimes charts may NOT appear on regular full text, so if Full Page Image is available, you will want to view that version.  You need to click on the Full Page Image icon to view the full text which looks like this:  .

For some articles, you will not see text below, but you will see this icon:  .  Click on the icon and the full text will appear.  To be able to see these pages, you must have Adobe Acrobat on your computer.  There is a free version available to read documents.  It is available at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

To know how to look at the contents of an article and to determine whether it is a primary or secondary source, go to Analyzing the Article
 

Reading the Top of an Article

Notice in the example below, you can click on links to Subject Headings, the title of the journal/magazine itself (Source), or the author's name.  If you find a really good article and want to find more like it, clicking on one of these may help.  Notice that the abstract does not make it clear that the article is in fact a primary source article.  You still need to look at the article, itself, to discover that this article contains a scientific study on a population.
 

Analyzing the Article: Primary Source vs. Other Articles

In general, you should always analyze and study an article, carefully, before selecting it for your research (let alone, printing it).  For this assignment, you have to look at the article carefully enough to determine that it is a primary source.  Your instructor should cover the differences between a primary source (examples: experiment, quasi-experiment, correlational or descriptive study) and a secondary source (examples: literature review, book review).  You should also be able to look beyond any editorials or brief articles that do not focus on any type of psychological study at all.  Here are some clues to guide you:

A primary source should be more than a couple pages long.  While part of the article may review other experiments and studies done on a topic, that part should be limited to the introduction and should not cover the entire article.  Most often, you will see the article broken down into categories such as Method, Measures, Procedures, Data Analysis, Results, and Conclusion.  The wordings and number of such categories can vary.  Studies usually will include exhibits, charts, or graphs as a visual to the data the author(s) have collected.

A secondary source will be more of an analysis of other articles.  The author(s) are not conducting an experiment or study on his/her/their own.  Instead, the entire article discusses, evaluates and probes other studies.  You, yourself, will be creating a "secondary source" with the paper you will write for this assignment.
 
Selecting an Article

Once you have selected an article, you need to record the following so you can properly cite it.
 

 
EMAILING/PRINTING ARTICLES
 

EMAILING ARTICLES

In general, if you are in the Library, consider E-mail as it costs ten cents per page to print.

1. Make sure you have the article itself on the screen.  Otherwise, you will be emailing yourself a list of citations.
2. Click on the Email link above the article,  .  It is available on both the top and bottom of the screen.
3. You may be asked to make certain selections.  If you want full text make sure to select "Citation with any Full Text.  If PDF is available make sure you select PDF as an Attachment.  Enter your Email address where it says Email and do fill the Subject Line with a name that will help you easily recognize the article from your In box.
4. click on  .  Article will normally reach your In Box within a half hour.  Be also sure to check your Spam Folder, just in case the article gets sent there. 

PRINTING ARTICLES NOTE: remember that you need a Go Print Card on campus and that it is ten cents per page.  Also, articles are usually less pages in PDF format vs. HTML.

1. Make sure you have the article itself on the screen.  Otherwise, you will be printing yourself a list of citations.
2. For regular Full text articles, select the print icon above the article, .  For Page Image files, go to the grey/small toolbar on the upper left, right above the article and click on the print icon:  . Make sure you do the latter for Page Image Files, especially if that's the only full text available!  Otherwise, you will only be printing the abstract!  If you have the text of an article and do not see an icon above you have regular full text.
3. A print window should appear.  Select OK.

Works Cited by APA, NOT MLA

This assignment asks you to cite materials using the guidelines set by the American Psychological Association (APA).  Most of the courses you have here at Chabot usually ask you to cite materials according to the Modern Language Association (MLA).  Basically, different disciplines have different guidelines as to how you cite your materials.  As this is a Psychology course, it only makes sense to follow the guidelines professional psychologists and scholars use.

For this assignment, YOU DO NOT USE THE WORKS CITED FORMAT HANDOUT we give out at the Library!  That handout follows the MLA guidelines.

Instead, to obtain APA guidelines, use one or more of the following resources:  

Other Resources

Library Home Page  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/
The selections on the right side of the screen will lead you to the Library Catalog, databases to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles and more, handouts to this and other library orientations, links to quality web sites and to other libraries

The Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence    Ref.  HQ772 G27 1998

Encyclopedia of Psychology    Ref.  BF31 .E52 2000

Encyclopedia of Human Emotions    Ref. BF531 E56 1999 

How to use the Library Catalog http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/librarycatalog.html
Tips on how to use the Library Catalog effectively when searching for books

About the Library and Its Services http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/libraryinfo.html
Information on Library's hours, checking out materials, the Student Computer Lab, Audio-Visual Center, and more!

Psychology Resources on the Web http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/psych.html
This page will take you to search engines and portals that search exclusively quality Psychology web sites.

Child & Family Web Guide  http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/

From Tufts University, this site selects quality web sites on topics related to childhood development

World Wide Web Worksheet and Web Evaluation Checklist http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/wwwworksheet.html
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/evaluation.html
Learn how to search the World Wide Web effectively and be get clues on how to find good sites vs. the bad!
 
This handout is also available at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/ECD52/Rodke.html