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Resources Available at the Library: Psychology/Counseling 12

Subject Headings  |  Library Subscription Databases  |  Library Catalog  |  Pamphlet Files  |  Reference/Statistical Resources
Web Resources  |  Psychology and Student Counseling Web Search  |  World Wide Web: Academic Searching
World Wide Web: General Searching  |  Searching EbscoHost

Library Home page: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/

Search Strategy Handout: http://tinyurl.com/54aue

Subject Headings

BIPOLAR depression Use MANIC-depressive illness ; MANIC-depressive psychoses

Sometimes instead of searching by keywords, you may have better luck finding materials by consulting the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).  This is important because you can sometimes get better search results.  For example, articles, books, and web sites on Bipolar Depression will usually be indexed under “Manic-depressive illness” or “Manic-depressive psychoses."  To browse such headings, they are in the five thick red volumes on the reference shelves, on the left side of the reference desk.  Look at the Subject Headings handout for suggested terms for your topic and the Research Strategy handout for creating sharply focused searches.

Library Subscription Databases: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html.  —To find articles related to your topic that originally appeared in magazines, journals, and newspapers.  Originally published in print form.

Mainly Magazines and Journals	Mainly Newspapers
EbscoHost Academic Search Elite A multi-subject database, covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more!   Tutorial available at:  http://tinyurl.com/58ysq	ProQuest Diversity Databases Alt-PressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Search “Quick News Search” for articles from the last two years.  For older articles, search in “General News Search.”

Library Catalog—Finding Books and Videos: http://tinyurl.com/8mo5z

How to Search the Library Catalog: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/librarycatalog.html

Library of Congress Classification Handout: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/lc.html

 

Pamphlet Files— At the Library, we have several filing cabinets of articles and documents to many topics.  Use the Card catalog that rests on TOP of the filing cabinet, and search by Library of Congress Subject Headings.  Then find the folder that has the articles/documents related to your topic.  You can check out up to five articles/pamphlets at the Check Out Desk.

 

Reference/Statistical Sources (This is just a sample)

Encyclopedia of Psychology	Reference:  BF31 .E52 2000
Magill’s Encyclopedia of Social Science: Psychology	Reference:  BF31 .M33 2003
Encyclopedia of Stress	Reference:  QP82.2.S8 E53 2000
Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling	Reference:  BF31 .B25 1999
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science	Reference:  BF31 .C8263 2001
Encyclopedia of Human Emotions	Reference:  BF531 .E55 1999
Statistical Abstract of the United States	Reference Desk: HA202 U58 S7 2002
Encyclopedia of Associations	Reference Desk: HS17 .G334 2004

Web Resources

Use Web search engines (such as Google) last for your research, and if you do, be prepared to evaluate web sites with a very skeptical eye.  Anybody can put anything on the web, and if you do not pay attention, you could be linking very questionable or misinformed sites.  For example, a student created an otherwise decent page on the literary author, Toni Morrison, but she linked to a web page that purported to be a research site on Martin Luther King that turned out to be a racist web site from a white supremacy group!  Clearly she did not take the time to evaluate the web sites she selected, carefully.   The Library has an effective web evaluation checklist available at:  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/evaluation.html

Psychology and Student Counseling Web Resources      http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/psych.html
Created by the Library, this site leads you to search engines and research guides devoted to the fields of Psychology and Student Counseling.

World Wide Web: Academic Searching
 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/metasites.pdf

Librarians’ Index to the Internet      http://lii.org	INFOMINE      http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Online Subject Index http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dbsbysubject.html	Scout Report Archives      http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/

World Wide Web: General Searching
http://tinyurl.com/4ekxp

Google (limiting to .pdf)      http://tinyurl.com/5f294	SearchGov      http://www.searchgov.com/	SearchEDU      http://www.searchedu.com
Google (limiting to .org)      http://tinyurl.com/6yrp9	About      http://www.about.com/

Searching EbscoHost

First, before searching any database, come up with a search strategy. 

For this class assignment, select Academic Search Elite.  From the Library home page, go to Magazine, Journal, Newspaper Articles and More.   The selection for Academic Search Elite is listed under Multi-Subject.  Click on Go Directly Into The Database.  Or . . .
If you have a computer with low memory or you have a disability, click on Academic Search Elite, and then click on the link to the right of the Text Only icon.  Then, click on Academic Search Elite to get into the database.

Ebsco Host Search Form

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  .

By default, results in EbscoHost are listed by date, most recent first.  By clicking on the pull down menu on the top right of your results, you can change how you want your results, sorted.  Changing your results by relevance may help you in some cases.

Reading the Results List Screen

Reading the Top of an Article

When you click on the full record of a result, which should be clicking on the title (NOT the full text icon) you will read information about the article.  If you find a really good article and want to find more like it, clicking on links next to Subject(s), Source, or Author(s) may help.   Title: Bilingual education. Subject(s) : EDUCATION, Bilingual Source : Phi Delta Kappan  , May98, Vol. 79 Issue 9, p672, 6p, 1bw Author(s) : Rothstein, Richard Abstract : Focuses on the controversy surrounding bilingual education. The arguments of proponents and opponents of bilingual education; The history of bilingual education; The mixed findings on bilingual education.

EMAILING/PRINTING ARTICLES

EMAILING An Article

1.       Make sure you have the article itself on the screen.  Otherwise, you may be emailing yourself a list of citations.

2.       Click on the Email button:  .  It is available on the top of the screen of each database.  On the right are Email buttons as they appear in our many databases

3.       You may be asked to make certain selections.  If you want full text make sure it is selected and then click on "Submit" or "OK"

4.       Enter Email address and then select "Submit" or "OK"

Printing An Article

1.      Make sure you have the article itself on the screen

2.      Click on the Print button on the EbscoHost screen: 

3.      Make sure Detailed Citation and Abstract and HTML text is available.

4.      From your browser, select Print Preview to Preview your print jobs.  When done, select print.

5.      If what you have is a PDF file, you need to click on the Print icon from the Adobe Acrobat toolbar itself, , otherwise you will end up printing a blank page.

6.      If you’re on campus, you will need to then go to a Go Print station to then use your Go Print card to pay for your print job (ten cents per page).  For information on how to Print on campus using the Go Print card, go to http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/handouts/printing.html