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Psychology 3: Resources Available at the Library
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Psyc3/Rodke.html

To begin, go to the Library’s web site: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/

 Periodical Desk | Ebsco Host | Selecting an Article
Emailing/Printing Articles  |  APA Citation Format  |  Other Library Resources

INDEX TO PSYCHOLOGY JOURNALS AT CHABOT LIBRARY AND IN EBSCO HOST

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

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 (last page of this handout) to see what titles we have available and ask for a copy.  A seven-day checkout is available for issues of a journal.
 
 
 

Psychology Journals in Ebsco Host Databases

Ebsco Host from Off Campus: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp   For login and password, contact the Reference Desk.

Searching by Subject  |  Searching by Publication (Browsing Journals on Ebsco Host)

For this assignment, you will want to use Ebsco Host and search MasterFILE Premier and/or Sociological Collection.  The On Campus and Off Campus links to Ebsco Host are on the left side of the Library Home Page, http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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.

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

You can double check your spelling of any words by clicking 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
 
 
 
 
 

Reading the Top of an Article

Notice in the example below, that 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.
 

Title:	Maternal responses to the life and death of a child with a developmental disability: A story of...
Subject(s):	BEREAVEMENT; DEVELOPMENTALLY disabled children; MOTHER & child
Source:	Death Studies, Sep/Oct97, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p443, 34p, 2 charts, 2 graphs
Author(s):	Milo, Elizabeth Moult
Abstract:	Examines the bereavement experience of mothers who have lost a developmentally disabled child. Variables associated with optimal or complicated bereavement; Mothers' success in using cognitive coping strategies; Implications for helping professionals.

 
 
 
 
 

Browsing Journals on 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:

1. Go to the Index (last page of this handout) and find a journal that suites your interest from either the MasterFILE Premier or Sociological Collection listings
2. Get into Ebsco Host (left side of the Library Home Page at http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/).  For off campus access the login is chabot and password is glads
3. Select Ebsco Host Web
4. Select either MasterFILE Premier or Sociological Collection  (do not select both)
5. On the top of the screen select 
6. Enter the title of the journal and make sure that you are selected to Publications Beginning With:
7. After clicking on Search, your title will usually appear in the first result listed.  Note that for this title, the last 12 months (2001) is not available.  Note also that the articles are viewed only through Adobe Acrobat (only PDF is listed):

8. After clicking on the title, you will have selections listed below, organized by volume.  Click the volume you want, and then the links to each issue will appear right below the volume.  Click on the issue.  You will then want to select either View only Full Text Articles or View Issue

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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

Author:	Title:
Title of Journal:	Volume, year, and page numbers:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

EMAILING/PRINTING ARTICLES
 
 
 
 

EMAILING ARTICLES

IN GENERAL, IF YOU ARE IN THE LIBRARY, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR ARTICLES INSTEAD OF PRINTING, EXCEPT for PAGE IMAGE FILES.

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

PRINTING ARTICLES

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   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:
 

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association  The official name of the APA citation manual	Reserves: BF 76.7 P83 1994 Note: This is the 1994 edition.  The Library is currently waiting for the arrival of the new 2001 edition.  You will need to use Electronic References website listed below for online articles
Online Reference Shelf: APA Citation Resources You can also get to this site by clicking on Works Cited/Style Manuals on the left side of the Library Home Page, and then clicking on APA: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association	http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/citation.html#apa
Research and Documentation Online--APA Style: the Social Sciences Excellent online guide to citing and quoting print resources, but not electronic	http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resdoc/ social_sciences/documenting.htm
APA Style: Electronic References As of the recent publication of the fifth edition, APA has officially ascribed citation rules for various electronic formats.  An article taken from Ebsco Host would be an "Internet Article based on a Print Source"	http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html

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

How to use the Library Catalog http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/Richardson.html#catalog
From another Library Orientation handout, 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!

Classics in the History of Psychology http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/
Recommended by your instructor, this website will lead you to many articles.  Search by author or topic, or select Search All Documents below.

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

World Wide Web Worksheet  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/wwwworksheet.html
Learn how to search the World Wide Web effectively and be get clues on how to find good sites vs. the bad!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Index of Psychology Journal Titles

Psychology Journals Available at the Periodical Desk at Chabot College Library
Issues from the past five years are available for a seven day check out

Adolescence American Journal of Orthopsychiatry American Journal of Psychiatry American Journal of Psychology Journal of Abnormal Psychology Journal of Applied Behavioral Analysis Journal of Applied Psychology Journal of Clinical Psychology Journal of Clinical Psychology

Journal of Comparative Psychology Journal of Educational Psychology Journal of Health and Social Behavior Journal of Marriage & the Family Journal of Personality Journal of Personality & Social Psychology Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary & Applied Omega: The Journal of Death & Dying Psychology of Women Quarterly

Psychology Journals Available in Full Text in Ebsco Host MasterFILE Premier

Adolescence American Journal of Art Therapy American Journal of Psychotherapy British Journal of Psychology Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality Child Maltreatment Child Study Journal Counseling Psychology Quarterly Current Psychology (except last 6 months) Educational and Psychological Measurement Educational Psychology (except last 3 months) Family Relations Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (except last 12 months) Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling Journal of Adolescent Research Journal of Counseling & Development Journal of Early Adolescence (except last 12 months)

Journal of Emotional & Behavioral Disorders  Journal of General Psychology Journal of Genetic Psychology  Journal of Humanistic Psychology (except last 12 months) Journal of Instructional Psychology Journal of Interpersonal Violence (except last 12 months) Journal of Language and Social Psychology (except last 12 months) Journal of Marriage & Family Journal of Mental Health (except last 3 months) Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology Journal of Psychology Journal of Sex Research Journal of Social Psychology Journal of Sport Behavior Psychological Record School Psychology Review Violence Against Women

Psychology Journals Available in Full Text in Ebsco Host Sociological Collection
For most titles, the last 12 months are not available:

Addiction Research American Journal of Family Therapy Anxiety, Stress & Coping Applied Psychology  Clinical Child Psychology & Psychiatry Cognition & Emotion Culture & Psychology Death Studies Deviant Behavior European Journal of Cognitive Psychology European Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology International Journal for the Psychology of Religion International Journal of Behavioral Development International Journal of Psychology

International Journal of Psychotherapy Journal of Health Psychology Journal of Personality Journal of Personality Assessment Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology Journal of Research on Adolescence Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy Memory Psychodynamic Counseling Psychological Inquiry Scandinavian Journal of Psychology School Psychology International Sexual & Relationship Therapy Social Development

This handout is also available at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Psyc3/Rodke.html