1. PSY 1010GENERAL PSYCHOLOGYInformation LiteracyLibrary Instruction Session

2. LIBRARY INFORMATIONContact:Telephone: 301.322.0476E-mail: librefdesk@pgcc.edu 3. OUTLINE Library Website Keyword / Search Strategies Online Databases 4. LIBRARYWEBSITEURL: http://library.pgcc.edu 5. Use the linkson the leftside tonavigatethrough thelibraryswebsite. 6. LIBRARY WEBSITE HIGHLIGHTS Getting Started this page provides information about the library and its services Library Tutorial a tutorial to teach basic skills for doing research and information literacy skills to find, retrieve, analyze, and use the information effectively Citation Style Guides list of links for different style guides 7. SEARCHSTRATEGIES 8. Searching databases is NOT likesearching Google Databases work on KEYWORDS 9. WHAT ARE KEYWORDS? A keyword is: the word or words that the question is about the important words in the question Remember: some keywords are really key phrases (i.e., national parks, California missions) another way to come up with key phrases is to rework the research question into a statement 10. EXAMPLE QUESTION WHAT IS THE KEYWORD/TOPIC?I want to do my research paper on obese children Keyword/topic: obese children 11. SYNONYMS A synonym is: word or words that mean the same as another word but are spelled differently Examples: big-large, hungry-famished, tiny-small, sleepy-tired, poisonous-venomous, pretty-beautiful Use a thesaurus to find synonyms Visual Thesaurus: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Rogets II: The New Thesaurus : http://thesaurus.com/ 12. EXPAND THE LIST OF KEYWORDSWITH RELATED TERMS AND SYNONYMSChildObesity Kid Overweight Minor Fatness Juvenile Corpulence Infant Baby 13. 5 WS AND THE HIn this example, Child Obesity, the topic is broad. Before going intothe databases, you want to narrow down your topic.A good way to narrow down your topic is to use the 5 Ws and theH idea generation strategy. In this approach we ask a series ofquestions that will expand our topic. These questions are: Who What When Where Why How 14. 5 WS AND THE H CHILD OBESITY Who is concerned/involved? parents, child,educators What is the problem? child obesity, eating disorder When is it taking place? are you focusing on thepresent or some point in the past Where? are you focusing in the US? Maryland?Largo? Why is child obesity a concern? are you looking at itfrom a psychological point of view? Social? How is obesity affecting children? psychically,emotionally, in their education, in their socialenvironment 15. BOOLEAN OPERATORSUSE BOOLEAN OPERATORS to relatethe terms in specific ways that will affectthe results of a search. AND OR NOT 16. ANDretrieves only articlesthat contain all theterms and will narrowthe searchchild obesity AND Marylandchild obesity AND eating disorder 17. ORretrieves articleswith any of theterms and willbroaden the search child obesity OR overweight children 18. NOTeliminates articlescontaining the second termeven when the first term ispresent. This will narrowthe searchobesity AND children NOT adults 19. KEY CONCEPTS USE QUOTATION MARKS " " before and after aphrase, two or more words that must be together in adefined order. Example: African American, eating disorder, obsessivecompulsive disorder This lets the database know that you want to search for thisphrase, and not the individual words that make up the phrase. 20. ANATOMY OF A RESEARCH ARTICLE BASIC PARTS1. Title2. Author (s) an article can have one, ten or more authors3. Abstract this is a paragraph that lets you know what the article is about, a summary4. Introduction here is where the authors talk about their research in a general way5. Methodology includes sample and procedures6. Results this presents the results, usually with charts or tables7. Discussion here the authors talk about their results8. References a list of the sources the authors used to write their article 21. TitleAuthor(s)Abstract 22. RESEARCHDATABASES 23. ACCESS To access the research databases:1. Go to the librarys website: http://library.pgcc.edu2. From the left side menu, click on the RESEARCH DATABASE link3. A new page will open4. Select the BY SUBJECT tab5. From the left side menu (Databases by Subject) click on Psychology 24. PSYCHOLOGY DATABASES PsycARTICLES - is a robust database offering complete access tothe full text of more than 80 landmark journals in behavioral scienceand related fields ranging from education, to nursing, to business, toneuroscience. Psychology Journals (ProQuest) - encompasses a wide range oftopics from leading psychology and psychosomatic publications. Inaddition to clinical and social psychology, it also provides coverage ofrelated disciplines including genetics, psychology of business andeconomics, communication, and more. Psychology Collection - gives individuals a basic understanding ofthe study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind developsand diminishes over time. Researchers will have access to hundredsof subject-appropriate full-text periodicals - many cited in thePsycINFO index. 25. OFF-CAMPUS ACCESSTo access the research databases from home (off-campus/remotely) you need:OWL Link usernamePassword