General Psychology
Psychology 101

Spring 2007

Books | Articles | Citing Sources & Plagiarism | Primary & Secondary Sources

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FINDING BOOKS ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY

Using Subject Headings

Search by Keyword and look for Subject Headings in individual records.
To modify a search:

• Use words from the Subject Heading in a Keyword search
• Click on the Subject Heading itself

Examples of Subject Headings:

• Psychology
• Psychology--Research
• Child psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Freud Sigmund 1856 1939
• Music -- Psychological aspects
• Identity (psychology)
• Learning, Psychology of
• Social Psychology
• Women--Psychology

CORE RESOURCES IN PSYCHOLOGY

• Dictionary of Psychology
  Ref. BF 31 .C65 2006
• Dictionary of Theories, Laws, and Concepts in Psychology
  Ref. BF 31 .R625 1998
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV. 4th ed.
  Ref. RC 455.2.C4 D54 1994
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR. 4th ed., text revision.
  Ref. RC 455.2.C4 D536 2000
• Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, 4 vols.
  Ref. BF 31 .E5 1994
• Encyclopedia of Human Emotions, 2 vols.
  Ref. BF 531 .E55 1999
• Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence, 2 vols.
  Ref. BF 431 .E59 1994
• Learning and Memory
  Ref. BF 318 .E53 2003
• Encyclopedia of Psychology, 8 vols. ed, Alan E. Kazdin.
  Ref. BF 31 .E52 2000
• Encyclopedia of Psychology, 4 vols. Ed. Raymond J. Corsini.
  Ref. BF 31 .E52 1994
• Psychology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
  Ref. BF 121 .B34 1993
• Psychology: An Introductory Bibliography
  Ref. BF 121 .P79 1996
• Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
  Ref. Z 695.1.P7 T48 2001

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY

Indexes

Indexes provide article citations that include author, article title, journal title, volume number, publication date, and page number.
Citations do not include the entire article. You must find the journal once you have a citation.

PsycINFO < about >

Social Sciences Abstracts < about >

MEDLINE < about >

General Science Abstracts < about >

Full-Text Resources

Full text databases include citation information as well as the text of the article itself.

JSTOR < about > (all scholarly journals)

Project MUSE < about > (all scholarly journals)

Full Text Databases that include a mix of Scholarly and Popular sources:

Proquest Research Library < about >

Academic OneFile < about >

Expanded Academic ASAP < about >

General Reference Center Gold < about >

Infotrac Health Reference Center - Academic < about >

Wilson Select Plus < about >

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe < about >

Annual Review of Psychology (full text online 1950 - present)
The mission of Annual Reviews is to provide the worldwide scientific community with a useful and intelligent synthesis of the primary research literature for a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines. Annual Reviews critically reviews the most significant primary research literature each year. Distinguished researchers and editors synthesize and filter the vast amount of primary research in specific disciplines to guide you to the principal contributions of the field.

Annual Review of Psychology (print)
BF30 .A56 (1990 - ), ULC Second Floor

Psycoloquy (1990- )
Psycoloquy is a refereed international, interdisciplinary electronic journal sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA).

Types of Periodicals

Scholarly Journals (Psychology of Women Quarterly)

• Authors are scholars or researchers in their fields.
• Authors cite their sources in footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies.
• Individual issues have little or no advertising.
• Articles must go through a peer-review process.
• Articles usually report original scholarly research.
• Most illustrations are charts, figures, or graphs.
• Authors use the specialized language or jargon of the discipline.

Popular Magazines (Psychology Today)

• Authors are free lance writers or magazine staff members.
• Authors may mention sources, but rarely cite them in notes or bibliographies.
• Individual issues contain many advertisements.
• There is no peer review process. Articles are reviewed by editors or publishers.
• Illustrations are numerous and colorful.
• Articles are meant to inform and entertain an educated audience.
• Language is written for the general adult audience (no specialized jargon).

   

Scholarly or Not?
Use Ulrich's Online < about >
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly Publication" to be considered scholarly!

Don't forget to use bibliographies contained in reference books, annotated bibliographies, circulating books, and journal articles!

CITING YOUR SOURCES in the APA style

See also: How to Cite Sources

See also Citing Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
5th ed., Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001.
(Ref. BF 76.7 .P83 2001)

See the APA site on Electronic Reference Formats for citing electronic resources:
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Book citation:

Reader, A., & Bound, P. (1933). A Comprehensve history of books and bookmaking in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo, MI: City Press.

Journal Citation:

Hornet, K. (1999). Kalamazoo's inspirational college mascots. Jivin' in the Hive, 26(3), 21-35.

Chapter in a Book:

Seashore, S. (1998). Bathing cap use in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In I. Suntann & C. Weed (Eds.), Sand, Soil, and Toil: Beaches in the American Midwest (pp. 234-267). Chicago: Flaming Dune Publications.

ALWAYS check the style manual!! DO NOT rely on other guides!

 PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism: copying or stealing another’s work or ideas.

To avoid plagiarism, you must cite:

• spoken and written quotations
• ideas and opinions
• facts that are not general knowledge
• paraphrases of all of the above

See Plagiarism: What it Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
(Produced by Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University)

When in doubt, ask your instructor!

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

What is a Primary Source?
A primary source provides firsthand evidence of an event. It documents events as experienced directly by persons involved, and is often created by people who actually saw or participated in an event.

For Example: If you are writing a paper dealing with Sigmund Freud, a book or article written BY Freud would be a primary source.

Primary sources include:

• Empirical studies (research based on scientific and experimental results)
• Tests, scales
• Data sets and statistics
• Case studies
• Medical charts
• First person accounts (Memoirs, letters, interviews, autobiographies, diaries)
• Oral histories
• Photographs
• Records of organizations and agencies of government
• Artifacts (clothing, furniture, tools)

What Are Secondary Sources?
A secondary source is a work that describes, interprets, analyzes, evaluates, explains, or comments on a primary source or event. It is generally at least one step removed from the event in that it is created by someone either not present when the event took place or removed by time from the event.

For Example: If you are writing a paper dealing with Sigmund Freud, a book or article written ABOUT Freud would be a secondary source.

Secondary sources include:

• Reference books
• Textbooks
• Biographies
• Dictionaries and encyclopedias
• Review articles and editorials
• Histories about a topic