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Psychology of Prejudice and Ethnocentrism
Psychology 230
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Finding Books

Using Catalogs to locate books:

    1.) Ariadne
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Browse the shelves by Call Number
    3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Browse the shelves by Call Number
    • Waldo Library: Hours and How to get to Western
    4.) WorldCat and 5.) Interlibrary Loan
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Order item through Interlibrary Loan
      ($1 per filled request waived during Library Renovation)

See the Psychology Research Guide: Finding Books.

How does Searching work? See this interactive explanation!

Using Subject Headings

Search by Keyword and look for Subject Headings in individual records.

Subject Headings for searching Ariadne or WestCat:

Call Number for Browsing Library Collections

HM 291 .A38
The Nature of Prejudice / Gordon W. Allport

H       Social Sciences
HM    Sociology
291    Social Psychology - Special Topics
.A38  Allport, Gordon

See also: Library of Congress Classification...

Book Chapters

To find chapters within books, do a keyword search in Ariadne on your topic, whether your topic is an idea, a period of history, or a person. A keyword search will search multiple fields of the record for a book, such as title, author, contents, etc. The field called Contents is where chapter titles are listed.

Example: white racism
Example: children and stereotypes

In keyword search in Ariadne, you can also search for your topic specifically in the contents note field, where chapter titles are listed. To search the note field, your search would look like this:

Example: n:discrimination and n:disabled

Some indexes will allow you to search specifically for book chapters.

What's in the Reference Collection

General Sources in Psychology

  • Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology (Ref. HM 251 .B476 1995)
  • DSM-IV personality disorders (Ref. RC 554 .D78 1995)
  • Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology (Ref. GN307 .E52 1996)
  • Thesaurus of psychological index terms (Ref. Z 695.1.P7 T48 1997)
  • Racism in contemporary America (Ref E185.61.A1 W3)
Country Studies

Statistics

  • CQ's state fact finder 1998: Rankings across America (Ref. HA214 .H6 1998)
  • Using government information sources: Electronic and print (Ref. J83 .S4 2001)
  • The Illustrated Book of World Rankings (Ref. HA155 .K87 2001)
  • World Development Indicators (Ref. HC59.7 .W67 2002)
  • Demographic Yearbook. Annuaire Démographique (Ref. HA17 .D45)
  • Statistical Abstract of the World (Ref. HA155 .S7 1997)
    (These first four books are the ones that I brought to class)
  • World development indicators 1999 (Ref. HC59.7 .W67 1999)

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

Finding Review Articles

Annual Review of Anthropology
K has: Print, 1972-current (missing 1985), only 1990-present available during library renovation
K has Online, 1996-current (http://anthro.annualreviews.org/)
K has Online, 1972-1997 (http://0-www.jstor.org.ariadne.kzoo.edu/journals/00846570.html)

Annual Review of Psychology
K has: Print, 1950-current, only 1990-present available during library renovation
K has: Online, 1996-current (http://psych.annualreviews.org/)

Annual Review of Sociology
K has: Print, 1976-current, only 1990-present available during library renovation
K has: Online, 1996-current (http://soc.annualreviews.org/)
K has: Online, 1975-1995 (http://0-www.jstor.org.ariadne.kzoo.edu/journals/03600572.html)

Annual Review of Political Science
Western has: Print, 1998-current (JA1 .A73)
Full text access ONLY on Western's campus: 1998-current
Click http://polisci.annualreviews.org/ to view tables of contents: 1998-current

Annual Review of Public Health
Western has: Print, 1983-current (RA421 .A66)
Full text access ONLY on Western's campus: 1997-current
Click http://publhealth.annualreviews.org/ to view tables of contents: 1984-current

Finding Journal Articles

Scholarly Journals

  • 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.

    Examples:
    Social Psychology Quarterly
    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
    Psychological bulletin

Popular Magazines

  • 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).

    Examples:
    Newsweek
    Scientific American
    Psychology Today

Scholarly or Not?
Use Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Ref. Desk Z6941 .U5)
Look for section called "Document Type"
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly Publication" to be considered scholarly!

Journal Indexes

Print and online indexes lead you to article citations that include author, article title, journal title, publication date, volume number, and page number of the article. Citations do not include the entire text of the article. See How to Find Journal Articles.

See the Psychology Research Guide: Indexes and Databases to help select an index.

Is a particular journal covered in a specific Index?
  Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory, Reference Z6941 .U5
  Which journals are in which FirstSearch databases
 
Psychology journals available at our library:
  List of Print Psychology Journals in Kalamazoo College Library
  Electronic periodicals in Psychology and related fields
This site maintains an index of psychologically-related electronic journals, conference proceedings, and other periodicals.

Do you have access to a journal?  

    1.) Ariadne (print)
    • Title search on Title of the Journal to locate print journal
    4.) Interlibrary Loan
    • Order item through Interlibrary Loan
      ($1 per filled request waived during Library Renovation)
    • Use *only* when the journal is not available through Ariadne, Electronic Journals, or WestCat.

PsycINFO < about >
For help in selecting the best terms for searching PsycINFO, use:
Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms (Ref. Z 695.1 .P7 T48 1997)

Social Sciences Abstracts < about >

PAIS International < about >

America: History and Life < about >

Historical Abstracts < about >

Full-Text Databases

Electronic Journal Finder
Off-Campus Access to Licensed Resources

General Databases:

Proquest < about >

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe < about >

General Reference Center Gold < about >

Wilson Select Plus Full Text < about >

Scholarly Full Text Databases:

JSTOR < about >
Some of the Psychology and Sociology titles in JSTOR:
Social Psychology Quarterly (1979-2001)
Social Forces 1925-2000
Theory and Society 1974-1998

Project MUSE < about >
Some of the Psychology and Sociology titles in Project MUSE:
 Journal of Social History (1999- )
Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology (1996-)
Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (2003; archive only)
Social Forces (Mar. 2001-)
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society (2003-)

Websites

To find Web sites, use search engines and web indexes. See Finding Web Sites and Web Indexes and Directories.
See also Web Sites by Subject and Finding Web Sites on Psychology.

WorldCat < about >
WorldCat contains bibliographic citations for high-quality Web sites on a variety of subjects. When you search WorldCat for Web sites, remember to check the box for "Internet Resources" in the section called "Limit type to". Sites are selected according to a collection development policy that emphasizes quality, authoritativeness, and durability.

Helpful Websites for Psychology 230:

American Psychological Association

International Statistics

Country Studies and Statistics

General Statistics and U.S. Government Resources

Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:

1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are there information gaps?

Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:

Citing Your Sources in the APA style

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

See: How to Cite Sources

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

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
      & M.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!