Psychology Tutorial Year 2

PsycINFO Tutorial

Gerrie KowEmail: [email protected] CheongEmail: [email protected]

Objectives

To introduce you to the basics of literature search.

To familiarize you with searching for journal articles in PsycINFO & the library catalog.

Outline

Sources for Research & Evaluation

Journal Articles Search- LINC

Search Strategy

Journal Articles Search- PsycINFO

Search Tools

Sources for Research

Statistical data

Information

Sources

Journals

Books

Theses

Newspapers

Overviews, detailed

look

Latest researchfindings

In-depth treatment of topics

Reactions,recentevents

Quantitativeinformation

Evaluating Sources

Accurate?Current?

Objective?

Authoritative?

Appropriate?

Authors credentials?

Information objective or biased?

Well supported by refs?

Updated?

Is infowhat you need?

DEMO

Journal Article Search- LINC+/LINC- InfoGate

Mcdermott, K.B. & Chan, J. C. K (2006). Effects of repetition on memory for pragmatic inferences. Memory & Cognition, 34, 1273-1284.

Journal Article Citation

Accessing E-resources(www.lib.nus.edu.sg)

E-resources

E-resources

Journal Searching: LINC

Journal Title

Search in Journals Collection

E-access thru providers

Check for print copies

Article Searching: InfoGate

Finding Articles Made Easy!

DEMO

Journal Article Search- PsycINFO

PsycINFO

Guideshttp://www.ovid.com/site/help/documentation/osp.jsp?top=28&mid=30&bottom=55

PsycINFO

American Psychological Association (APA) database

Provides abstracts, citations & some full-text to psychological literature.

Provides access to book chapters, journal articles, conference reports, dissertations, etc.

Coverage: 1887-present

Basic Search

Basic Search

Enter keywords in natural language

Basic Limits

Basic Search

To what extent should the corporal punishment of children be considered a kind of child abuse?

Identify Concepts

Concepts:

Corporal punishment, child abuse

Results Display

Search terms used; Narrow Search

Your Options:View Abstracts, Full Text, Library Holdings, etc.

Relevancy Star Rating

All search concepts are present and complete

All search concepts are present, but some are incomplete.

One concept is missing from the record

Two concepts are missing from the record.

More than two search concepts are missing from the record.

Full Text within PsycINFO

Click to view or download full text

Full Text thru Other Providers

Check for full text in the library catalogE-access thru other

providers

Print/Hardcopy Version

Exporting Records

What do you want to do with selections?

Basic: Let’s Practice

Discuss gender differences in perceptionof body image.

Limits: 2000-2010, English

Narrow Search: By Subject

Sort By: Descending Year of Pub

Target: Full Text through Library Holdings

Keywords: gender differences, body image, self-perception

Basic SearchFeatures:- Use normal English/natural language- Searches all available fields for keywords- Exploratory in nature, usually many results

Search tools for more powerful & controlled searching

Boolean Operators Truncation Round brackets

Boolean Operators

AND:

Both terms must appear

OR:

One or other or both may appear

Parenting styles

Academic outcomes

NOT:

One term may appear but not the other

Parenting styles

Academic outcomes

Parenting styles

Academic outcomes

Truncation */$/?

Use * for variant forms of term (end)- teen* = teens, teenagers, teenaged- dyslex* = dyslexia, dyslexic

Use ? for variant forms of term (in between)- colo?r = color, colour- wom?n = woman, women

What about “”?

Round parentheses ( ) Use ( ) for grouping words or phrases

- language and (screening or testing) = language screening, language testing

How about:

(romantic or interpersonal) and attraction= romantic attraction, interpersonal attraction

(teen* or youth) and pregnancy= teen pregnancy, teens pregnancy, teenage

pregnancy, youth pregnancyHow about:Language and screening or testing

Advanced Search

Advanced: Let’s Practice

Does exposure to media violence and pornography produce aggression in viewers?

media/television violence

pornography aggression/aggressor/aggressive

(media or television) and violence and pornography

and aggress*

Table

Alternative Keywords

Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

media violence

pornography

aggression

television violence

? aggressive

Internet violence

? aggressor

synonymsOR

AND AND

Advanced Search

Search via these fields

Search string may include boolean operators, brackets, *, etc.

Advanced: Let’s Practice

Towards an understanding of the blogging and social networking phenomenon

blog, blogs, blogging,blogger, bloggers

social networking,social network, social networks,social media

blog* and

social and (network* or media)

Advanced: Let’s Practice

Towards an understanding of the blogging and social networking phenomenon

Tasks:

- Construct a search statement using BOs, *, (), etc.

- Keyword search

- Email 1 citation to yourself

Advanced Search Features:- Use Boolean operators & truncation * and ()- Map Term to Subject Headings- Searches 5 important fields (title, abstract,

heading word, table of contents, key concepts)- Fewer, more specific results

Search Tools

Find out more about your keywords

Search Tools Map Term: Match your keywords to the

official subject headings used in the database.

Try: Aggression

Thesaurus: See your search term displayed in a hierarchical manner (broader, related & narrower terms).

Try: Language disorders

Summary: Finding relevant articles

Start with PsycINFO

Explore with Basic Search

Use alternative keywords & Boolean operators, *, (), etc. in Advanced Search

Look at references of relevant articles

Search other databases (See subject guide; InfoGate)

Another Search Tool

Proxy Bookmarklet- Use Library Proxy Bookmark to access Full-text from Google Scholar

What is a Proxy Bookmarklet?

Inserts the NUS library proxy stem (libproxy1.nus.edu.sg) into the URL of the article.

VendorUser NUS Library Proxy server

I want article X I want article X

Okay you are recognized, here is article X.

Here is article X

Installation

Click on the link below and follow the instructions: http://bit.ly/nuslibproxy

Google Scholar

Subject Guides Good starting point for research

Library Instruction ONline (LION)

Getting Help

Advisory Service atInformation Desk,Central Library,Level 5

Email us: [email protected]@nus.edu.sg

Tel: 6516 2029/1643

Questions?