psych 499 undergraduate thesis may 6, 2014 tim ireland liaison librarian psychology
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Psych 499
Undergraduate Thesis
May 6, 2014
Tim Ireland
Liaison librarian Psychology
Overview• Who am I and why am I here?• Session objectives
– UnderGrad Plus– Library catalogue –getting material from catalogue– Research tools (databases)
• Google Scholar• PsycINFO• Scopus
– RefWorks– Contact info
ASK QUESTIONS!!!
Tell me and I forget
Teach me and I
remember
Involve me and I
learn
Undergrad Plus
• Loan period for books -Increased– Still subject to recall– Request from ANY location– Request paper copies of articles
• Need to be in your thesis course with a supervisor– Theresa will send the list over and get it
processed
Information Literacy…
• The information literate student shall…
Tim’s translation
• Students should be able to find relevant
items • Students should be able to get relevant
material• Students should be able to evaluate
relevant material• Students should be able to cite material
properly & avoid plagiarism
Primo –The library catalogue
Primo
• Searching 3 institution– Guelph Waterloo Laurier– Request circulating books from any of the
locations
Inter Library Loan (RACER)
• Circulating books from anywhere in the world
• Journal articles from anywhere in the world
• 5-10 Business days• Now journal articles are appearing as e-
mail links!!!
Research Databases
Subject Guides
Connect from Home
How to write a good thesis
Psych
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Back to RefWorks soon…
Scopus
Comparison of different databases
• PsycINFO• Scopus• Google Scholar
PsycINFO vs Scopus
PsycINFO Scopus Google Scholar
2139 Journals 24008 Journals ? (A lot…)
Search Methodology Times Cited Easy and friendly to search
Focus on Psychology Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinary
APA Elsevier Not publisher specific
Excellent controlled vocabulary
Inherited controlled vocabulary
No controlled vocabulary
Can specify peer review All journals peer reviewed
Unknown peer review status
• Online Citation manager• Free to current students, staff, faculty and alumni • Keeps track of citations• Helps you “get” the article• Helps you in the writing process
Lets see what we can do…
WARNING-TEASER
You are in word and working on your project. When you get to a location where you would like to cite something... Click on the Add-Ins tab then the Write-N-Cite icon.
This prompts you to log into RefWorks if you have not already done so.
Select the article you are interested in citing. This will add some coding to your text {{707 Anthony,Danu B. 2007; }}. When you are done, save the paper, click on bibliography, and select your output style...
If you are accessing this from off campus, remember to use the group code.
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