Psychology 424: General Psychology
Dr. Kathy Sexton-Radek

 

Citing Assistance

Finding Articles

PsycINFO The primary index (no full text) for psychological topics, produced by the
American Psychological Association. To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and select PsycINFO from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.
A source for full-text journal articles from nearly 300 psychology journals. Full page images include tables and graphs. To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and select ProQuest Psychology Journals from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.
PsycARTICLES Full text articles from APA journals dating back to 1996, covers hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals. To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and select PsycARTICLES from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.
ScienceDirect Provides indexing to its entire library. In addition, there is access to full-text articles in approximately 100 psychology journals from 1999 to the present. To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and select Science Direct from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.
Free registration is required for accessing articles in full-text.


Use Illinet Online to determine if the library owns the journal in print or microfilm, and check Journals and Magazines Available Online for electronic access to journals. If the article you seek is unavailable from these sources, please request it through our online Interlibrary Loan article request form.

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Citing and Research Assistance

Citing Sources Using APA Style

A print version of the APA Publication Manual, Fifth Edition, is available at the Reference Desk, R808.06615 P976 2001.

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Annotated Bibliography

For this class, you are required to complete an annotated bibliography. Each entry of the annotated bibliograhy is comprised of two parts -- the citation and the annotation. An annotation is a brief paragraph (3-7 sentences) that both desribes the scope or theme of the resource and explains the resources' relevance and/or importance in a given field of research. The annotated bibliography must exhibit:

1) knowledge of the subject material,
2) careful reading of the resource,
3) summary of the content,
4) authority/credentials of the author,
5) critical evaluation of the resource,
6) relevance of the resource within the field,
7) justification for inclusion in the bibliography.

An example of an annotation using APA citation style is below:

Rosen, J. (1992) Family studies on alcohol. The New Republic, 5(3/4), p319-338). Retrieved February 11, 2004 from PsycARTICLES.

In this article, Jacob, who has wanalyzed previously written empirical studies in the area of the family alcohol matrix specifically the role of the family process in the etiolgy and the course of alcoholism. Jacob synthesized the results from these studies and recommended new ways of studying the alcoholism and the family including a examining the genetic/constitutional factors of alcoholism This article appeared in a professional publication that targets readers concerned with family psychology.

For more information of annotated bibliographies, please visit the Cornell University Libraries page.

This page was created 11/01/2004, and lasr modified on 02/17/2005
by Jennifer Paliatka, Assistant Librarian, Elmhurst College.

 

 

 

Finding Articles