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Jenny Castel | jcastel@jwu.edu
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Scenario: You have to write a short paper for a class on the topic of evaluating studies which appear in popular sources. Below are several popular sources you are considering using.
Watch this video on scholarly sources to find out if your source is credible.
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Using the ABCD criteria on your handout, work with your team to score the source you are assigned.
- Record your score here: Google Doc
- Make sure to write the name of your source.
Pro-Tip: Each team evaluates ONE of the following sources
Consider: Can a source be credible without being peer reviewed?
Is your source credible? Is the study referenced in the popular source Peer Reviewed?
Consider: If an article references a study, is it better to search for the study and read it or to read an article that mentions the study?
Has the popular source interpreted the study correctly?
Source 5
Source 6
Source 7
Share out: Google Doc
Finding and Understanding Scholarly Articles in Journals and Library Databases
1. Watch this video about Peer Review.
2. Break into groups.
3. Each group searches in the databases/journals provided.
4. Find an article that you agree on as a group.
5. Create an APA citation for the article and post it on the doc (see below).
6. Answer the questions for your group in this Google Doc
US Govt. Bureau of Labor and Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Enter your subfield in the search box and then click "Go"
- Find the relevant subfield from the list of results (most likely the top one)
- You can find out median pay, educational requirements, tasks, and other information about the occupation
APA Psych Careers
- Look at job descriptions and requirements IRL
PsycARTICLES (EBSCO)
- Library databases focused on scholarly, trade, and professional journals in the field of Psychology
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
- A great place to start for most topics
- Mostly full-text articles from scholarly peer-reviewed journals, trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers
- If full-text is not available, click link to Check for Full Text (Providence) to connect to Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request form
- PsycARTICLES (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
- APA PsycARTICLES is distributed by different vendors; this version is from EBSCO
- APA PsycINFO is not the same as APA PsycARTICLES. Each has different content. JWU library does not subscribe to APA PsycINFO.
- DSM 5-TR Manual This link opens in a new window
- Provides access to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR)
- Access to the DSM 5-TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis
- DSM 5-TR Clinical Cases
- Access to the Spanish Edition of the Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM 5-TR
- SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
- Full-text peer-reviewed journal articles from 1999-TO THE CURRENT YEAR
- Content covers fields such as Administration & Leadership, Business/Management, Clothing & Textiles, Criminal Justice, Cultures, Education, Entrepreneurship, Food Science, Hospitality, Information Science, Literature, Marketing, Sports, Travel & Tourism
How to Read a Scholarly/Academic Article
Often, the contents of an academic article cannot be grasped by a single reading.
You have to engage with it several times, but in different ways.
The Academic Success Center is open for in-person and remote appointments by zoom.
Whether you're just getting started or need final editing advice, writing tutors are kind and trained to help you at any stage of the writing process. Visit the Academic Success Center website for more information.
Top Tips for Working with the Academic Success Center:
- Book an appointment by phone: 401-598-1485
- Book an appointment online via USucceed: In jwulink, under Tools,.click Academics tab, Usucceed- Look for "My Success Network" Academic Success Network or click here to make a writing tutor appointment.
- Visit us live on the first floor of the Yena Center
For 24/7 free online revision feedback, submit your paper to Smarthinking. Look for the link in jwuLink, under the Academics tab, under Academic Support Services.
Contact your CLP librarian, Jenny if you have any questions, concerns, or need a bit of helping getting started: jcastel@jwu.edu
Here are some great online resources:
- "APA’s 54 divisions are interest groups organized by members. Some represent subdisciplines of psychology (e.g., experimental, social or clinical) while others focus on topical areas such as aging, ethnic minorities or trauma.
APA members, and even professionals not affiliated with APA, can apply to join divisions. "
- scroll down and click on "View all Divisions"
- search by position title, key word (just enter the type of career in which you are interested, i.e. "developmental psychology" or "school psychologist"), and location.
When searching for sources for your Annotated Bibliography, you may want to start here, with the journals list:
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
Journal of Community Psychology
Psychology, Community & Health
You can also search the databases directly:
- Click "full text" to ensure that all of your results are immediately accessible
- Search by keyword: if you are interested in searching for information about a career working with children and teens, you may want to search for the MOST IMPORTANT words-
- "children" AND "adolescent" AND clinicians or practice
- If you are looking specifically for scholarly articles, make sure to click "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed)" so that all of your results are from academic and peer reviewed journals
- Scroll to the bottom of the home page for the database and click "Explore Discipline Hubs"
- Click "Psychology & Counseling" to explore all of the articles and journals for this discipline
- Search using keywords
