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- 1. Researching for PSY4115 (Counselling and Psychotherapy in Applied Psychology) Researching for PSY4115 1
- 2. What we will cover today • Trustworthy sources • Finding resources – Library Search, Google Scholar • Databases • Referencing • Where you can get help Researching for PSY4115 | 2
- 3. Information Flow Researching for PSY4115 | 3 • Primary literature is where new research or theories are first revealed, and includes journal articles and conference papers – original material • Secondary literature provides a more digested overview of a subject e.g. books – interpretation of other sources, also literature reviews • Tertiary literature records facts and brief descriptions of key information, as in reference material e.g. encyclopaedias and subject dictionaries
- 5. Evaluate Your Sources - CARP C A R P • Currency • Authority/Accuracy • Relevance • Purpose/Point of View Researching for PSY4115 5
- 6. Identify the 5Ws Researching for PSY4115 6
- 7. Reliable Resources With all the information out there what can you trust…… Researching for PSY4115 7
- 9. Risky Resources game •https://ispri.ng/B665v • Open your internet browser and go to this link to complete the quiz Researching for PSY4115 9
- 10. Evaluation task – The real thing! Imagine you have been asked to write and essay on self-esteem Evaluate the 5 resources you have been given • Think about whether these sources are useful, or not and why • Think about which has the most academic authority • Which items might have bias? • Which is the most current, does it matter? • https://padlet.com/sparry19/selfesteem • Post your comments on the Padlet wall Researching for PSY4115 10
- 11. Where can you find quality information? • Library Search • Google Scholar • Choose your specialist database • PEP-web • Psychotherapy.net • PsychInfo Researching for PSY4115 11
- 12. Accessing library resources – MyUniHub – MyStudy – MyLibrary Researching for PSY4115 12
- 13. My Library Researching for PSY4115 13
- 14. Library search Researching for PSY4115 14
- 15. Full record Researching for PSY4115 15
- 16. Library search reference Researching for PSY4115 16
- 17. Good Google…. https://scholar.google.com/ Researching for PSY4115 Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites 17
- 18. Researching for PSY4115 Google Scholar 1 8
- 19. Researching for PSY4115 Search for and select Middlesex University Hendon 1 9
- 20. Google Scholar Presentation title | 20
- 21. Have a go…….. • Use Library Search and Google Scholar to search for resources • Save your searches • Email a resource to yourself • Check the reference for your article Researching for PSY4115 21
- 22. Databases • A database is a collection of data or information that is specifically organised for rapid search and retrieval by a computer • They can be free or commercial • They can cover one subject or many subjects • Remember that you are the brains in this relationship! The computer will only respond to your keywords so think about those before you begin your searches. Researching for PSY4115 22
- 23. Databases available via Middlesex University • PsycInfo • PsycTests • PsycArticles • PEP-web • Psychotherapy.net • PubMed • Medline • Cinahl • Web of Science • And don’t forget Library Search! Researching for PSY4115 23
- 24. Psychology Library Guide: Journals & Databases Researching for PSY4115 | 24
- 25. How to get to the databases… MyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases Researching for PSY4115 25
- 26. PsycINFO Researching for PSY4115 | 26
- 27. Choose Databases Researching for PSY4115 27
- 28. Boolean Operators • AND = LESS: You are combining search terms NARROWER • OR = MORE: You are asking for either of the search terms WIDER • * = Truncation – You enter the beginning of a key word followed by an asterisk e.g. Typing in psych* will find all search terms beginning with these 5 letters • “ “ = Phrase searching – You want the words to be next to each other in your search e.g. “substance abuse” Researching for PSY4115 28
- 29. PsychInfo Advanced Search Researching for PSY4115 29
- 30. PsychInfo Advanced Search - Results Researching for PSY4115 30
- 31. Search Options and limiters Researching for PSY4115 31
- 32. Check MDX holdings Researching for PSY4115 32
- 33. PEP – Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing Researching for PSY4115 33
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- 37. Why Reference? • Give credit to the original author/creator • Demonstrate that you have read widely on the subject and have considered and evaluated the writings of others • Show the evidence of your research by quoting, paraphrasing or summarising from the original text • Establish the credibility and authority of your ideas and arguments by highlighting and backing-up relevant points • Enable the reader to locate the original material you used • Distinguish between your own ideas and opinions and those of others • Achieve a better mark or grade • Avoid plagiarism. Researching for PSY4115 37
- 38. Library Guide: Referencing and Plagiarism Researching for PSY4115 38
- 39. Cite Them Right Researching for PSY4115 39
- 40. Cite them right Researching for PSY4115 40
- 41. Researching for PSY4115 Collecting and managing your references • Refworks collects, manages and organizes references • Save your references on the go:. • From Library Search and Google Scholar • From the database you are using • Only Refworks is supported by Middlesex University library • You will need to set up a Refworks account using your Middlesex email address 41
- 42. More Refworks Information and Training Researching for PSY4115 42
- 43. Keeping up-to-date….. Researching for PSY4115 43
- 44. It’s not in the Library! • Inter Library Loans: http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/interlibraryloan/interlibraryloans • Other libraries: (subject to current Covid guidelines) http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psych/otherlibs • Sconul Access: (subject to current Covid guidelines) https://www.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access Researching for PSY4115 44
- 45. Psychology Library Guide https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psych Researching for PSY4115 45
- 46. Need help? • Librarians in Study Help (1st floor) Monday – Friday 11-3 • Online chat Monday – Friday 9-5 • Psychology Library Subject Guide: https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psych • Librarian Susannah Parry: s.parry@mdx.ac.uk • Current library information: https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library • UniHelp: https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library Researching for PSY4115 46
- 47. Any questions? Researching for PSY4115 47
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Editor's Notes
- You’ve found material can you use it? How do you decide? Using the resources MDX has to offer – starting with library search and specialist databases Referencing Help!
- Information Sources are typically categorised into three broad categories
- Your finished piece of work is just the tip of the iceberg. Below it is should be loads of research i.e. looking at theory and facts, being inspired, getting ideas, stimulating your imagination etc.
- Don’t forget to evaluate your resources Currency – how old is the information? Has it been revised or updated? - You will probably require more recent information in your work, but there may be a key paper you need to be aware of which may be an older seminal paper. Authority – Is the information supported by evidence e.g. data, references. Has the information been peer reviewed or refereed. Is there contact information about the author, where do they work, are they being sponsored? Relevance – Does the information relate to your topic? Is it at the right academic level. Have you looked at a variety of sources before deciding to use this source? Sometimes students get so excited at finding information they forget to assess if it is actually relevant to their topic Purpose – What is the purpose of the information? Is it to inform, teach, sell, entertain or persuade. Do the authors make their intentions clear, Is it objective and impartial?
- Think about the 5Ws when thinking about your information What, when, why, who, where
- Possibly if group v large 2 A3 posters for Trustworthy, Risky, Be suspicious and have 2volunteers to stand holding the posters then we hand out the cards randomly and get student to read out their card, discuss and go up and give their card to the person holding the poster Or use one set of cards per group and feedback Sources game Magazine (A regular publication aimed at a profession, business or interest....trade/popular) Good: Latest news: events, jobs, products etc., concise info, easy to obtain Bad: lacks detail, can be bias, old issues hard to come by Standards (An agreed, often legally binding level of quality or way of doing something....regional, national or international, profession/sector) Good: Created by experts, confidence Company/market research report (Well researched overview of a company or product market. Could contain future trends, financial data, competitors and SWOT analysis) Good: Up-to-date: latest research/data, Insider information: information not freely available elsewhere, objective, accurate Bad: Hard to locate Webpage Good: All subjects covered, easy to use, mobile Bad: accuracy, no editorial control, anyone can add information, provenance Newspapers Good: Daily information i.e.. up-to-date, edited, current issues accessible Bad: Sensationalist, biased (unbalanced), harder to get back issues Conference proceedings (Collection of papers distributed after a conference, containing the contributions made by researchers, academics etc.) Good: Up-to-date: latest research, ideas, thinking on a subject, focussed/specialist, stringent quality control Bad: Too specific Journals Good: Up-to-date, Focussed: specialist subject areas, quality Bad: Too specific Books Good: overview, background knowledge, edited/quality Bad: Currency, detailed/specific information
- Can use physical copies or the library guide link Padlet version https://padlet.com/sparry19/selfesteem You can find the items at this link as well https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/Evaluating
- Always use MyUniHub – MyStudy - MyLibrary
- Where you will find access to key library resources e.g. Library Search, Library guides, databases and e-journals Also a useful link to Referencing and Interlibrary loans
- Sign in to access e-resources Remind them about refining tools on the left e.g. date Citation, Refworks, Pin options on the right
- Now set up for APA 7th ed
- What is Google Scholar? Google Scholar allows users to search for digital or physical copies of articles, whether online or in libraries. It indexes "full-text journal articles, technical reports, preprints, books, and other documents, including selected Web pages that are deemed to be 'scholarly.'“ Because many of Google Scholar's search results link to commercial journal articles, most people will be able to access only an abstract and the citation details of an article, and have to pay a fee to access the entire article. The most relevant results for the searched keywords will be listed first, in order of the author's ranking, the number of references that are linked to it and their relevance to other scholarly literature, and the ranking of the publication that the journal appears in. Features of Google Scholar Search all scholarly literature from one convenient place Explore related works, citations, authors, and publications Locate the complete document through your library or on the web Keep up with recent developments in any area of research Check who's citing your publications, create a public author profile Limitations Google Scholar does not publish a list of journals crawled or publishers included, and the frequency of its updates is uncertain. Google Scholar puts high weight on citation counts in its ranking system and is criticized for strengthening the citation cycle as highly cited papers appear in top positions they gain more citations while new papers hardly appear in top positions and therefore get less attention by the users of Google Scholar and hence fewer citations Google is also vulnerable to spam and some scholars have created fake articles to show its vulnerability
- Locate the full-text document through your library or on the web: Change settings etc. to link to MDX resources. You only need to do this once on your own laptop/device, but need to be logged on to MyUniHub.
- Star symbol = save Quotes = cite Number of articles which have cited this article Related articles Click on the author’s name to see their profile Google Scholar is good, but limited ability to combine different keywords. Older articles can appear first in results, so use the date limits on the left hand side of the screen.
- Decide if you want to be systematic in your searching and use the same key words and combinations in all your searches before you start entering random search terms
- PsycInfo – Psychology PEPweb – Psychotherapy Remember that these are commercial databases which we pay to subscribe to so we won’t have everything!
- This is the page on the Psychology library guide about journals and databases Mention ppt on accessing journal databases
- Remember to go in through MyUnihub so you are signed in to get full online access Access via subject heading or by name of database if known Remember that psychology crosses a lot of different disciplines so you may need to look at other databases
- Mention you can search Cinahl, PsycInfo, Medline, PsycArticles and PsycTests in one go as all provided by same host company EBSCO
- Do you remember Boolean operators?? Boolean searching was developed by the British mathematician George Boole in the 19th century.
- Searched for Covid on the first row AND mental health on the second row OR mental illness on the third row Click on the + sign to add extra search rows Use the Search Options below to narrow your search e.g. Scholarly peer reviewed journals, publication date etc.
- Limiters include – Full text, publication year, language, peer reviewed, publication type…. All familiar with the term peer reviewed?
- Remember to see how many other authors have cited the article Usually more citations the better Also check the references at the end of an article for further sources Also look at the Related articles if there are any
- PEPWeb is a full text database of both recent and historical psychoanalytical research journals and ebooks including the standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud Individual user registration is required on first visit - to obtain an individual username and password to enable off-site access with multiple devices as well as to make the new features work. Users register in PEP’s user database – this is how the system knows who they are while they are on multiple devices, stores their saved work and preferences, etc. They will be prompted to register on first arrival and reminded in subsequent visits, if they don’t.
- A specifically chosen collection of 50 videos showing therapists in action, demonstrating clinical techniques and discussing their work
- Most people feel like this when I mention referencing…
- Demonstrate that you have read widely on the subject and considered and evaluated the writings of others Show your tutor the evidence of your research and thereby appreciate your contribution to the topic Establish the credibility and authority of your ideas and arguments Enable the reader to locate the original material you used Give credit to the original author/creator Enable the reader to form their own views on the value of your sources and how you have interpreted them Distinguish between your own ideas and opinions and those of others Highlight and back-up relevant points by quoting, paraphrasing or summarising from the original text Achieve a better mark or grade Avoid plagiarism.
- Library guide on referencing and plagiarism Explanation of what referencing is Link to Cite them right online and video tutorial
- Cite them right covers a comprehensive range of resource types alongside detailed advice on referencing, citations and their importance in academic work Do you know the difference between a citation and a reference How about a reference list and a bibliography Recommend that they read the basics section
- Mention information types across the top Select referencing style – should be APA 7th now Learn more about APA Citation order Examples of In-text citation and Reference list – check they know the difference. In-text citation is the “signpost” to the full reference at the end of the assignment Box you can type in your own reference then copy it into your reference list
- RefWorks is a web-based commercial reference software package. Users' reference databases are stored online, allowing them to be accessed and updated from any computer with an internet connection. Institutional licenses allow universities to subscribe to RefWorks on behalf of all their students. So create your Refworks account through Middlesex University Only RefWorks is supported by MDX – other systems are available e.g. Endnote and Mendeley
- Separate PPT presentation on Refworks as it has changed slightly
- BPS research digest blog MDX Psychology Blog
- Inter Library Loan service: request copies of books and journals not held by MDX. Currently free to all students during the pandemic usually £3 charge. More info on our website. SCONUL Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/ The SCONUL Access Scheme provides reciprocal access and borrowing rights for staff and students to approximately 170 member institutions in the UK. Apply online. Other libraries (specialist, catalogues etc): British Library http://www.bl.uk/ COPAC http://copac.ac.uk/ COPAC is a union catalogue that gives access to the merged online catalogues of members of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL). Twenty major university libraries currently contribute to COPAC. Search25 http://www.search25.ac.uk/: helps you discover library resources across London and the South East. You can also see where the libraries are and find out how to visit them. SUNCAT http://www.suncat.ac.uk/ SUNCAT, a union catalogue of serials (periodicals) for the UK, is a tool for locating serials held in UK libraries.
- Staff on campus access subject to covid guidelines and restrictions