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- 1. © Middlesex University Finding research evidence Psychology PSY4035 2022
- 2. © Middlesex University What we will cover today • Trustworthy sources • Finding resources – Library Search, Google Scholar • Databases • Referencing • Where you can get help Presentation title | 2
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- 5. Presentation title Which superpower would you most like to have? ⓘ Start presenting to display the poll results on this slide.
- 6. Presentation title What does the word library make you think of? ⓘ Start presenting to display the poll results on this slide.
- 7. Presentation title What resources do use use in your assignments? ⓘ Start presenting to display the poll results on this slide.
- 8. © Middlesex University Information Flow Presentation title | 8 • Primary literature is where new research or theories are first revealed, and includes journals and conferences – original material • Secondary literature provides a more digested overview of a subject e.g. books – interpretation of other sources • Tertiary literature records facts and brief descriptions of key information, as in reference material e.g. encyclopaedias and dictionaries
- 9. © Middlesex University Plan your search
- 11. © Middlesex University Information Resources • What information resources do you use? • Do you use the same information resources for everything? • What do you think about when you use an information resource? Presentation title
- 12. © Middlesex University How many more types of resources can you think of? Librarian Friend Encyclopaedia Lecturer Newspaper Book Magazine Dictionary Standards Google Blog YouTube Clinical guidelines Statistics Wikipedia Charity Website Class handout Academic journal article Government website Conference proceedings Company website Reports Social media Codes of Practice Charity website Patents Theses Presentation title | 12
- 13. © Middlesex University Key Library Resources • Books • Journals • Trade Journals or Magazines • Newspapers • Websites
- 14. © Middlesex University Books What are they: A printed or electronic work of fiction or fact. Good for: Clear overview. Not so good for: Up to date information.
- 15. © Middlesex University Journals What are they: A regular publication containing substantial articles on a particular academic subject area. Presents latest ideas, developments, news and research. Good for: Latest research, critically reviewed by experts. Not so good for: Broad overview of a subject.
- 16. © Middlesex University Trade Journals or Magazines What are they: A regular publication containing news, jobs, products, events and advertising. Aimed at a profession, business sector or hobby. Good for: Focussed up-to-date information. Not so good for: Detailed and objective reports.
- 17. © Middlesex University Newspapers What are they: A regular publication containing news about current events, plus informative articles, diverse features and advertising. May be electronic. Good for: Daily information. Not so good for: Balanced and well researched information.
- 18. © Middlesex University Websites What are they: An online resource which can be created by anyone on any topic. Provides access to a wide range of information sources. Good for: Very up to date information. Not so good for: Accurate and reliable information. Company website YouTube Video Twitter Blog Wikipedia Government website Charity website Online discussion forum
- 19. © Middlesex University Where can you find quality information? • Library Search - MDX Library database • Google Scholar • Databases • Choose your specialist database PEP-web Psychotherapy.net PsychInfo, PsycTests, PsycArticles 19
- 20. © Middlesex University Accessing library resources MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary
- 21. © Middlesex University Library search 21
- 22. © Middlesex University APA citation from library search Presentation title
- 23. © Middlesex University Presentation title
- 24. © Middlesex University Good Google…. https://scholar.google.com/ Presentation title
- 25. © Middlesex University Presentation title Google Scholar 25
- 26. © Middlesex University Presentation title Search for and select Middlesex University 26
- 27. Then point Scholar to RefWorks 27
- 28. © Middlesex University Google Scholar Presentation title | 28
- 29. © Middlesex University Google vs Library Search http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennuiislife/3450743002/ Google • Easy to use • Information bubble • Search results sponsored • Any source • Pay for access Library Search • Easy to use • Finds information • Search results by relevance • Quality sources • Free access
- 30. © Middlesex University 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. 30
- 31. © Middlesex University Keywords – What are they? Keywords are words or phrases that describe content you are searching for
- 32. © Middlesex University How to get to the databases… myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases
- 33. © Middlesex University Psychology Library Guide: Journals and Databases | 33
- 34. © Middlesex University PsycInfo Basic Search Presentation title
- 35. © Middlesex University PsycInfo Advanced Search Presentation title
- 36. © Middlesex University PsycInfo Results Presentation title
- 37. © Middlesex University Check MDX holdings Presentation title
- 38. © Middlesex University Options and search limiters Presentation title
- 39. © Middlesex University PEP – Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing 39
- 41. © Middlesex University Citation searching • Which articles have cited an earlier article • Updates to the research study you’ve been looking at • Find articles on similar/related subject • How many times an article has been cited • Best journals in your field
- 42. © Middlesex University Citation tracking on Library Search Presentation title
- 43. © Middlesex University Presentation title Referencing… What do we have to help? Cite them right Refworks Library Search Database results…
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- 45. © Middlesex University Accessing library resources MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary
- 46. © Middlesex University 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. 46
- 47. © Middlesex University Referencing and plagiarism library guide Presentation title
- 48. © Middlesex University Cite Them Right 48
- 49. © Middlesex University Cite them right 49
- 50. © Middlesex University Presentation title Collecting and managing your references • Collect, manage and organize references • Save your references on the go:. • Within search results in Library Search and Google Scholar • From the database you are using (and at article level) • Only Refworks is supported by Middlesex University library • You will need to set up a Refworks account using your Middlesex email address
- 51. © Middlesex University More Refworks Help Reference & Plagiarism Library Guide - Refworks Information Presentation title
- 52. © Middlesex University 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 52
- 53. © Middlesex University If we don’t have it…Don’t panic Interlibrary Loans Service Presentation title | 53
- 54. © Middlesex University Psychology Library Guide https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psych 54
- 55. © Middlesex University Need help? • Librarians at Study Help (1st floor Sheppard Library) Monday – Friday 12-2 • Online library chat Monday – Friday 12-2 • 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/support/unihelp 55
- 56. © Middlesex University Any questions? 56
Editor's Notes
- Welcome and intros.
- https://admin.sli.do/event/aLoc8t9ATxgfkWH9bg3sYC/polls
- Information Sources are typically categorised into three broad categories
- Break your assignment title down into concepts or ideas Break those down into keywords you can search for Think about broader and narrower terms synonyms
- Your finished piece of work is just the tip of the iceberg. Below it is should be loads of research ie. looking at theory and facts, being inspired, getting ideas, stimulating your imagination etc. We’re going to start off with an exercise to get you thinking about resources
- Today we are going to look at some key basic library resources
- Good for: broad/general overview of a subject and background information Edited for quality and accuracy Not so good for: May not be specific enough Can be out of date, check the edition and publication date
- Good for: Up-to-date Specialist/focussed Present latest research Edited for accuracy/quality (peer reviewed) Lots of references Not so good for: Can be hard to locate/access Expensive May be too specific May be at wrong level
- Good for: Latest information Current events Concise info Product news Often available online with RSS/Twitter etc Not so good for: Detail Objective information ie. can be bias, adverts, preferential products etc Often hard to find old issues Back issues/archive
- Good for: Up-to-date Edited Readily available (latest copies especially) Not so good for: Can be bias Can be unbalanced Can be sensationalist Hard to get hold of/access (back issues) Broadsheet v tabloid – have they heard these terms
- There are loads of different types of information available on the internet, anything from social media and crowd sourced resources such as Wikipedia to organisational or academic sources. You need to be really critical of information that you find on the Internet and consider the provenance of the information i.e. who created it, when and why? Good for: Easy to use/search All subjects covered Can be very up-to-date Mobile Not so good for: No editorial control Unreliable sources Can be created by anyone Material can lack provenance Can be out-of-date Not everyone has access
- You can find links to library resources and other services in MyLibrary.
- Sign in to access e-resources Remind them about refining tools on the left e.g. date Citation, Refworks, Pin options on the right
- Example of APA reference from Library Search Say how good APA is APA on library search is now set up for APA 7th ed Remember to check against Cite Them Right
- Welcome to “good Google” Have you used this resource before? 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
- Pick the Hendon campus…..
- Point Scholar to refworks and click save then click on coloured google scholar link top left of the page
- 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.
- Google Familiar and easy to use but can find too much information of varying quality Search results can be manipulated….information bubble…..search engines like Google start to learn what you are not interested in, so stop showing you some search results Search results sponsored…no accident that Wikipedia, Amazon etc at top of search results Searches for info from any source Pay for academic information Library Search Easy to use and will finds lots of academic info Designed to find you information: up-to-date, focussed/specific Search results by relevance Searches quality resources eg. Peer reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings , research etc Free access to full text ie. Information not freely available elsewhere
- 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 Wide range of Psychology databases but remember that psychology covers a very broad range of subjects so you may want to look at medical or nursing databases, legal ones, sociology, criminology, music and dance… Including Psychinfo Web of Science PEP-web Psychotherapy.net PubMed Medline Don’t forget Library Search
- Keywords are words or phrases that describe content you are searching for. They are very important. You will need to remember to think of as many keywords as possible to make sure you find all the relevant material
- Students can also search individual databases.
- Mention you can search Cinahl, PsycInfo, Medline, PsycArticles and PsycTests in one go Even in basic search see the difference in result numbers when I use Boolean operators Remind them about AND and OR
- Covid 19 or coronavirus And mental health OR anxiety Click on the + sign to add extra search rows Use limiters to narrow your search e.g. Scholarly peer reviewed journals, publication date etc.
- Check MDX holdings Subject key words
- 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
- Limiters include – Full text, publication year, language, publication type….
- 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. Can search by approach and by therapeutic issue
- Which articles have cited an earlier article ie. Way of looking forward in the literature-if have found excellent article, can use a citation index to see which articles have subsequently cited it Find articles on similar/related subjects: Citation implies subject relationship, so can find papers on a similar topic without using any keywords or subject terms Find out how many times a paper has been cited ie. gauge the usefulness/quality. esteem of a paper Determine which are the best journals in your field: citation data used to rank journals within particular subject areas…..useful way of seeing how journals perform in relation to others in the same subject area
- Y shape = Find sources citing this paper Upside down Y = Find sources cited in this paper
- Who likes referencing…
- Highlight Referencing library guide
- 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.
- 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
- Other systems available ed Mendalay and Zotero
- 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.
- This is currently free . Students can make about 10 requests before I get involved…
- Staff on campus access subject to covid guidelines and restrictions Also IT support and academic writing and numeracy support