Psych 499 Undergraduate Thesis

Psych 499

Undergraduate Thesis

September 13, 2013

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

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 Business days• Now journal articles are appearing as e-

mail links!!!

Research Databases

Subject Guides

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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Contact me!

• Tim Ireland• tireland@library.uwaterloo.ca

• Office hours in PAS 2011 Wednesday mornings 10:00-11:45