|
LIBRARY GUIDE FOR INFORMED CONSUMER EXERCISE
The following directions are for all students (College On Demand students and on-campus students).
PART A: FINDING THE POPULAR ARTICLE
Psychology 100: Introductory Psychology
Instructor: Anne Garcia, Ph.D.
On-campus students can get help with this assignment from the reference librarian in the library. On-campus or off-campus, students can call the reference desk at (734) 973-3431 for assistance or they can click on "Ask A Librarian" from the library's home page and email a question to a librarian. If you email a question, please give a telephone number and the hours when you are available. A reference librarian will attempt to reach you within 48 hours.
Be sure to have your WCC student I.D. number handy when you work on this assignment.
STEP ONE: Finding your article with an online research database
Choose an article from the 15 popular articles listed below and use the indicated research
database to bring the article up on your screen.
Articles 1-7 are all found via General OneFile research database.
Article 1: Study: TV Violence Impacts Kids; Those Who Watched It Are Likely To Act Aggressively, Hollywood Reporter, March 10, 2003, p 8. (Leads to very long research article.)
Article 2: Lay-Offs Impact Safety, Risk And Insurance, June 2001, p. 6. (Leads to long research article.)
Article 3: When Older Kids Struggle to Read, Psychology Today, September/October 2003, p. 21. (Leads to long research article.)
Article 4: Peer Invluence of Drug Use in College Students, Brown University Digest of Addiction Theory and Application, June 2006, p. 6. (Leads to long research article.)
Article 5: Memory Deficits in Normal Aging Found in Individuals With e4 Allele, Psychiatric Times, February 1, 2005, p. 32. (Leads to medium length research article.)
Article 6: Using Imagination Improves Adherence for Older Adults, Idea Fitness Journal, October 2004, p. 100. (Leads to medium length research article.)
Article 7: People Are Happier When They Feel Grateful, Ascribe Higher Education News Service, March 4, 2003, p. NA. (Leads to long research article.)
How to use General OneFile research database
- At the WCC home page, click on Library in the upper left corner.
- In the next window, click "Find Articles."
- In the next window, click on A-Z List of Databases With Description; a long list of databases will open in this window.
- Scroll down and click on "General OneFile" research database.
- From the list of possible "searches" at the top of the screen, pick "Basic Search."
- Type the title of the article you have selected into the white box and click "Search."
- The title of your article will appear on the screen and you will see the phrase "Full Text" below it.
- Click on "Full Text" and your article in its entirety will open on the screen for you to read or print.
Articles 8-11 are all found via Wall Street Journal research database.
Article 8: The Dangers of Second-Hand TV: What You Watch Can Affect Your Kids, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2004, p. D1 (Leads to long research article.)
Article 9: Prescribed Drugs With Therapy Aid Teen Depression, Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2004, p. D2. (Leads to very long article.)
Article 10: Hope May Aid Efficacy of Depression Medication, Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2006, p. D3. (Leads to medium length article.)
Article 11: In Love and Jealousy, Men Are From Earth, And So Are Women, Wall Street Journal, October 4, 2002, p. B1. (Leads to long article.)
How to use the Wall Street Journal research database
- At the WCC home page, click on Library in the upper left corner.
- In the next window, click "Find Articles."
- In the next window, click on A-Z List of Databases With Description; a long list of databases will open in this window.
- Scroll down and click on "Wall Street Journal" research database.
- Type the title of the article you have selected into the white box and click "Search."
- The title of your article will appear on the next screen and you will see the phrase "Full Text" below it.
- Click on "Full Text" and your article in its entirety will open on the screen for you to read or print.
Articles 12-15 are all found via Lexis Nexis Academic Universe research database.
Article 12: Retirement Contentment in Reach for Unhappy Men, New York Times, April 4, 2006, p D7. (Leads to long research article.)
Article 13: Compulsive Hoarding; Mental Disorder Takes Its Toll On Health, Family, San Antonio Express News, September 7, 2004, p. 1C. (Leads to long research article.)
Article 14: Aging Brains Can Cause Rudeness, The Gazette Montreal, September 12, 2005, p. A20. (Leads to long research article.)
Article 15: How Watching Soaps Can Signal Dementia, The Daily Telegraph, March 22, 2006, p. 31. (Leads to medium length research article.)
How to use the Lexis Nexis Academic Universe research database
- At the WCC home page, click on Library in the upper left corner.
- In the next window, click "Find Articles."
- In the next window click on A-Z List of Databases With Description; a long list of databases will open in this window.
- Scroll down and click on "Lexis Nexis Academic Universe" research database.
- On the screen that comes up, click on NEWS
- Then click on Terms & Connectors.
- Type the title of your article in the "Enter Search Terms" top white box.
- Under "Select Sources," leave the default phrase "News, All (English, Full Text.)"
- Under "Specify Date," use the pull down menu and select "previous five years.".
- Click on SEARCH and your article in its entirety will open on the screen for you to read or print.
- Your article in its entirety will open on the screen for you to read or print.
STEP TWO: Reading the popular article to find the reference to the "research" article
- Print a copy of the popular article found through Step One. You may mark on it as you wish.
- Read through the article until you find the name of the research journal in which the original research was published.
- Look to see if the date of the research journal is given.
- If an exact date is not given, look for a clue such as "published this year" or "published recently" to get an approximate date.
- Also, look for the name of a researcher connected with the research study.
- Highlight the name of the research journal and its publication date, the researcher�s name, and some of the article's key words to use when you search for the original research in Part B of this assignment.
PART B: FINDING THE RESEARCH ARTICLE
- In your printed copy of the popular article from Part A, be sure you have highlighted the research journal name and date, the researchers and keywords on which to search.
- Go back to the Library home page and click on "Find Articles."
- On the screen you will see a category called Related Databases; under that heading you will see WCC Journals List. Click on it. At this point you will be prompted to enter your student ID number.
- On the next screen use the pull down menu on the left until "Title equals" appears in the white box. In the white box to the right of that, type the name of the research journal and click on search.
- The resulting screen will give you a list of the WCC Research Databases that contain the full text of the research journal for which you are looking. From that list, choose one of these three databases and click on it: "General OneFile," "PsycArticles," or "EBSCOHost."
- An explanation of how to use each of these databases to find a research article is given below.
Instructions for using PsycArticles database to find a research article:
- After you have clicked on PsycArticles on the WCC Journals page, you will get a screen that has issue dates for your chosen research journal. IGNORE these issue dates and click on the ADVANCED SEARCH at the top of the screen.
- You will see three rows of white boxes.
Here are suggestions for these rows:
- In the first row, type the research journal name and then go to the pull down menu at the end of the row and click on Source.
- In the second row, type the last name of your author and then go to the pull down menu at the end of the row and click on Author.
- In the third row, type the calendar year date of the article and then go to the end of the row and click on Publication Year. Then click on Search.
- The next screen typically will have citations for several articles. Each citation will have the title of a research article and a list of its authors. It will also have a 3 or 4 line excerpt from the article.
- Choose the citation that matches the information from your popular article.
- Print the research article.
If these suggestions don�t work, be creative! For example, try clicking on Add A Row. After a new row of boxes appears, try typing in a keyword and then pulling down Keywords from the pull down menu. Another example would be to try a string of 2 or 3 keywords in a row, such as "TV" or "television."
Instructions for using General OneFile database to find a research article:
- After you have clicked on General OneFile on the WCC Journals page, you will get a General OneFile screen that has issue dates for your chosen research journal. IGNORE these issue dates and click on the ADVANCED SEARCH at the top of the screen.
- You will see three rows of white boxes.
Here are suggestions for these rows:
- In the first row, click on Publication Title in the pull down menu and type the name of your research journal.
- In the second row, click on Author in the pull down menu and type the author's last name in the white box.
- In the third row, click on Publication Date in the pull down menu and type the publication year (just the year) in the white box. Then click on Search.
- The next screen typically will have citations for several articles. Each citation will have the title of a research article and a list of its authors.
- Choose the citation that matches the information from your popular article.
- If the citation information isn't complete enough, you may need to click on Full Text under one or more citations so you can determine which citation actually leads to the research article you want.
If these suggestions don't work, be creative! For example, try clicking on Add A Row. After a new row of boxes appears, choose Keyword from the pull down menu and then type one of your chosen keywords. Another example would be to go to your original rows of boxes and then delete the author information in order to substitute a keyword.
Instructions for using EBSCOHost database to find a research article:
CAUTION
Using EBSCOHost may require the use of a user name and password. Three username/password combinations will appear at the top of the screen. If the software asks you to type in a user name and password, type in one of these three username/password combinations. If a username and password are not requested, your full text article will come through without them.
Method One:
- After you have clicked on EBSCOHost on the WCC Journals List Page, you will see a screen with the name of your research journal at the top.
- Toward the top of the screen you will see "Available on Publisher's Site." Underneath that you will click on a link for dates (e.g. 1998-2007.)
- On the next screen click on the publication year you want.
- Then click on the actual issue date (e.g. Aug. 18, 2004.)
- On the next screen, you will see the Table of Contents for your issue and will need to select your chosen research article from among the list.
- Once you have chosen the article, click on Full Text.
- Then print the research article.
Method Two:
- After you have clicked on EBSCOHost on the WCC Journals List Page, you will see a screen with the name of your research journal at the top.
- Toward the top of the screen you will see "Available on Publisher's Site." Underneath that you will click on a link for dates (e.g. 1998-2007.)
- On the next screen type your keywords from your popular article in the Search box and click on Go.
- Once a list of articles appears on the next screen, find your chosen article by looking at article titles, authors, and dates of issues.
- Then click on Full Text.
- Print your article.
Back to Learning Guides.
|
|
Print-friendly format
E-mail this page