The first project in this course requires a content analysis of some form of media that may affect development.

The section Background Information lists some sources that may be of use in this project.

The section Finding journal articles provides links and guidance to databases beyond PsycINFO that will be essential to completing the literature review necessary for the first project.

If you have any questions at any time, don't hesitate to contact Yvonne Nalani Meulemans,

	Background information: content analysis project
	Finding journal articles
	Citing your information

Background information: content analysis project
 The items listed here may provide some background information on the topics selected for the first research project.

Magazines

The language of magazines

All the world and her husband : women in twentieth-century consumer culture
HC79.C6 A43 2000   4th Floor Stacks
find the chapter on adolescent girls and magazines from 1920-1958

Creating the modern man : American magazines and consumer culture, 1900-1950
HQ1090.3 .P45 2000   4th Floor Stacks  

Girl talk : adolescent magazines and their readers
PN4878 .C87 1999  5th Floor Stacks  

Mothers and work in popular American magazines
HQ759.48 .K45 1994   4th Floor Stacks   

Magazines for the millions : gender and commerce
PN4879 .D36 1994  5th Floor Stacks

Decoding women's magazines from Mademoiselle to Ms.

Television/Cartoons

Sesame Street and the reform of children's television
PN1992.77.S43 M67 2006  5th Floor Stacks  

Social learning from broadcast television
HQ784.T4 S63 1998 4th Floor Stacks   

Children and television
HQ784.T4 S531 2004   4th Floor Stacks

Early childhood television viewing and adolescent behavior
HQ784.T4 A53 2001   4th Floor Stacks

Mouse morality : the rhetoric of Disney animated film
NC1766.U52 D5925 2002  4th Floor Stacks

The faces of televisual media : teaching violence, selling to children
HQ784.T4 F33 2003 4th Floor Stacks

Sexual teens, sexual media : investigating media's influence on adolescent sexuality
HQ799.2.M35 S49 2002  4th Floor Stacks

Barbie culture

Play-by-play : radio, television, and big-time college sport
GV742 .S64 2001  4th Floor Stacks

Video games  

Handbook of children, culture, and violence
HQ784.V55 H34 2006  4th Floor Stacks

What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy
GV1469.3 .G44 2003   4th Floor Stacks

Children in the digital age : influences of electronic media on development
HQ784.M3 C455 2002 4th Floor Stacks

 

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Finding journal articles

Particularly with the content analysis project, using databases beyond PsycINFO will be essential to identifying quality research in the primary literature. The databases listed below all provide access to research literature in fields of study that may yield information relevant to your topic.

In the 9.14 class session on searching the literature, we compared databases to determine which ones would be useful (or not). This information can expedite your search.


 

Citing Your Information

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001. Library Copies (BF76.7 .P83 2001)

Borman, W. C., Hanson, M. A., Oppler, S. H., Pulakos, E. D., & White,
	L. A. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. Retrieved October 23, 2000, from PsycINFO database.
	When referencing material obtained by searching an aggregated database, follow the format appropriate to the work retrieved and add a retrieval statement that gives the date of retrieval and the proper name of the database..
	from: http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html#88:
	"...most databases are available from a variety of sources or suppliers in a variety of formats. Moreover, the distinctions between these various sources and formats are usually not apparent to the end user.  Therefore, when referencing material obtained by searching an aggregated database, follow the format appropriate to the work retrieved and add a retrieval statement that gives the date of retrieval and the proper name of the database."
	from: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (5th ed.). (2001). Washington, DC : American Psychological Association. (pp. 217) :

Below are some web sites that provide examples.

Using APA Style 5th edition
The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University provides a myriad of example of works cited and in-text citations. Bookmark this page!

apastyle.org
Produced by the APA, this site contains a wealth of information about APA citation style. It is not a replacement for owning the Publication Manual, though.

CSUSM Library's APA Citation Style Guide
This can be downloaded in PDF format.