| Yvonne Nalani Meulemans
Science Librarian
Kellogg Library 3421
ymeulema@csusm.edu
760-750-4375
Office Hours:
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For your content analysis project, consulting
literature databases beyond PsycINFO is dependent on the
topic your
research project.
Database cross
comparison
This is a strategy for surveying multiple databases
before conducting your literature search. Just like a
control in an experiment, you'll use essentially the
same search statement, but in multiple databases. This
will help you determine which database to begin your
search.
Click here for a sample worksheet.
Article databases
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Suggested
Databases
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PsycINFO
Available via EbscoHost: A comprehensive international
database of psychology, covering the academic,
research, and practice literature in psychology.
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Sociological Abstracts
Provides access to the latest international
findings in theoretical and applied sociology,
social science, and political science.
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CINAHL
Provides abstracts for articles from 1,700
journals in the fields of nursing and allied
health.
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PubMed @ CSUSM
The premier database of world biomedical literature
on clinical medicine and preclinical research.
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Differences between
empirical studies & literature reviews
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Empirical studies:
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are
reports on an experiment, survey, observation,
etc.
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have
a methods section because it reports
on an
experiment.
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have
data that has been collected.
- try to measure something: a behavior, reaction,
treatment, etc.
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Literature reviews:
- Connects all the previous empirical studies
and discusses what is known on a particular
topic.
- do not have the usual parts of an APA
report,
since it does not report on a single experiment.
- briefly summarize and critique each study
and discuss how the findings relate to other
studies.
- are useful when learning about the current
research on a topic.
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APA style
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Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association. 5th ed.
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001.
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Information on citing
journals articles from PsycINFO
| Borman, W. C., Hanson,
M. A., Oppler, S. H., Pulakos, E. D., & White, |
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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. |
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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.. |
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from:
http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html#88: |
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"...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."
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from: Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association. (5th ed.).
(2001). Washington, DC : American Psychological
Association.
(p. 217)
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Sites with 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.
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