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How to Do Research at Paul Robeson Library: Psychology

Liaison Information

Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic
Reference Librarian
Phone: (856) 225-2832
bowman@crab.rutgers.edu

Welcome to the Research Help Page for the Paul Robeson Library. The purpose of this page is to guide our students, faculty, staff, and visitors to through the research process in the area of Psychology. In addition to links for locating print and electronic resources, this page will also guide you to links on general topics related to writing a research paper, such as “Citing Sources” and “How to Avoid Plagiarism.”

You input is valued and appreciated. If you would like to comment or make a suggestion for a resource that you would like to see linked to this site, please contact the Web Administrator at bowman@crab.rutgers.edu. Thanks!

Contents:

Liaison Information	Psychology Departments at Rutgers University
Finding Books – Print and Electronic	Other Recommended Sources
Finding Articles

Finding Books  (Back to Top)

To Find a Book at the Paul Robeson Library Use:
IRIS the Rutgers University Libraries Catalog

List Reference Books Available at Paul Robeson Library:
Behavioral Medicine and Women: A Comprehensive Handbook (REF RA564.85.B445 1998)
The Encyclopedia of Mental Health (REF RA790.E57 1998)
Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis (REF RC437.E491996)
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (REF HM251.B476 1995
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV (REF RC455.2.C4D54 1994
Mental Measurements Yearbook (REF Z5814.P8B932)

Books Available Electronically
Australian Catholic University
(Note: Search by Department )
Project Guttenberg
(Note: Search by Title)
Electronic Text Center – University of Virginia
The Oxford Text Archive
(Note: Search by Title)

Finding Articles  (Back to Top)

Types of Articles
     First, you need to know what kind of articles your instructor wants you to use in your paper. There are two general types of articles: those that come from general readership magazines such as Time, or Newsweek or those that come from research journals or scholarly journals such as Psychological Bulletin.   For complete information on how to recognize a scholarly journal, please go to “Types of Periodicals” on the Paul Robeson Library Web Site (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/instruction/typesof.html)

Using an Index
     Now that you know what you are looking for you will need to use an index to find the article. Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) is a good starting place. This database is available on-line and has full-text of the articles from both general readership magazines and scholarly journals. Search Tip: In order to find journal articles quickly, use the Guided Search instead of the default, Simple Search, and check off the boxes for "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed)" journals and "Full Text."

Scholarly Journals
     At some point, you will need to use the more specialized, scholarly indexes. A list of these indexes for Psychology along with descriptions can be found at the Rutgers University Libraries Index Page. The scholarly indexes may give you citations to articles as your search result. A citation is not the complete article but it gives you enough information to locate the article in our library system.

How to locate the periodical using a citation:

Use the Journal name to search in the Catalog (IRIS)
When you enter the search term, click on “Periodical Title” as your “Search Type.”
The catalog will tell you if the periodical is at the same library as you, at a different Rutgers Library, not owned by Rutgers at all, or available on-line.
Make sure that the search results match the date of the article you are trying to locate.
If the periodical is available on-line, the catalog will display a link to use.
If the periodical is available at a different Rutgers Library than you are at you can click on “Request This Item’ to order it.
If Rutgers does not own the periodical at all, you can request the article through Interlibrary Loan.
If you get confused, contact a Reference Librarian.

Psychology Departments at Rutgers University (Back to Top)

Rutgers Camden Psychology Department
Rutgers University Libraries Psychology Reference Guide
Rutgers University (Main Campus) Psychology Department
Rutgers University (Newark Campus) Psychology Department

Other Recommended Sources (Back to Top)

On-line Encyclopedia
On-line Dictionaries and Thesauri
IRIS – the Rutgers University Libraries Catalog
How to Cite Sources That You Use

Web Resources
American Psychological Association (http://www.apa.org/)
American Psychological Society (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/)
Encyclopedia of Psychology (Jacksonville State University) (http://www.psychology.org/)
Psychology Virtual Library (http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/psi/)

…more to come…

Please contact the Web Administrator (bowman@crab.rutgers.edu) with further suggestions.

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