PSY337: Adolescent Psychology

Sheilah Mahan, MS  i3His@yahoo.com

Class Syllabus                                                                                                              Psychology Librarian: Trish Compton; tcompton@tiu.edu

Finding Resources:

• Books, journals and other resources can be found in Trincat the library's online catalog or in I-Share the universal catalog for 76 Illinois academic libraries.
• Online journal articles are available under Find articles or choosing among the databases. These four databases are premier sources for scholarly articles on psychology:
  • PsycINFO  and PsycARTICLES offer articles pertinent to all areas of the field of psychology.
  • ATLA is a religious database which  focuses on adolescent psychology  from a religious perspective.
  • Academic Search Premier is a general database with many scholarly full text articles.
• These are just a few of many useful subject search terms for searching in the catalog or databases:

Citing Sources:

• Online guides for APA style citation are available though Citation Tools.
  • OWL  (APA Citation) - From Purdue University offers guides for APA citations and also tips on academic writing,  grammar etc.
  • APA Citation for Reach - Gives a brief example of how to site different resources such as books, journals and online journals.

• Three APA style reference books:
  • Ref BF76.7 .P83 2001 Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
  • Ref BF76.7 .P47 2007  Pocket guide to APA style
  • BF76.7 .A55 2007  What every student should know about citing sources with APA documentation

Collecting, Sharing and Citing Articles:  

• Refworks - A bibliographic program that composes a Reference List from resources that you select and download as you do your searching.
  
  • Refworks Tutorial