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SOC 221: Marriage and the Family

Chris McNiven, ABD  TIUSOC221@gmail.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 marriage and family  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:

Man-woman relationship

Gender identity

Interpersonal relation

Unmarried couples

Mate Selection

Parenting

Domestic violence

Spiritual life

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.