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Fall 2009 - Dr. Owen-Smith - Psyc 205
Locating Background Resources
Search online in DiscoverE or in our Print Reference Collection (located on the 1st floor of the library) to begin your search. Get a start on your research question, look for related search terms, and find more resources in the bibliographies of reference articles to help further your research.
Recommended Background Resources:
- Credo Reference Unlimited: full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering every major subject.
- Child Development (from Gale Virtual Reference Library):Full-text reference book specific to child development.
Locating Books
Search DiscoverE -- the Emory University Libraries' new discovery tool for searching the library catalog, databases, and other digital collections.
Recommended Search Terms:
Locating Articles
- DiscoverE (http://libcat1.cc.emory.edu:32888/DB=discovere)
Use DiscoverE, which is the Emory University Libraries' new discovery tool for searching the library catalog, databases, and other digital collections.
- Databases (http://web.library.emory.edu/databases/)
Use to find articles about your topic.
- eJournals (http://ejournals.emory.edu/)
Use to find electronic journals owned by Emory Libraries.
Recommended Article Databases:
eJournals:
General publications:
Scholarly, psychology specific journals
- Child Development
- Developmental Psychology
- Early Child Development and Parenting
- Infant and Child Development
- Journal of Cognition and Development
- Social Development
Databases:
- Academic Search Complete:multidisciplinary database, good starting point for research. Contains articles from popular and scholarly periodicals.
- PsycInfo: some full-text, a major resource for scholarly psychology research.
- Social Science Citation Index: one of the major resources for scholarly social science research.
Evaluating and Citing Your Sources
Don't forget to evaluate your sources based on:
- Relevance
- Evidence
- Author of source
- Publisher of source
- Timeliness
- Comprehensiveness
Evaluating Sources:
Need help deciding if a source is right for your project?
- Use the Evaluating Sources Checklist (Bedford-St. Martin's) to help!