General Psychology Library Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with the journal research materials at the Seminole Community College Library. Please complete the following exercises by typing and printing your responses for each exercise separately.

Part I: Become Aware of the Various Journals Available for Psychology

Using Psychline, make a list of the titles of four different psychology journals. Describe in two to three sentences the specific focus or scope of each journal.

Directions on How to Use Psychline:

 Click on the link above.

• When the Psychline home page opens, click "Journal Locator." 
• To search Psychline for journals by topic, use the "by subject" category.
• Click the arrow to view a listing of broad psychology subjects. Make your selection and click "Search."

Your results will be titles of related journals. When you click the name of a journal, you will be taken to the publisher's Web page, where you can find information on the journal. You may need to find a link on the page that says "product information" or "about us" or "aim and scope."

Part II: Do a Literature Search for Journal Articles on the Psychology Topic of Your Choice

Directions on How to Log onto the LINCCWeb Electronic Databases

• Visit the SCC Library home page.
• Under the heading "FIND," click "Articles."
• At the "Borrower ID" input field, type the "Borrower ID Number" located on the bottom of your SCC Library ID card. It is the number between the "A's."
• At the "PIN" input field, type your personal identification number. Your default PIN is the last four digits of your Social Security number.
• Click "Log on."
• All databases are in alphabetical order in the listing (This is the longest listing; if your listing of databases is short, it is in the subject listing.)
• Choose a database. Your choices for this assignment are "Academic Search Premier" or "OmniFile Full-Text Mega Edition."
• Click "Connect to Database" button, and another browser window will open.

Directions on How to Use Academic Search Complete

• Locate the databases as you did for OmniFile; the instructions are listed above, except you will choose "Academic Search Complete."
• Now that you have accessed the interface for Academic Search Complete, type your subject/topic in the search box, which is located at the word "Find."
• Use "Limit Your Results" to check the "Full Text" and the "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" boxes.
• Click "Search" (at the end of the "Find" bar).
• Click an article title to display a detailed record, which may include a summary or an abstract of the article.
• Read the abstract to see if the article is helpful.

Directions on How to Use OmniFile Full-Text Mega Edition

• From the alphabetical list of databases, locate and click "OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (Wilson)"
• Click "Connect to Database;" this opens another browser window.
• At "Search for," type: "any search terms."
• At "As," click on the scroll bar down arrow and select "Subject(s)."
• At "Limit to," select "Full Text" and "Peer Reviewed."
• Click "Start."
• Click an article title to display a detailed record, which may include a summary or an abstract of the article.
• Read the abstract to see if the article is helpful.

Part III: Select and Print Records (Citation and Abstract) for 10 Articles on Your Topic

• In Academic Search Premier: When you find a useful article, click on the "Print" icon over the title of your article. Do this for each record that is useful. When the grey print screen comes up, type "1" next to "pages" and click "OK."
• In OmniFile Mega Full Text: When you find a useful article, first click "File" and then "Page Setup." Click on "landscape" and then "OK." Click on the title of the article you want. Again, click "File" and then "Print." When the grey print screen comes up, type "1" next to "pages" and click "OK"

Part IV: Present the Reference Information for the 10 Articles You Found in Your Search on a Typed Reference Page Using APA Format

• Type a reference page using APA format (not MLA), as detailed by The Brief Handbook, which is on reserve at the Oviedo and Sanford Campus libraries (The Brief Holt Handbook/Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell) fourth edition, page 231, item 11.
• Make sure you give the complete reference citation and that it is presented in the proper format.
• Print one copy of your reference page.

Part V: Reading and Understanding a Journal Article

• Pick one of the articles you listed on your reference list.
• Find the full-text article online through one of the databases.
• Print the complete article, using directions at the bottom of the next page.
• Read the article.
• In your own words, type a brief one-page summary of the article.
• Attach your summary and a copy of the article to the end of this assignment.

In Academic Search Premier, follow these directions:

• Click "HTML Full Text."
• To Print: Click "Print." When the print manager appears, click "Print" again.
• To E-mail: Click "E-mail". When the e-mail manager appears, type in your e-mail address and a subject line, and click "Send." 
• Click "PDF Full Text;" the article will open in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• To Print: Click the Adobe Reader's print icon. When the print box appears, click "OK."
• To E-mail: Click "E-mail." When the e-mail manager appears, type in your e-mail address and a subject line, and click "Send." When you receive the e-mail, right-click the PDF attachment and select "Open with...Adobe Reader." When the file opens, click the reader's print icon. When the print box displays, click "OK." You will also need to click the PDF or HTML icon above the title of your article.

In OmniFile Full-Text Mega Edition, follow these directions:

To print the complete text using the "Print E-mail/Save" functions:

• Click one of the full-text links to view a complete article.
• Click "Print E-mail/Save."
• Click "Print Options."
• Click "Full text and images included, if available."
• Click "Print."
• Click "OK" on the grey print screen.

To e-mail a full-text article:

• Click "E-mail Options."
• Enter your e-mail address in the "To:' input field.
• Type a subject line.
• At "Fields," select "Full Text and images included, if available."
• Click "E-mail."

Did you know?

SCC's Library has one of the most extensive collections of literature and educational materials in Seminole County.