RESOURCES & SERVICES in Psychology Blog

REMINDER:

I am offering optional library research sessions primarily designed for new graduate psychology students, but open to all. Advance registration is not required. Feel free to drop in.

Friday, September 7--- 2:00 – 4:00pm
Friday September 14-- 2:00 – 4:00pm
*Note: */Sessions will be held in the Undergraduate Library's Computer Lab 291/

What will be covered?
*Building effective search strategies using PsycINFO and discussion of the current problems with the new CSA interface.
*Online citation tracing techniques using Web of Science.
*Effective use of the Online Research Resources (the ORR) database.
*Tips on setting up auto alerts for research updates.
*Tips on getting started with RefWorks, a citation management software tool.
Note: I will save time for answering questions you have about library
resources and services and offer any tips I can to help you./

TEACHING ASSISTANTS:
If you would like schedule a library research session for an undergraduate class group, please do not hesitate to contact me. I still have some availability in the coming weeks. See my instruction web page for more information:

If you have questions please contact me:
Allison Sutton
Psychology Librarian
asutton@uiuc.edu

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) has recently launched an APA style online tutorial.

The tutorial, a collaboration between Gutman Library's Writing Services and the Learning Technologies Center (HGSE IT), is based on a highly regarded and well-attended workshop entitled, "APA EXPOSED : Everything You Always Wanted to Know About APA Format But Were Afraid to Ask!" Wendy Mages, an HGSE doctoral student, developed the content and taught the workshop for the past several years under the auspices of the Gutman Library Writing Services. In collaboration with Allison Harrington, Instructional Technology Designer for the Learning Technologies Center, Wendy Mages transferred the content of the in-person workshop to an online version.

The online APA tutorial has been designed to supplement the HGSE in-person workshop, but will serve any student well as a stand-alone resource. It provides... point-of-need assistance, and to facilitate student access to citation "how-to" information for APA format. Additionally, the tutorial has self-checks and additional resources for APA citation information.

NOTE: Please keep in mind that this resource is geared toward Harvard students and will at times refer to their library and campus resources. The tutorial, however, is very well done and useful to anyone using the APA citation style.

If you're interested, please take a look at the APA tutorial, which is currently undergoing beta testing.

APA tutorial URL: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~instruct/articulate/APA/player.html

Carla Lillvik, Research and Distance Services Librarian at Harvard Graduate School of Education welcomes your feedback at: http://poll.icommons.harvard.edu/poll/taker/pollTakerOpen.jsp?poll=1-6134-12670

Greetings Psychology Graduate Students!

The Education and Social Science Library (ESSL) offers many services and resources to assist you with your class work, research and other projects.

I have posted several handy links listed here...

Education and Social Science Library

Education and Social Science Library Hours

Stout Library

Guide to Psychology Resources

Learn to use the Library

Library Workshops

Data Services Help
Get help finding opinion polls, election studies, social surveys, census, education, and health data; and preparing datasets for analysis in SPSS, SAS, STATA and ArcGIS.
No Appointment Necessary!

Ask-a-Librarian
(For online chat and IM reference assistance)

Please contact me using the online instruction request form, by phone or via email if you are a TA and would like to schedule a library orientation/database instruction session for your class group. I am also happy to meet with you individually to discuss library services and collections to support your research needs.

The Education & Social Science Library continues to expand our Web and electronic resources to assist you in locating the materials that you need, while still providing trained staff to assist you at our reference desk from 9am until we close on weekdays, and during all open hours on weekends.

I look forward to working with you!

Best regards,

Allison