Slides from the Library workshop for the course PSY 2640 Developmental Psychology

1. Source Discovery
Library Workshop for PSY 2640
Christopher Chan
Information Services Librarian
chancp@hkbu.edu.hk

2. Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop you will be able to:
Follow references in your readings to discover
other relevant sources
Use the PsycINFO database to locate the fulltext
of journal articles relevant to your essay topic
Use Mendeley to organise your the articles you
find

3. How you will learn today...
Mini-Lectures
In-class exercises: Answers via Moodle Course
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4. Following References
Textbooks, journal articles, and other course
readings always make reference to other sources
A simple way to widen your reading and deepen
your knowledge is to look up these other sources
Those sources will have references too, which you
can also follow

5. Finding Known Books
You can use citation information in OneSearch to see if the material is
available from the Library.
Example:
Bronfenbrenner, U., & Morris, P.A. (2006). The bioecological model of human
development. In R. M. Lerner and W. Damon (Eds.), Handbook of child
psychology (6th ed.), Vol. 1, Theoretical models of human development
(pp. 793-828). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
If HKBU Library does not have a copy, check HKALL:
Example:
Skinner, B.F. (1957). Verbal behavior. New York: Appleton.

6. In-Class Exercise #1
Try it yourself! Are the following
books available for HKBU students
to request? Submit your answer to
Moodle
Brown, R. (1973). A first language -
The early stages. Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press.
LaFreniere, P. (2000). Emotional
development - A biosocial
perspective. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Publishing.

7. Finding Known Articles
For article references, use the Library’s Fulltext Finder tool to see if the
Library has access to the online fulltext
Example:
Dai, D. Y. (2001). A comparison of gender differences in academic self-
concept and motivation between high-ability and average Chinese
adolescents. Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 13(1), 22-32
Fulltext Finder can also link to the Library Catalogue so you can check for
hard copies
Example:
Werner, L.A. & Bargones, J.Y. (1992). Psychoacoustic development of
human infants. Advances in Infancy Research, 7, 103-145.

8. Exercise #2
Try it yourself! Check to see if the following articles are available at HKBU
Library, and submit your answer to Moodle
Pombeni, M.L., Kirchler, E., & Palmonari, A. (1990). Identification with peers
as a strategy to muddle through the troubles of adolescent years. Journal of
Adolescence, 13, 351-369.
Thompson, R.A. (2008). Measure twice, cut once: Attachment theory and
the NICHD study of early child care and youth development. Attachment
and Human Development, 10(3), 287-297.

9. Going to the next level
Quick Poll (on Moodle): When you need
information for your assignments, what search tool
do you use?? (be honest!!)
Up until now, you may only have experience using
Google, or perhaps the Library’s OneSearch tool
Now that you have been at university for some
time, it’s time to step up and learn how to use
subject-specific databases

10. PsycINFO@ProQuest
EFFECTIVE SEARCH STRATEGY

11. What are databases?
Concept:
To search for information (usually journal articles) from hundreds
of publications at the same time
Example:
PsycINFO
...and 2400+ other titles

12. Search Statements for
Databases
language development AND Hong Kong AND child*
language development AND Hong Kong AND adolesc* ✔
Use main ideas / keywords only
Connect main ideas with AND
Use the “*” symbol (truncation) for variant word
endings
Think of synonyms and try different searches

13. Using Subject Headings
Subject Headings are descriptions
added to article records by human
cataloguers
We can use them to
more precisely target
our searches

14. How do we know what words
to use for subject searches?
Answer: The thesaurus

15. Live Demo
“I want to find out about gender differences in conservation ability”
Let’s look at how we can use
PsycINFO to find information on this
topic...

16. Exercise #3
Try it yourself! Use an
advanced search in
PsycINFO database to locate
a relevant journal article for
the following topic:
Influence of childhood play
on relationships
In Moodle, provide an APA-
style citation for the article
you find

17. Getting organized...
After a good long session with PsycINFO, you will
have lots of articles and (hopefully) a good number
of full text PDFs
How are you going to keep track of them all?
How are you going to annotate them and make
your notes?
How are you going to produce the bibliography
based on these articles?

18. Live Demo - Mendeley

19. Summary
References cited in your textbooks are a valuable
way to widen your reading and discover the literature
Library-subscribed databases like PsycINFO are
powerful tools for literature searches
Get organized with Mendeley or other reference
managers
If you need help with any of the above, ask a
Librarian!