FAS 361 - Arizona State University



Name: __________________________

FAS 361

Library Assignment 1.1

Overview:

This assignment is designed to familiarize you with the process of accessing the ASU library system through the web. In particular, the goal of this assignment is for you to conduct a literature search using PsycINFO. PsycINFO is a computerized database containing references for articles and books related to psychology, child development, and family studies.

In order to do this assignment, you should complete each of the following steps. For the literature search, choose a topic relevant to child development and family studies (e.g., children with ADHD, adolescent depression, ethnic identity in children). Your final topic for this assignment should be narrow enough so that your search results in no more than 50 articles, book chapters, or books.

This assignment is due by class time on Tues., Jan. 28, 2003.

Logon onto to the world wide web and type in the address to access ASU's home page:

1). Proceed to the library system. What is the library page’s web address?

____________________________ (1 point)

2). Your next step is to find the PsycINFO database. Under what subcategory (i.e., resources, catalogue, indexes, services) did you find PsycINFO?

___________________________________________ (1 point)

3). Indicate the steps you took to access PsycINFO. Please be specific. If you could not access PsycINFO, explain what problems you encountered and how you attempted to solve these problems. (2 points).

4). Limit your search to articles from the past 10 years. What do you need to do in order to only access articles from this time period? (1 point)

5). Finally, conduct your literature search for the topic of your choice. What are some of the criteria/limitations you can tell the computer to use in order to search for a topic? If you encounter a problem in conducting your literature search, please explain in detail what the problem was. (2 points)

6). What topic did you search? __________________________________ (1 point)

7). How did you narrow your search enough so that you had 50 or less "hits" (i.e., articles, books, or chapters) for your topic? What did you find most helpful in narrowing your search? (2 points)

8) Locate one of the journal articles (i.e., not a book or a chapter) that you identified in your search. What did you have to do to find the article? Copy the first page of this article and turn it in with this assignment. (2 points)

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