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PSY 205 Homework: Library searchDue Friday, 9/8 Type your questions on a separate piece of paper. Staple your homework pages together if there is more than one page.You must do your own work – do not work on the assignment with another student.You do not need to re-type the questions; just number each answer appropriately (1A, 1B, etc.)You do not need to write complete sentences – most questions require just one or a few words to answer.Each question is worth 1 point.1. Think of a psychology topic that is interesting to you. Go to PsychINFO and search for your topic – choose an appropriate search term (just one word; do not use “AND” at this point), and search for it in “all fields.” What search term did you use?How many hits did you get?Write down the title of one article you find that sounds like it is relevant to the topic you originally had in mind.Write down the title of one article that you find that is probably NOT very relevant to the topic you originally had in mind.2. Now try some other ways of searching for your term. How many hits do you get if you:use an asterisk to search for only the stem of the word (e.g. if you searched for DEPRESSION, try searching for DEPRESS* which would give you results for depression, depressive disorder, depressed children, etc.)search for your complete term (not the asterisk version) only in articles that have been published in the last 10 years?search for your complete term but only in the Title field (in all years)?only search for peer-reviewed journal articles?3. Try either expanding or limiting your search: If you only got a small number of hits the first time, use OR to search for articles that contain either your term or another term that might be related; if you got a large number of hits the first time, use AND to search only for articles that contain both your term and another term.What search did you try (list the search terms and whether you used AND or OR)?How did that affect the number of hits you got?4. Choose any one peer-reviewed journal article about your topic that looks interesting. Make sure it is an article that has a “times cited in this database” link associated with it (you may have to go through several pages to find one that is older that has this link). Fill in the following information about it:TitleAuthor(s)Name of the journalYear of publicationIs this an empirical journal article or a review article? How can you tell from reading the abstract?Click on the “times cited in this database” link, and write down the title of one article that cites your article. Do another search for articles by any of the authors of your article (search in the AUTHOR field). Write down the title of one article you find.Now that you’ve done all this work, you are also welcome to use any of the articles you have found to satisfy part of your reading requirement (as long as they meet the criteria listed on the website) – just read the complete article and submit the information through the class website! ................
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