Szokolszky Ágnes: Using Scholarly Literature in Psychology

Cím: Using Scholarly Literature in Psychology Alcím: How to find what you need, read what you have found, and how to write it up Szerző: Szokolszky Ágnes ISBN13: 3159780001794 ISBN10: 9780001794 Kiadó: JATEPress (Szegedi Tudományegyetem kiadója) Megjelenés dátuma: 2009. június 03 Kötetek száma: 1 Kötéstípus: Puhakötés Terjedelem: 216 oldal Súly: 362 g Listaár: 2835 Ft (áfával) Beszerezhetőség: A kiadónál véglegesen elfogyott, nem rendelhető Nyelv: angol Témakör: Pszichológia

Tartalomjegyzék:

FOREWORD

Contents

1. THE SCOPE OF SCHOLARLY LITERATURE
1.1 Information literacy in the context of higher education
1.2 Types of scholarly books
1.3 Journals and journal articles
1.4 „Grey literature”
1.5 Primary, secondary and tertiary sources
Exercises

2. THE PUBLISHING PROCESS
2.1 Publishing companies
2.2 Publication guidelines in psychology
2.3 Publication ethics
2.4 Manuscript evaluation and editing
2.5 The puplication lag and rapid publishing
2.6 Electronic publishing
2.7 Copyright vs. Open Access
Exercises

3. FINDING WHAT YOU NEED – THE LITERATURE SEARCH
3.1 Searching formerly
3.2 Computerized bibliographic databases
3.3 Search services on the Web
3.4 Evaluating Web pages
3.5 Choosing a research topic
3.6 Defining the search topic and the search strategy
3.7 Formulating and conducting a search
Exercises

4. READING WHAT YOU HAVE FOUND – COMPREHENDING SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS
4.1 A closer look at reading and comprehension
4.2 Reading simple and complex sentences analytically
4.3 How to tackle a really difficult sentence
4.4 Understanding paragraphs
4.5 Following thought patterns via paragraphs
Exercises

5. READING ARTICLES
5.1 The analytic approach to reading articles
5.2 Reading reports of empirical studies
5.3 Analysis of an article
5.4 Reading qualitative reports
5.5 Reading review and theoretical articles
Exercises

6. WRITING UP YOUR PAPER
6.1 Effective Academic Writing
6.2 Writing up your research paper
6.3 Writing a review paper
6.4 Writing an academic essay
6.5 Polishing sentences and paragraphs
6.6 The proper use of citation and referencing
6.7 Formatting your research paper based on the APA style
6.8 Check list for the self-assessment of research papers

SUBJECT INDEX

GLOSSARY OF RESEARCH METHOD TERMS

GLOSSARY OF WEB AND LIBRARY TERMS

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES