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Human
Communications 100 |
Cynthia Bruns, Instruction
Librarian
cbruns@fullerton.edu |
Use the Library at home:
All Library databases can be searched at home by CSUF
students
If you have any difficulties, get
technical assistance from the Titan Help Desk...
657 278 7777
Your CSUF Titan card is your
library card and is valid at all CSU
libraries
Library Hours. Mon-Thurs 7:45am
until 9pm, 1st floor north open until 9am for studying and access to
computers
Friday 7:45am until 5pm, Saturday 10am
-6pm. Closed Sunday
How
to locate books on your
topic:
Library
Catalog
http://opac.fullerton.edu
Online database of books,
journals, newspapers, recordings, atlases and
more
sample search:
Subject:
Genetic Engineering see
related subjects
Keyword:
Proposition
8...leads
to nothing
Keyword:
Gay Marriage...leads
to Subject: Same-Sex Marriage
How to locate introductory Information on your topic
CQ Researcher
sample search:
gay rights
Opposing Viewpoints sample search:
sex
education
Gale Virtual Reference Library sample
search:...curfew
How to find an article when you have
the citation:
1. Library
Home Page > click on Find Journals > Citation Finder
2. Enter in your citation information
Sample citation:
Dittmar, Helga,
Halliwell, Emma,
Ive, Suzanne,
Does
Barbie Make Girls Want to Be Thin? The Effect of
Experimental Exposure to Images of
Dolls on the Body Image of 5- to 8-Year-Old Girls. Developmental
Psychology; Mar2006, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p283-292, 10p.
How to
locate articles on your topic:
Academic Search Premier:
General article database that includes
journals, magazines and some newspapers.
Includes articles written back to 1980
Sample search:
steroids and athletes or sports or baseball
leads to
steroid
drug abuse in sports
(Subject)
Additional databases of interest:
PAIS: Political
Science, Public Policy, Public administration
PsycINFO
psychology and counseling
ERIC education from preschool to university level
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Proquest Newspapers 300 full-text
newspapers
ABI/Inform (business, marketing,
taxation, administration, public relations)
SportsDiscus (professional sports and recreation
database)
Sociological Abstracts
Communication & Mass Media Complete
PubMed
medical database
Six Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
Guidelines to help you recognize
quality sites.
The SocioWeb
http://www.sonic.net/~markbl/socioweb/ This
site, looks good, contains
little information, and is an advertisement
for a web designer.
GunCite http://www.guncite.com/
Anonymous website on a controversial topic, cannot
be used for research, as there is no identified author.
Jurist:
Gun Laws, Gun Control and Gun Rights About Jurist
and Jurist Editors lists purpose of website and source of
information. Site could
be quoted in a college-level research paper.
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Plagiarism is defined as the act of taking the work (words, ideas, concepts, data, graphs, artistic creation) of another whether that work is paraphrased or copied in verbatim or near verbatim form and offering it as one’s own without giving credit to that source. (Academic Dishonesty UPS 300.021) |
Student
Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism
The Campus statement on
the avoidance of plagiarism
How do I Cite
Sources All
sources of information must be cited for any work you turn in on
campus.
Pollak Library Quick Guide to the APA Citation
Style
The
Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association, 5th ed. (2001)
a copy of this book is kept at the Reference Desk
Sample citation from the database...wrong
Dittmar, Helga,
Halliwell, Emma,
Ive, Suzanne,
Does
Barbie Make Girls Want to Be Thin? The Effect of
Experimental Exposure to Images of
Dolls on the Body Image of 5- to 8-Year-Old Girls. Developmental
Psychology; Mar2006, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p283-292, 10p.
Citation corrected for APA style...Corrected
Dittmar,
H.,
Halliwell,
E., & Ive, S. (2006) Does
Barbie make
girls want to
be thin? The
effect of
experimental
exposure to
images of
dolls
on the body image
of 5- to 8-year-old
girls.
Developmental Psychology, 42(2), 283-292.
doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.2.283
Diane Hacker Research and Documentation Online
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