Distance Education Library Services
Psyc 470Psychology
Jill Markgraf, Librarian
To find journal articles on your PSYC topic:
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Three steps to finding journal articles for Distance Education students
- PsycInfo:
the core database for finding literature in psychology
Guide to using PsycInfo
To find books on your PSYC topic:
- Voyager
Online Catalog: includes books, videos, government documents,
other media
Guide to searching the online catalog
- netLibrary:
collection of more than 8000 electronic books (e-books) available to
you
- Borrowing
books as a distance education student
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Take a quick quiz to understand what it is and what it isn't:
--Indiana University's What is Plagiarism online quiz, (by Ted Frick, Indiana University)
--Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge (by Ramona Islam, Fairfield Univ.) -
Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
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Quoting and paraphrasing (UW-Madison Writer's Handbook)
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What is plagiarism? (plagiarism.org)
To cite your sources using APA style:
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Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed.
BF76.7 .P83 2001 (Copies available at the library reference desk, in the reference collection and on reserve. Older editions available for check out can be found on the 3rd floor) - Formatting Citations (APA and MLA style examples)
- Using APA format (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
- APA Documentation Style (UW-Madison Writer's Handbook)
- APA Citation Style (Long Island University)
- Electronic
References (APAstyle.org)
Jill
Markgraf
markgrjs@uwec.edu
Distance Education Librarian
July 7, 2004