The Trexler Library: Muhlenberg College

Advanced Laboratory in Perception and Cognition

Need help with your research? Contact:

Jen Jarson
Social Sciences Reference Librarian
phone: x3552
email: jarson [at] muhlenberg [dot] edu
IM: jjarson1 (for AIM and Yahoo; add @hotmail.com for MSN)

Need help after hours?
IM the Library at TalkToTrexler (for Google Talk, AIM and Yahoo; add @hotmail.com for MSN)
Online Sunday-Thursday 2pm-10pm.
See Ask a Librarian for more information and other ways to get help.

Getting Started

Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides access to 325 reference works, including general and subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias, fact books, guides, companions and more from over 60 respected publishers across 17 major subject areas--all online, all searchable from one search box.
Location: Online or search the library catalog by title to access

Annual Review of Psychology
Print Location: Trexler Library Main Collection 150.5 A615 v.1-v.60 (1950-2009)
Online Location: Online or search the library catalog by title.

Finding Books

TREXLER LIBRARY

Search the Trexler Library Catalog to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.

GETTING THERE: Use the shortcut search box on the Library Homepage or Library Homepage -- Library Catalogs (in the Quick Links box) -- Trexler Library Catalog

OTHER LIBRARIES

To find books held by other libraries, search WorldCat, a database of over 60 million library records from around the country and world. Use the ILL button to request a book from another library. (ILL can take 10-14 days.)

GETTING THERE: Library Homepage -- Library Catalogs (in Quick Links box) -- Other Library Catalogs -- WorldCat

Finding Articles

See a list of all databases via the Library Homepage -- Databases A to Z (in the Quick Links box).

Check the Psychology Subject Guide or other Subject Guides for other recommended databases and resources.

SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES

SUBJECT-SPECIFIC DATABASES

PsycINFO
Premier database of scholarly and professional literature in psychology and related areas.

INTERDISCIPLINARY DATABASES

Academic Search Premier
Full text access to scholarly and non-scholarly publications in a wide variety of disciplines and subject areas.

ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
Indexes journals in sociology, psychology, political science, health, social work, education, and more.

Omnifile (Wilson Web)
A database with some full text articles covering various academic subjects including general sciences, humanities, social sciences, and business.

Sage Journals Online
Full-text access to over 500 journals published by Sage, providing wide coverage of scholarly publications in all disciplines, but particularly the social sciences.

ScienceDirect College Edition Health and Life Sciences
A database of 1000+ full-text Elsevier journals in the areas of health and life sciences.

GETTING THE ARTICLES

When searching for articles in library databases, you may find the full-text of an article linked in the database.
If not, you need to search the Trexler Library Catalog to see if we own the journal in which the article is published.
- Most databases have a Get It! link embedded. Click the link to check our holdings.
- Otherwise, search the catalog by journal title or by ISSN . Verify that we have online, print, or microform access to the year/volume you need.
If we do not own the journal you need, request the article via Interlibrary Loan.
- Some databases have a Request on Interlibrary Loan link embedded. Click the link to fill out the form. Click Submit.
- Otherwise, use the Interlibrary Loan Journal Article Request Form (Library Homepage -- Interlibrary Loan (in the Quick Links box) -- Articles request form). Fill out the form with as much information as possible. Ask for help, if you have questions.

Citing Your Sources

For information on APA Style, consult the following resources.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.)
Location: Reference Desk Reserve 808.06615 P976m 2010 (at Reference Desk)

Concise Rules of APA Style (6th ed.)
Location: Reference Desk Reserve 808.06615 C744r 2010 (at Reference Desk)

Trexler Library handout on using APA style: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/apa_example.pdf

Writer's Handbook (University of Wisconsin--Madison):
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocAPA.html

Information is also available in the Resources for Current Students section of the Psychology Department website: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/depts/psychology/studentresources.html.

For help managing your citations, consider using Zotero.

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Download from (and more information via) the Zotero website:
http://www.zotero.org/

Step-by-step instructions on getting started with Zotero:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/help/techguides/zotero.pdf