WEBVTT 00:00:00.170 --> 00:00:03.540 >> Hello. The purpose of this screencast is 00:00:03.540 --> 00:00:06.525 to show you how to use PsycINFO. 00:00:06.525 --> 00:00:09.680 So to access PsycINFO at Miami University, 00:00:09.680 --> 00:00:12.040 log into your myMiami page. 00:00:12.040 --> 00:00:16.480 And you can click under L to find libraries. 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:19.580 So I have mine saved here. 00:00:19.580 --> 00:00:22.310 And just click on "Libraries". 00:00:22.310 --> 00:00:26.330 Then you want to go to Databases A-Z. 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:30.240 And PsycINFO is actually published by 00:00:30.240 --> 00:00:31.960 the American Psychological 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:34.380 Association or APA. 00:00:34.380 --> 00:00:36.120 So you actually want to look under 00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:39.910 A for APA PsycINFO 00:00:39.910 --> 00:00:41.760 and then just scroll down through 00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:47.460 your list until you get to APA. 00:00:50.140 --> 00:00:53.140 You'll notice there's a couple options here. 00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:56.280 There's a PsychCRITIQUES and 00:00:56.280 --> 00:00:57.600 then also the PsycINFO. 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:00.320 PsycINFO will help you to access 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:02.460 the recent research in 00:01:02.460 --> 00:01:05.420 psychology and psychological science. 00:01:05.420 --> 00:01:07.120 So if you click that link, 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:09.100 you'll be taken to this database. 00:01:09.100 --> 00:01:10.620 You'll notice that you are searching in 00:01:10.620 --> 00:01:12.565 the APA PsycINFO database. 00:01:12.565 --> 00:01:13.740 You could click this and 00:01:13.740 --> 00:01:15.000 choose some other databases, 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:16.670 but stick to PsycINFO. 00:01:16.670 --> 00:01:19.520 Here in these lines, you can choose keywords. 00:01:19.520 --> 00:01:21.460 So let's say I'm really interested 00:01:21.460 --> 00:01:23.200 in looking at the effects of 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:29.240 social media use and anxiety. 00:01:29.240 --> 00:01:32.520 So I can just type in those two keywords. 00:01:32.520 --> 00:01:35.400 I could choose to change up my keywords, 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:37.120 but here I want to do social 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:38.300 media use and anxiety, 00:01:38.300 --> 00:01:40.720 and then I just click "Search". 00:01:40.970 --> 00:01:45.908 Now, you'll notice that I found 277 articles 00:01:45.908 --> 00:01:48.530 about social media use and anxiety. 00:01:48.530 --> 00:01:50.150 You'll notice that not all of 00:01:50.150 --> 00:01:51.290 them are journal articles. 00:01:51.290 --> 00:01:52.990 For example, the first one that came up as 00:01:52.990 --> 00:01:55.050 a dissertation or thesis. 00:01:55.050 --> 00:02:00.350 You cannot use that for this assignment. 00:02:00.350 --> 00:02:02.250 So in order to 00:02:02.250 --> 00:02:05.030 limit the type of publications that you get, 00:02:05.030 --> 00:02:09.230 you can use these limits on this side. 00:02:09.230 --> 00:02:10.810 For example, you only want to 00:02:10.810 --> 00:02:11.750 use articles that you 00:02:11.750 --> 00:02:13.030 could get the full text. 00:02:13.030 --> 00:02:16.720 So check Full Text Only as an option. 00:02:16.720 --> 00:02:18.790 And also, you want 00:02:18.790 --> 00:02:20.690 to make sure that you are only 00:02:20.690 --> 00:02:25.115 getting academic journals, so check that. 00:02:25.115 --> 00:02:29.950 Now I have decreased my search options to 77, 00:02:29.950 --> 00:02:31.550 but I know that I've found 00:02:31.550 --> 00:02:34.550 77 academic journal articles that 00:02:34.550 --> 00:02:37.670 are related to social media use and anxiety, 00:02:37.670 --> 00:02:40.280 and I can get full text on all of them. 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:42.010 So I look at the title. 00:02:42.010 --> 00:02:44.250 I see what I find interesting. 00:02:44.250 --> 00:02:45.810 Young adult depression and anxiety are 00:02:45.810 --> 00:02:47.780 linked to social media use 00:02:47.780 --> 00:02:48.920 : Assessment and treatment. 00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:50.675 Well, that sounds really interesting. 00:02:50.675 --> 00:02:52.490 Looks pretty current. I'm going 00:02:52.490 --> 00:02:54.430 to get the PDF full text. 00:02:54.430 --> 00:02:56.330 I can open it here. 00:02:56.330 --> 00:02:58.130 I can also download it 00:02:58.130 --> 00:03:00.590 from here and read it offline. 00:03:00.590 --> 00:03:02.390 But then your task for 00:03:02.390 --> 00:03:05.270 the alternative assignment would be to 00:03:05.270 --> 00:03:08.010 read this article and then use 00:03:08.010 --> 00:03:09.290 it to answer the questions 00:03:09.290 --> 00:03:10.985 in the alternative assignment. 00:03:10.985 --> 00:03:13.620 Finally, before I leave this video, 00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:16.480 I want to give you one more tip or trick for 00:03:16.480 --> 00:03:20.300 how you can get the citation in APA format. 00:03:20.300 --> 00:03:24.160 If we go back to the original list of 77, 00:03:24.160 --> 00:03:26.280 and I did that just by clicking "Back", 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:28.120 if I click the article, 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:30.940 if I look over here on this side, 00:03:30.940 --> 00:03:33.680 I have a bunch of tool options. 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:35.620 For example, you could add this article 00:03:35.620 --> 00:03:37.900 directly to your Google Drive or a folder. 00:03:37.900 --> 00:03:39.735 You could print the article. 00:03:39.735 --> 00:03:42.690 Here I want to show you the Cite function. 00:03:42.690 --> 00:03:44.660 If you click the "Cite" function, 00:03:44.660 --> 00:03:46.500 a lot of options show up 00:03:46.500 --> 00:03:48.585 here; citation format. 00:03:48.585 --> 00:03:50.530 Remember, we're learning 00:03:50.530 --> 00:03:53.010 APA format in this class, 00:03:53.010 --> 00:03:55.130 so we want to stick to APA. 00:03:55.130 --> 00:03:56.750 APA format is 00:03:56.750 --> 00:03:58.750 the American Psychological Association, 00:03:58.750 --> 00:04:00.230 again, happens to be 00:04:00.230 --> 00:04:02.090 in the seventh edition currently. 00:04:02.090 --> 00:04:04.650 And so here is how you 00:04:04.650 --> 00:04:07.450 would cite that in APA format. 00:04:07.450 --> 00:04:09.390 Notice we use just author 00:04:09.390 --> 00:04:11.690 last names with initials, 00:04:11.690 --> 00:04:13.380 the year of publication, 00:04:13.380 --> 00:04:16.430 the title of the publication all lower case, 00:04:16.430 --> 00:04:18.350 the title of the source 00:04:18.350 --> 00:04:24.550 with every large word 00:04:24.550 --> 00:04:26.985 capitalized as it is here. 00:04:26.985 --> 00:04:29.000 The volume number, issue number if there 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.360 is one page numbers, and then the link. 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:35.280 And so you could just copy-paste this into 00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:38.180 your response sheet 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:39.540 for your research portfolio, 00:04:39.540 --> 00:04:42.575 and that would be an APA-style reference. 00:04:42.575 --> 00:04:44.760 That ends my screencast. 00:04:44.760 --> 00:04:46.000 I hope you found it helpful 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:48.260 for finding sources and 00:04:48.260 --> 00:04:49.840 journal articles through 00:04:49.840 --> 00:04:52.980 APA PsycINFO at Miami.