Part 1: Conduct an Author Search - PSYCH 101 - General Psychology - Baart - Harold L. Drimmer Library Research Guides at Westchester Community College Library

Part 1: Author Search

APA PsycArticles
Full-text collection of American Psychological Association (APA) journals.

What's a DOI? (APA.org)

Part 1: Author Search

Use APA PsycArticles to find an article published within the past 10 years by someone who has the same last name as you, or if possible the same first and last name (if not find an article by an author whose name is alphabetically close to yours).

Cite your article in APA format and summarize it in one or two sentences. For Part 1 you do not need the full article, the abstract will have enough information to write a brief summary.

Set Your Limiters

Click on the link to APA PsycARTICLES above. If you are off campus, log in with your MyWCC userID and password.)
In the top search box enter the author name to search in the following format: lastname, firstname
In the dropdown next to the search box change Select a Field to Author.
Under Publication Date check off the Past 10 Years box.
Click Search to see your results.
If you have no results, change the name you are searching (limit to last name only or try a different name) and try again.

View Your Results

PsycARTICLES will display your results in a list with newer articles toward the top.

Browse through the article titles (in blue) to find something that sounds interesting. Below the article title are the citation information and subject terms.

View the Citation and Abstract

The Results page will show the first few sentences of the ABSTRACT. Click on a SHOW MORE at the end of to get the full abstract.

The Article Title is at the top of the result.
The Authors and their affiliations are listed below
The Source is the Journal Title, followed by the volume and issue of the journal that the article appeared in, the date of the issue and the page numbers.
The Abstract is a summary of what the article is about.

Read through the ABSTRACT. If it is confusing or very technical you may want to select another article.

Cite Your Source in APA Format

To get an APA formatted citation, click on the TOOL icon (3 dots to the right of the article title) > CITE > COPY CITATION and select APA from the list of citation formats.
If you have a NoodleTools account, select Export Citation > NoodleTools

For part 1 of this assignment you will need to copy + paste the APA Citation, the Abstract below, then summarize what you think this article is about in a few sentences just from reading the abstract. *see complete instructions from Prof. Baart.

Journal article citation format:

Author Last name, First initial. (Date of article). Title of Article. Title of Publication, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI

Example:

Palmieri, A., Zidarich, S., & Kleinbub, J. R. (2020). Symbolic meaning of drugs in psychotherapy: A psychodynamic perspective. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 37(4), 294–304. https://doi.org/10.1037/pap0000267

*When provided, include a doi number (DOI.ORG) but do NOT include the url from a library database (e.g. https://lib-proxy.sunywcc.edu:2346/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=109265473&site=ehost-live)

PART 1 does not require the article, only the ABSTRACT and APA Citation + your summary.