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Psychology 12
Psychological Methods: Research Procedures

 

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- Title or Periodical Title = (Sex Roles)

- Title or Periodical Title limited to periodicals = (Sex Roles) or (Journal of Research in Personality) or (Journal of Experimental Psychology) or (Cognitive Therapy & Research)

- ISSN = (0096-3445)

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 Psychology & Social Science/Sociology = (http://library.ucr.edu/?view=find/psychology.html)

PsycINFO:

 Scholarly articles, books chapters, reports & dissertations, many with abstracts, links to local UCR holdings and many full-text articles; 1597-present.
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- All Fields (no full text) - ALL = gender characteristics AND child* (e.g., children, childhood, etc.)
- Subject heading (all), SU = sex roles
- Subject heading (all), SU = childhood development  
- Subject heading (all), SU = stereotype* 
- Subject heading (all), SU = perception*
- Population, PO = infancy OR neonatal
- Methodology, ME = empirical study OR quantitative study
- Test & Measures, TM=wechsler intelligence scale for children

- Title, TI = (from a know citation):
Condry, J., & Condry, S. (1976). Sex differences: A study of the eye of the beholder. Child development, 47(3), 812-819. egg

- Author, AU = condry

- Publication title, PUB = Child Development OR ISSN = 0009-3920
- Publication title, PUB = Psychological Reports OR ISSN = 0033-2941
- Publication title, PUB = Psychological Bulletin OR ISSN = 0033-2909

- Publication year, YR = 1976

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Web of Science:

 Social Science Citation Index- Scholarly articles, plus citation searching for articles that cite known authors or works, abstracts; 1900-present 

- Author, AU=clark se   (uses initials for first and middle names)
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Medline:

 Citations from more than 4,300 international biomedical journals covering the fields of medicine, psychiatry, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the preclinical sciences; 1966-present

Other Helpful Info

- Course Reserves for Psych 12    - Avoiding plagiarism      - Reading Call Numbers     - Citing Your Sources    

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