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Library Workshops
Psych/COMS/Soc/Pols 101: How to find stuff to help you in class
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Time: noon – 1 pm
Place: Alden 323
Instructor: Sherri Saines
Connect to the resources that will make a difference for your intro class.
Pre-registration is NOT required. Just come to Alden 323 at the day and time listed above.

You can now find scholarly journal articles via Google. However, if you want to be able to read the articles online for free, you’ll need to follow this set of tips from Alden Library:
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/find/articles-google.html

Finishing spring quarter research papers and assignments? Remember, help is available at Alden Library. Walk in, phone, chat, or IM — see http://www.library.ohiou.edu/ask/ for details.
RESOURCE OF THE WEEK will be going on hiatus, but will return in July with SUMMER RESOURCE OF THE MONTH.

Library Workshops
Making APA Citations
Date: Thursday, April 24
Time: noon – 1 pm
Place: Alden 323
Instructor: Chris Guder
Have questions about using the APA citation style? Our APA guru can help you out!
Pre-registration is NOT required. Just come to Alden 323 at the day and time listed above.

Library Workshops
Making APA Citations
Date: Thursday, April 24
Time: noon – 1 pm
Place: Alden 323
Instructor: Chris Guder
Have questions about using the APA citation style? Our APA guru can help you out!
Pre-registration is NOT required. Just come to Alden 323 at the day and time listed above.

The Psych Blog FAQ has answers to several common questions about how to use library resources when working on psychology assignments. Look under “Pages” on the right side of the screen for this and other Psych Blog help pages.

The Psych Blog FAQ and library research help pages have been updated! Look under “Pages” on the right-hand side of this screen for updated information on how to find articles, access online journals, learn about APA style, and more.
p.s. Resource of the Week is going on a 2-week hiatus. Look for new posts in Spring [...]

DOI stands for digital object identifier and is a unique number assigned to electronic journal articles and other electronic documents. The new APA citation rules call for this number to be used whenever it’s available instead of the URL. It is generally available for newer academic journal articles and may be found:

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Now available to OU students, faculty and staff: an official supplement to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association on citing online sources. For information on how to cite electronic journals, e-books, web sites, and other sources found on the Internet, see the APA style guide to Electronic References:
http://infotree.library.ohiou.edu/single-records/4323.html

RefWorks is a web-based tool that allows you to collect, store, sort and create APA-format bibliographies and paranthetical citations. It’s similar to EndNote or ProCite, but it allows you to access your stored references from any Internet-capable computer, anywhere. No pre-registration is required; simply come to any of the following sessions. (Although the sessions [...]