Rubrics of Black Psychology (BLST 200-14): Information Seeking and Searching Basics

The topic you choose will help you determine where to do your search.The keys finding information on your topic are:

knowing what types of information you want, knowing where to look for that information, knowing how to search for that information, and knowing who to ask for help along the way.

This guide provides suggestions and links to sources that will help most of you with your Black Psychology topics. Some may need to ask for further suggestions or for searching advice at the Gault Library Reference Desk.

In order to understand databases, however, let's first start with some Database Basics.

Finding books locally and through other libraries
CONSORT Library Catalog: an electronic database listing books, periodicals, newspapers, videos, government publications, etc. that are owned by the libraries at The College of Wooster, Denison University, Kenyon College, and Ohio Wesleyan University. Wooster students are allowed to request online items found in CONSORT that are not at Wooster. OhioLINK Library Catalog: an electronic database listing the holdings of approximately 84 college and univeristy libraries throughout the state of Ohio. Wooster students are allowed to request online items found in OhioLINK that are not in CONSORT. For books that are not in CONSORT or OhioLINK and for journal articles that are not accessible at Wooster, students are allowed to request those items through WebZap, the Libraries' online Interlibary Loan form.
Possible subject headings for the CONSORT and OhioLINK Library Catalogs:
African American Children - Education African American Children - Psychology African American Men - Psychology African American Women - Psychology African Americans - Attitudes African Americans - Education African Americans - Psychology African Americans - Race Identity Blacks - Race Identity Children, Black	Diversity in the Workplace Ethnicity Ethnocentrism Multiculturalism Prejudices Prejudices in Children Race Awareness Race Discrimination Race Discrimination - Psychological Aspects Racism
To find references to journal articles, use a periodical/magazine/journal article database or index:
For this assignment, the following databases and indexes are available to you in the print Reference area in the College of Wooster Gault Library or through the Databases by Title web page: Database or Print Index Name, Dates Covered, and Location Database/Index Content Description PsycINFO (1967 - present) The primary database in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and related disciplines. Indexes scholarly, peer-reviewed and other related journals, book chapters for recent years, and doctoral dissertations. Each item includes a link to OhioLINK holdings using the "find a copy" link. Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) Interdisciplinary database that indexes scholarly journals, popular magazines, and magazines of commentary. Includes full text links to many of the articles indexed and a link to check holdings in OhioLINK libraries (including CONSORT) when full text is not available. G .K. Hall Index to Black Periodicals (1950- ), WOO Reference AI3 .I5 Indexes African-American periodicals of general and scholarly interest. Provides coverage back to 1950 under its previous titles Index to Black Periodicals, Index to Periodical Articles by and about Blacks, Index to Articles by and about Negroes, and Index to Selected Periodicals Received in the Hallie Q. Brown Memorial Library... (shelved together in the library) Medline (1966 - present) The primary journal article database in the field of medicine and related fields. Each item includes a link to OhioLINK holdings using the "find a copy" link. Social Sciences Citations Index (ISI Web of Science, 1980 - present). This database is useful when you have a reference to an important older source (journal article, book, etc.) and you would like to know if someone referred to that source in a more recent journal article.
Locate articles through indexes or databases - see the Libraries' Finding Journal Articles page for instructions
The College of Wooster Libraries has a Finding Journal Articles Web page that will help you determine whether or not Wooster students have access to particular journals.
To Find reference sources that are useful for background information, definitions of difficult terms, and citation/style instructions
Location / Call Number / Browsing Area: Reference Source Title and/or Descriptions: WOO Ready Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition, 2001. This is the American Psychological Association's official style manual for manuscript and citation style. Use of this citation style is required for this course. WOO Reference BF section Encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, and other reference sources in the field of Psychology. Useful for background information and definitions of psychological terms. WOO Reference E185 section Encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, bibliographies, and other reference sources in the field of African American Studies. Useful for background information on Black Studies topics. WOO Reference RC section WOO Science Reference R section WOO Science Reference RC section Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks in the fields of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Health, respectively. Useful for background information and definitions of specialized psychiatric, medical, and health-related terminology.
To Find links to many of the sources listed above, start at the College of Wooster Libraries home page on the Web:
Now that you've been introduced to the types of resources to use for your research, it's time to take a virtual tour of the College of Wooster Libraries home page and see if you understand where the databases and sources can be found.
NEED HELP? Julia Gustafson Jgustafson@wooster.edu Access Services Librarian 330/263-2315