This webpage identifies and discusses resources for Clinical Psychology. The webpage:
 

• Discusses how to use PsycINFO and Social Science Citation Index to develop bibliography.
• Identifies some other resources.
• Shows how to obtain copies of papers and other materials
• Provides information about avoiding plagiarism.

NOTE: If you have comments on this webpage, or if you need assistance or want to schedule a classroom demo, contact Brian Simboli , x5003. Room 633 in Fairchild-Martindale Library.
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. MYLIBRARY
B. PSYCINFO
C. SOCIAL SCIENCE CITATION INDEX/WEB OF SCIENCE
D. OTHER LIBRARY RESOURCES
E. OBTAINING COPIES OF PAPERS &OTHER MATERIALS
F. HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM

A. MYLIBRARY

MyLibrary is your own, personalized set of library resources. To get there, login to the portal, and then look for the "MyLibrary" tab. Click on the tab, and enter your login and password. You may see a set of library resources specifically about psychology; if you do not, click "MyProfile" on the left and change the default resources so that psychology ones show up. Note that a pre-selected set of resources appears on the webpage. You can add or delete resources that appear on this page. E.g., to change the journals that appear, click "edit" beside "Electronic Journals" and select or deselect journals. Available to you are lists of psychology journals and all the journals for the university. You can select and deselect whatever journals you want to appear on or disappear from your desktop.

PsycInfo is on the library's webpage of databases. Information about the database plus access to both on- and off-campus is available here. For more information about content and coverage of the database, clik on the "i" (information) button after you enter it.

• The goal of searching is to come up with a "record", like the one below, for a relevant journal article, book, or other type of material, whether in print or available electronically.
• Note: Lehigh has journal articles in both print and electronic form  An example of an electronic journal article is this.
• If you are not familiar with the basics of online searching, see this Generic Searching Guide
• Here is a PsycINFO record; it gives information about the article linked to above. Records like this are the target of your PsycINFO searching:

This is not an article--it is a record with information about an article. (A section below has information about how to obtain copies of papers.)

Notice that PsycINFO records are broken down into "fields" such as title, author, abstract.

PsycINFO gives you additional fields, such as "descriptors",  which enable you to obtain more focused results, as we shall see when we run some examples below.  Descriptors are subject headers that PsycINFO assigns to records.

It is easy to throw in a few keywords and bring up search results. But with a little extra effort, you can often come up with far more focused results.

These are done in the "advanced" mode. Overall point: try different angles until you find what you need.
 

Example 1

Find journal articles in English about lying on personality inventory tests.
 

• First, try a simple keyword search using the keywords "personality" and "inventories" and "lying". A keyword search ranges over these "fields" in PsycINFO records: descriptor, title, abstract, key phrase (identifier), and table of contents.
• The above record comes up, among others.
• Most people stop at this point. But watch what happens if you go further.
• Say the article above is ballpark.  Look at the "descriptors" for this article.  Again, descriptors are subject headers assigned to PsycINFO records.
• Do a descriptor phrase search (using the drag down menu and selecting descriptor phrase) on two of the relevant descriptors:  "personality measures" and "deception".  Along the way, limit the search to English language (see "language phrase"), and to peer reviewed articles (see "document type phrase"), and then run the search. With respect to "document type phrase", also try the journal article options.[Fine point: you may discover that if the descriptor contains parentheses, you'll have trouble searching for the item if you select descriptor phrase from the drag-down menu. *Leave out the parentheses* when you do the search.]
• You will see new papers that do not appear in the original list. You know that these papers are "on topic" (and thus 'focused'), since they would not have been assigned the descriptors if they were not.
• Maybe one of those papers from this second search is better than papers generated by the first search.
• Keep going this way until you find the papers that interest you.
• You can email or print the search results.
• Then see section below that gives information about obtaining copies of papers.
• (Note: see example 2 for how to limit to papers having an empirical slant)
• [Note: in lieu of typing out the descriptors and running a search on them, you can click on the More like this: advanced options..." feature and then get a list of descriptors from which you can do another search.]

I want articles about a subject that have a particular approach, just e.g., that are review articles or have a bibliographic slant or are empirical. How can I bring them up?

In the advanced search screen, select "content type phrase" from the drag-down menu.  Then click on the button   Type in "0". Click browse.  Scroll through to see the options for "content type phrase". Click on the one that you want. In the advanced search interface, add additional search terms and/or use the limit features, and then run the search. (For information about content types, see here)

Here is an example.  Find journal articles in English about narcissistic personality disorder that have an empirical slant.

• First, do a keyword search on the terms "narcissistic" and  "personality" and "disorder". As we have seen, keyword searching is a great way to bring up some initial results that can lead to new ones.
• Maybe you will find what you want at this stage by scrolling through a few screens. The search set is big, so you may want a more focused search.
• Look at the descriptors in search results that look especially relevant. A descriptor you may come across is "narcisisstic personality disorder".
• Click on the descriptor link, or drag down "descriptor phrase" and search on "narcissistic personality disorder".
• Go back to the advanced search screen.
• Incorporate the content type for "empirical" into your search. To do so, select "content type phrase". Then click on button . Type in "0".  Click browse.  Scroll through to see the options. Click on "0800 empirical study".   Now run the new search.

Example 3

Is there a more organized/systematic way to find "descriptors" to search?

• Click the button   off the advanced search screen.
• This brings you to a place where you can search for  headings in the PsycINFO thesaurus.
• For example, put in "clinical psychology" to see what comes up.

    

Example 4

I've found one really good article. Can I find documents later in time that cite it?

Information about how to do this, not only on PsycInfo but also ISI Web of Science (see below for info about this second resource), is available in the library research guide "Cited/Citing Resources": A Special Way to Build Bibliographies".

Example 5

Are there other indexing tools that I can use to focus searching?

Yes--to see the available tools, see this "Guide to the Fields in Our Database Records", which links out to more information. 

For persons interested in psychological tests, see "Tips for Searching for Psychological Tests"
 

Search Tips:

• For further details about using indexing terms, see Tips for Searching Index Terms. From that link:

  "Index terms are controlled vocabulary terms used in database records to make searching easier and more successful. By standardizing the words or phrases used to represent concepts, you don't need to try and figure out all the ways different authors could refer to the same concept. Each record in the PsycINFO database contains controlled vocabulary terms from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms .

  PsycINFO staff index records according to the source document's level of specificity. For example, an experimental population labeled "high school students" will be indexed with the term "High School Students", not the broader and less specific term "Students". Therefore, any relevant narrower terms should be included in the list of index terms in your search. Related terms may also closely match a search topic, and should be considered as well. You will find these narrower and related terms in the Relationship section of the Thesaurus."

• Do not use the limit to full text feature. You will not get everything that is available at Lehigh.
• Items with the "library and book" icon are in our library. However, don't assume that if an item does not have that icon, that we do not have it. Check ASA.
• When putting in search terms, you may want to use truncation and other special features, like proximity--see the help docs for FirstSearch

For more about PsycINFO:

If you want to learn more about PsycINFO or how to search it, see the following:

• About PsycINFO
• Information about PsycINFO
• Consult  Interdisciplinary Applications of PsycINFO  to get ideas about how to search a variety of topics in PsycINFO
• PsycINFO Journal Coverage List
• PsycINFO on OCLC search guides
• Guide to the Fields in our Database Records
• Tips for Searching Historical Records
• See also help documentation on OCLC FirstSearch

What does it do?

Two things:

1. Allows you to search for records relating to your subject (click on general search)
2. Allows you to start with a document and find references later in time that cite it. This way you can build up a bibliography of related works. Click on cited reference search. (See example above for how PsycINFO lets you do the same thing.)

To get to the full text of articles, or see whether the library has the item in print, or order it via interlibrary loan, use the SFX links feature.      

Note: you set things up so that you receive e-mail alerts on future citations to a record.

Where does Social Sciences Citation Index live?

Social Sciences Citation Index coverage is available via Web of Science, which also includes coverage of Science Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Coverage is 1993 to present. NOTE: see the afore-mentioned link for help documentation.

We also have paper coverage of Social Sciences Citation Index for 1966/1970-1997. (See ASA).

Note: The Web version supplants the CDs covering 1998 forward, which are loaded on a computer behind the help desk in the lobby of Fairchild-Martindale. ISI provides the following tutorials for using the CD version: Cited Reference Searching: An Introduction”, Social Sciences Citation Index on Compact Disc

OTHER DATABASES

PsycINFO and Social Science Citation Index are only two of the databases that Lehigh's libraries make available. See here for an alphabetical and subject breakdown of databases.  "Academic Index, Expanded [Infotrac]"  is an example of another database that has coverage of the psychological literature. Use the subject search, which breaks your subject down into subdivisions. Also, see "Research Library ".

ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY

See what material is available in Annual Review of Psychology about topics relating to your area of interest in clinical psychology. If you like what comes up, see "Search for citing articles in: ISI Web of Science" link (if present). Also, see the related articles feature as well as "Alert me when: New articles cite this article".

PRINT REFERENCE WORKS

Print reference resources in the reference section of FM Library that might help you include:

• Encyclopedia of Human Behavior  150.3 E564
• Encyclopedia of Psychology  150.3 E5631
• Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science   150.3 E563  2001
• Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis 616.89003 E56

Also, to find items relating to mental measurement, try a 'keyword', 'everything', search on < mental and measurement$ > in ASA.

E. OBTAINING COPIES OF PAPERS AND OTHER MATERIALS

 

We have used bibliographic databases to find references and abstracts for papers that look interesting.

How do you actually locate the paper(s)?

(1.) After doing your online search, see if there is an "SFX" link for the item. If we have electronic full text of a journal article, you can link to it from that link. Here is what an SFX link looks like on PsycInfo; see this link on the PsycINFO record copied above:

Lehigh Links/ILLiad Loan

 

Click the link immediately above to see a sample SFX menu. On Web of Science, the link looks like this:      SFX links are available on most if not all of the library's bibliographic databases.

If full text of an article is available electronically, you can get to it off an SFX link. If not, off the SFX link you can check ASA to see if we have the item in print at the library or click on ILLiad to use an "ILLiad" form, that is, interlibrary loan form.  Using this form requires a one-time registration. When you use ILLiad, the data is automatically entered  for you on the form.You may be able to receive the article electronically in your email. Don't wait until the last moment to place interlibrary loan orders.

For more information about SFX, link here.

(2.) If you have a citation but not are not in a database like PsycInfo or Web of Science, you can go directly to ASA (available off the library homepage) to see if Lehigh has the journal, either in paper or electronic format. Select "browse", type in the title of the journal, and then click "Journal Titles".

NOTE:

• A record will come up that tells you where the journal can be found in the library, if it is in print.
• Journals in electronic format have a link right out of the ASA record.

(3.) You may want to see if one of the regional libraries has the journal.
(4.) In addition to using SFX to order an article, you may order an item through interlibrary loan by using the forms available here under "Interlibrary Loan".  Books can be ordered via the PALCI link there and other materials via the ILLiad link.  Don't wait til the last moment to order items.

through ILL. 

An additional way to find papers: browse the tables of contents of recent issues or archived (bound) copies in the library, or look for relevant electronic journals browsable here by title or linked on ASA .

F. PLAGIARISM: HOW TO AVOID IT

If you engage in plagiarism, it is like a ticking timebomb. There is a good chance you will be found out, with serious consequences.

Without intending to engage in plagiarism, you may unwittingly do so. To avoid it,  familiarize yourself with what it is. If you learn how to do footnoting in the proper style, this can help you.

Here are some webpages that can help you get started: 

                  Information Literacy Tutorials
                 Ante/Anti Plagiarism

NOTE:   These webpages are not a substitute for whatever instructions your instructor gives about correct footnoting style and what constitutes plagiarism.