Activity: Conduct an on-line search.
The purpose of this activity is to familiarize you with
the PsychInfo
database.
Review these tutorials before doing this activity:
Conducting an on-line
search
Sources of Information
Your
name:____________________________Date:________________
Part I
1. Log in to the PsycInfo database (through MdUSA,
EBSCO Host
or some other means).
2. Find articles on adolescent's
self-esteem. Particularly,
you want to find at least 10 recent
(i.e., last 5 years) journal articles (not books, chapters from
books, or dissertations) on adolescents' self-esteem as it relates to
their
image of their body. Write the titles of the 10 best articles
below,
including the author's name. This task could be very easy or very
tedious depending on your success at doing the appropriate
search.
If you haven't reviewed the tutorial on conducting an on-line search,
you
may want to do it now.
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3. Select 1 of the 10 articles listed above and
provide a 1-2
sentence explanation of the study based on your reading of the
article's
abstract.
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