Apply appropriate strategies of inquiry and exploration

PSYC-101 Library Assignment – 60 points

This assignment will be used to assess students learning on the following course objectives:

· Apply appropriate strategies of inquiry and exploration in order to find, evaluate, and use information ethically in the study of an issue in psychology.

Assignment Prompt

This Library assignment provides an opportunity for students to gain insights into the differences between Primary and Secondary sources and how to cite and reference in APA style. In the Library tutorial video lesson, class you will be shown how to find a primary source and a secondary source through the library web-site and you will be shown how to cite and reference your sources (both Primary and Secondary) in APAformat. The written assignment must be done on a word processor; no hand written assignments will be accepted.

The steps for completing the Library assignment

1. After watching the Library tutorial video, and the orientation to the Library web-site, use the Library to choose an article on a topic that interests you.  Make sure that the article is considered a PRIMARY SOURCE. This would be found in an academic journal ONLY. The author(s) must be the researcher(s) reporting on a specific study that they themselves conducted, and its results. A Primary Source would include the following: a review of the literature, a description of the methodology including the sample selection process, a description of the statistical analysis, and a discussion of the results. (3 points for a primary source that meets these criteria).

PLEASE NOTE: 

You may not use an abstract instead of the complete article for either source.

Your Primary Source cannot be older than 6 years, and must be at least 5 pages long!

You cannot use someone’s Doctoral or Master’s Thesis for this assignment. You must use the HCC Library database for the primary source since that is one of the purposes of the assignment.

2. Then either using the library website or another internet site, find a Secondary source article which is on the same topic as your primary source. (3 pts)

PLEASE NOTE:

Your Secondary Source cannot be older than 6 years, and must be at least 2 pages long.

Your Secondary Source must come from a trustworthy source, such as Psychology Today, a National magazine (Time, Newsweek) or an established paper (NY Times, Washington Post).

Having both a Primary source and a Secondary source is worth 10 points of this assignment.

3. The Written Assignment consists of 4 parts:

A. In your first paragraph, provide a summary of both your primary and secondary sources, including why the topic of your two sources are appropriate for psychology. Make sure you cite both sources in your answer using APA citation style. Paragraph must be a minimum 100 words; include word count please. (10 pts).

B. In the second paragraph COMPARE: do a comparison summary paragraph of how your Primary and Secondary sources are alike. You must discuss two ways the two sources are alike (Things like “they are both on the same topic,” “both articles,” or “both have authors”, etc. are NOT appropriate). Paragraph must be a minimum 120 words; include word count please! You will receive 4 points for each correct similarity. (Total 8 points)

C. In the third paragraph  CONTRAST: do a contrast summary paragraph of how your Primary and Secondary sources are different. You must discuss three ways the two sources are different (Things like “one is longer,” “one has more references”, or “one is primary the other is secondary” etc. are NOT appropriate!). Paragraph must be a minimum of 120 words, Include word count please ! You will receive 4 points for each correct difference. (Total 12 pts)

D. On a separate References page include your references. The REFERENCE PAGE should contain references for both your Primary and Secondary sources in APA format. Your References must include live links to your Primary and Secondary sources. If the links are not live, your paper cannot be graded. You will receive 8-points for APA reference page. Check the links when you turn the paper in; if they are not live, please fix them. You can chat with a librarian if you need help.

See the Library link on the Canvas home page for this course.

E. You also need APA in-text citations within the text of your assignment. (Total 6 pts)