Title: Library Exercise: Section B
Course: FYE 101 First Year Experience > Section: FYE 101 First Year Experience

Q: You are working on a project about obsessive compulsive disorder in children for your Intro to Psych class and you want to find a recent periodical (magazine/journal) article. Go to the EBSCO Database List and click “Go.”

What database in the EBSCO Database List group would be your best choice to start a search for an article about a topic in psychology
- Academic Search Complete
- PsycArticles
- CINAHL with Full Text
- Professional Development Collection
A: PsycArticles

Q: Select this database and click on “Continue.” Enter the following search phrase in the search box:  “obsessive compulsive disorder AND  children.” Notice you can put limits on the results. Limit it to FULL Text. (Make sure you are in the EBSCO PsycArticles Database.) Go ahead and click “Search.” How many hits did you get?
- Between 1-5
- Between 6-10
- Between 11-15
- MOre than 15
A: Between 11-15

Q: Now REFINE the search to EXCLUDE BOOK REVIEWS. How many hits did you get?

NOTE:  For this search we don’t want to look at book reviews because they don’t actually contain any content from the book being reviewed – there’s really nothing you could use in a short paper. A reviewer is simply offering his/her opinion about the book.
- Between 1-5
- Between 6-10
- Between 11-15
- More than 15
A: Between 6-10

Q: From the list of results locate the article “Decreased Family Accommodation Associated with Improved Therapy Outcomes in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.” Click on this title to get to its record. How many authors are there?
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
A: Four

Q: What is the periodical (magazine/journal) title in which the article was originally published ?
- Psychology Today
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Sigmund Freud Foundation Newsletter
- Psychological Abstracts
A: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Q: What date this article was published?
- March 2009
- April 2009
- May 2010
- June 2010
A: April 2009

Q: In what volume and issue number of the periodical did this article appear?
- Volume 77, Number 2
- Volume 78, Number 2
- Volume 79, Number 2
- Volume 80, Number 2
A: Volume 77, Number 2

Q: On what pages of the print periodical did this article appear?
- Pages 300-325
- Pages 326-350
- Pages 355-360
A: Pages 355-360

Q: Scroll down a little further. What part of the record gives you a summary of the article’s contents?
- Source
- Keywords
- Abstract
A: Abstract

Q: Is the Abstract the same thing as the article?
- Yes
- No
A: No

Q: Notice the links on the left side of the page – “HTML Full-Text” and “PDF Full-Text.” Click on each one to see the content.  Which link will give you a photographic image of the article exactly as it originally appeared in the print publication?
- HTML Full-Text
- PDF Full-Text
A: PDF Full-Text

Q: Look at the article record again. Is this article Peer-Reviewed?
- Yes
- No
A: Yes