WEEK 10 Citation Chaining

Search terms used?

              Can synesthesia be learned by training?

              synesthesia AND training

Limiters?

              Since 2012

In terms of article content, what did you find here that you have not seen in the databases?

              One thing I did noticed is that it seems to be a little easier to find the articles I want but I find it difficult to find the article in full text once I find one I like. And the limiters are limited.

How does this research process compare to the library databases? Easier? Difficult?

              I find it more difficult. Maybe it is because I am old and find using different interfaces confusing. I like to particularly like to use the library databases because I usually need peer-reviewed articles for my classes and google scholar does not seem to give me that option. Other than help with Boolean searching, there seemed to be not a lot of options for limiters.

How would you use this tool in the future?

              I probably will only use google scholar in the future as a means of guidance than as a main path and platform for research. I personally feel unsure when I use google and would rather utilize what the college provides since I am already familiar on how to navigate the databases. I did not use web of science for this assignment but I have in past assignments and I find it to be very useful but may not be a popular source of information for me in the future.

              I will definitely use citation chaining in the future because it really helps with cutting down how much time is spent on research and it broadens the information that is found for the research. Once I found one article I liked (I picked one that was general) I could find other articles faster by looking at the cited by section and the references list of the article, and I could literally keep going through the chain and find more articles that would broaden my research some more.

WEEK 9 More Citations

PART ONE

1.

Allardt, E. 1993. “Having, Loving, Being: An Alternative to the Swedish Model of Welfare Research.” In Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen, eds., The Quality of Life, 88-94. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

a. What:          Pages from a book

b. Where:        I searched for it in Search it and kept it open for all of the Vancouver campus plus the summit libraries and it is available at the Holland/Terrell Libraries Stacks.

c. How:           I would have to request the book through the summit library.

2.

Beck, Ulrich. 1992. Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. Sage, London.

a. What:          Book

b. Where:        I searched for it in Search it and kept it open for all of the Vancouver campus plus the summit libraries and it is available at the Holland/Terrell Libraries Stacks.

c. How:           I would have to request the book through the summit library.

3.

Dake, Karl. 1991. “Orienting Dispositions in the Perception of Risk: An Analysis of Contemporary World Views and Cultural Biases.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 22 (1): 60-81.

a. What:          An article from a periodical journal.

b. Where:        Was not able to find it through Search It in WSU libraries + summit but was able to find it through EBSCO, searching through all databases.

c. How:           No WSU library has it available and will have to request it through ILLiad services.

4.

Fischhoff, B. 1990. “Psychology and Public Policy: Tool or Toolmaker?” American Psychologist 45: 647-653.

a. What:          Journal Article

b. Where:        Was not able to find it through Search It in WSU libraries + summit but was able to find it through EBSCO, searching through all databases.

c. How:           After pressing the, “Find it @ WSU,” button, ProQuest had the article available for download.

PART TWO

1.

Bahrick, L. E. (1992). Infants’ perceptual differentiation of amodal and modality-specific audio-visual relations. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 53, 180 –199.

a. What:          Article from a Journal

b. Where:        Found it using Search It and opened the search to all libraries. It is available through both the Vancouver library and as a PDF download through Science direct (Elsevier).

c. How:           By clicking the link for, Elsevier SD Backfile Psychology Supplement, after selecting the, “Access options”, link.

2.

Berlin, B. (1994). Evidence for pervasive synesthetic sound symbolism in ethnozoological nomenclature. In L. Hinton, J. Nichols, and J. Ohala (Eds.), Sound symbolism (pp.  76 –93).  New York:  Cam- bridge University Press.

a. What:          Print Book

b. Where:        I found it through Search it and it is available at the Holland/Terrell Libraries Stacks.

c. How:           I Would have to request it through the library Search It.

PART THREE

I have to say, I do not normally look for articles, or sources, the backwards way. However, this week’s lesson was not terribly confusing and I seemed to have the hang of it. There was an area where I had trouble finding an article. I believe it was number three but I had to constantly click through stuff to find how I could request it and I am not even sure if I found an accurate requesting option. In the future, I could see myself using this technique because it would be whole lot easier to find more source I would need for any research project. Sometimes just searching, using only key words or phrases, does not always cut it.

WEEK 8 CITATIONS

Article One

Subject:           Biology

Database:        Wiley Online Library

Citation:         

Williams, R., Gumtau, S., & Mackness, J. (2015). Synesthesia: from cross-modal to modality-free learning and knowledge. Leonardo, 48(1). Retrieved from doi:10.1162/LEON_a_00937

Article Two

Subject:           Fine Arts

Database:        Art Index

Citation:         

Chun, A.C. & Hupe, J. (2016). Are synesthetes exceptional beyond their synesthetic associations? A systematic comparison of creativity, personality, cognition, and mental imagery in synesthetes and controls. British Journal of Psychology, 107. Retrieved from doi:10.1111/bjop.12146.

Article Three

Subject:           Education

Database:        Education Fulltext

Citation:

Spector, F. & Maurer, D. (2013). Synesthesia: a new approach to understanding the development of perception. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 1. Retrieved from DOI: 10.1037/2326-5523.1.S.108.

I am not even sure if I completed this assignment correctly because I was unsure if I still needed to search the topic we have been researching all semester or pick three different topics and three different databases. Either way, something was completed. I picked the databases, fine art, biology and education because I thought it would be neat to see what other subject areas are finding on the topic. One thing I noticed while researching is even though I started on a database meant for education or biology, I was still generally pulled to journals involving psychology, which made me feel like I was doing the assignment wrong.  

Week 6

PART ONE: Research Question

How does synesthesia aid individuals in learning memory?

PART TWO: Main Concepts & Search Statement

a.     (Main concept)

1.     Synesthesia

2.     Learning

3.     Memory

b.     (Search Statement)

1.     Synesthesia AND Memory AND Learning

2.     Syn*thesia AND Memory AND Learning

3.     Synesthesia AND (Memory OR learning)

4.     Syn*thesia AND (Memory OR Learning)

c.     (Do a Search)

1.     Syn*thesia AND Memory AND Learning

d.     (Applied Filters)

1.     Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals

2.     Published Date: 20070101-20161231

PART THREE: Reflection

            I really wanted to focus on using the Boolean method with using the asterisk. At first I did not produce any response but then I figured out I was not on Academic Search Complete but using PubMed instead. I believe in the future I will be practicing using the asterisk a lot because it was mind blowing to know, 1) synesthesia can be spelled in different ways and 2) using the asterisk can produce results beyond just the spelling of synesthesia. Meaning it can produce, synæsthesia or synaesthesia. Another issue I had is, I wanted to be more focused with my question. I do want to know more about how it can help with learning but I felt I did not define the question more. This will be something I will work on some more on in the future is brainstorming since this seems to be a skill I have an issue with honing.