PSYC 1020H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Biology Of Depression, Openaccess, Statistical Inference
15 Jul 2014
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Part 1: apa articles: types of articles: pages 9-11, publication process- pgs. Scientific article: dissemination of information- written, novel piece of work, reviewed by peers, archival. Finding articles: academic libraries- must have access through library- paid for by library, open-access journals- no hard copy, only online- free access to everyone, not available in bookstores, search engines, psycinfo, scholars portal, pubmed. Peer review: scholarly articles must meet strict criteria in order to be published, prior to publication, articles are reviewed by several other experts in the same subject area (peer-reviewed) to determine the article"s accuracy and soundness. Writing styles for scholarly journals: standard format for publishing, a uniform style allows us to scan articles quickly for key points and findings, note: writing style is not the same for all scholarly journals. Apa style: used in the field of psychology but not exclusively, also used in the fields of education, social sciences, nursing etc, provides rules and guidelines of apa style:
