FINDING & USING INFORMATION AS AN ART OR MUSIC

THERAPIST

Journal ArticlesFirst up:

Popular or “Scholarly”?

“Scholarly material”:

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1. Is usually accompanied by advertisements

2. Is usually identifiable by detailed documentation and bibliographies

3. Is written to appeal to a wide audience

4. Will always have the word “journal” in the title

Signs of a Scholarly Source

Author is an academic writer, a scientist, or an expert in his/her field

Audience: other professionals Purpose: to inform Discussion usually very specific Bibliography of clearly-cited sources Has been reviewed by other experts in

the field

Clues that an article is from a “popular source” include:

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bibliography

2. Many graphics and/or advertisements

3. The writer does not assume that the reader has prior knowledge about the topic

4. Both 2 & 3

Signs of Popular Sources

Author is usually a freelance or staff writer Audience: the general public Purpose: to entertain and inform Discussion usually general; provides an

overview Sources not cited or mentioned very

generally (“Baker says that _____,” but no further citation information is given)

Approved by an editor/editorial board

The Journal of Popular Culture is

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2. Popular

Newsweek is…

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2. Popular

ARTnews is…

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2. Popular

Sometimes popular sources are entirely appropriate.

Sometimes they are not.

Finding journal articles that may answer your question

Start your research at the library’s home page

Good ol’ BOOKSNot obsolete yet!

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chauffeurchef

accountantpsychologist

teacher

diplomat

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ART THERAPIST

000's – Generalities

100's -- Philosophy & Psychology

200's – Religion

300's -- Social Sciences

400's – Language

500's -- Natural Sciences & Mathematics

600's -- Technology (Applied Sciences)

700's -- The Arts

800's -- Literature & Rhetoric

900's -- Geography & History

Finding the books you need Search the library catalog

Thinking about information

Handling “information overload”

Information Source How you processed it

Why you processed it that way

Create your own grid… whisper with a partner or two… then share with the group

Let’s describe a “good” website

What to do with your sources?

Quoting & citing If you use someone else’s words in your

paper, put them in quotation marks and give author, publication, and page information:

Using technology does have its drawbacks, however. “Since no more than a fixed number of lines of text are visible on a computer screen, you may find it difficult to get a sense of your whole project” (Gibaldi, 2004, p. 59).

Another way If you mention the author’s name in your text,

you don’t have to put it in the citation, but you do need to include the other material in parentheses:

As Gibaldi (2004) points out, using technology does have its drawbacks. “Since no more than a fixed number of lines of text are visible on a computer screen, you may find it difficult to get a sense of your whole project” (p. 59).

Other uses that need citations:

ParaphrasesWhen only a few lines are visible on a screen, it

may be hard to keep the whole project in mind (Gibaldi, 2004, p. 59).

InformationOnly a few lines are visible at one time on a

computer screen (Gibaldi, 2004, p. 59). Ideas

Seeing only a few lines may make it difficult to consider the piece as a whole (Gibaldi, 2004, p. 59).

Which of these is included in a citation on a References page?

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number

2. Date of publication

3. ISBN

4. Both 1 & 2

A bibliographic entry in APA format (this is a book)

Garcia Coll, C. T., Cook-Nobles, R., & Surrey, J. L. (1993). Building connection through diversity. Wellesley, MA: The Stone Center, Wellesley College.

Reference for a journal article

Lobban, J. (1999). Art therapy in neurorehabilitation. Nursing & Residential Care, 1(8), 438-441.

Here’s one for a chapter from an edited book

Peterson, C. (2006). Art therapy. In E. Mackenzie & B. Rakel (Eds.), Complementary and alternative medicine for adults (pp. 111-133). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

And if you cite a master’s thesis…

Callaghan, K. (1993). Movement psychotherapy with torture survivors. Unpublished master’s thesis, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia.

Put the elements in order

Give it a try

Kandel, E. R. (2006). In search for memory. The emergence of a

new science of mind. New York: Norton.

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1. Article

2. Book

3. Chapter

4. Thesis

Montgomery, E. (2004). Tortured families: A coordinated management of

meaning analysis. Family Process, 43(3), 349-350.

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2. Book

3. Chapter

4. Thesis

Whew!That’s a wrap… Have a good night!