PHASE 2: INVESTIGATING – KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING
Pathfinder:
Child Psychologists and Their Theories
Reminders…
 Remember, your goal is to use at least three sources of information about your topic
so you can compare the information presented. This will help you figure out whether
a source is reliable (has accurate information).
 Use the public library as well as your school library.
 Use a variety of sources – both type and format.
 Evaluate each source carefully to ensure that the source has authority and the
information is reliable, relevant, and current enough to meet your needs.
 Select the best sources you can find.
 Record EVERY source you use. Suggestion – Use the School Library’s Record of
Source Organizers.
 Take good notes. Suggestion – Use the School Library’s Generic Notemaking
Organizer.
 Be careful to avoid plagiarism.
 Ask for help if you need it.
Encyclopedias
General Titles, Print:
 World Book
General Titles, Online:
 Encyclopedia Americana (Grolier Online)
 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (Grolier Online)
http://go-ontario.grolier.com
 Username and password available from School Library.
NOTE:
DO NOT use Wikipedia as a source of information. You can’t count on
the expertise of the authors or the accuracy of the information.
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Specialized Titles, Print:
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Psychology
Psychology Basics, Magill’s
Psychology
Encyclopedia of Family Health
Specialized Titles, Online:
 Psychologists and Their Theories for Students
(Gale Virtual Reference Library)
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/miss34526
 Make sure Gale Virtual Library, and only GVRL is selected.
 Select “Social Science”.
 Select the title you want to use.
 Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu/
Books
 School Library
 Search catalogue, http://www.dpcdsb.org/POCOK/Library/
 Look at the upper right corner of the page, just below the school banner.
Do you see the little stack of books? This is the link to the new catalogue.
 Mississauga Public Library
http://www3.mississauga.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=dial#focus
 Suggestion: Search the online catalogue and request the items you want.
 The library staff will collect them, send them to the branch you’ve chosen,
and notify you when they arrive.
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Databases
Databases are a good source of articles from reference books, as well as other
types of items such as images. Limit your search to Full Text.
 EBSCOhost
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&custid=s5457366
 Username and password available from School Library.
 Select Canadian Student Research Centre.
 Thompson Gale (Knowledge Ontario)
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ko_k12pr_d22
 Username and password available from School Library.
 Don’t forget to switch tabs to explore all of the results of your search!
Newspaper, Magazine, and Journal Articles,
Databases are a good source of articles from newspapers, magazines and
journals. Limit your search to Full Text.
 EBSCOhost
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&custid=s5457366
 Username and password available from School Library.
 Select the Canadian Student Research Center.
 Thompson Gale (Knowledge Ontario)
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ko_k12pr_d22
 Password available from School Library.
 Search databases then select the “Magazines” or “News” tabs on results page to
access articles.
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Online News Sources
Check these sites for current events, in-depth reports, archives, and so on.
 CBC
http://www.cbc.ca
 CBC Archives
http://archives.cbc.ca/
 CTV
www.ctv.ca
 Globe and Mail
www.globeandmail.com
 National Post and Global News
www.canada.com
 Toronto Star
www.thestar.com
Sites You Won’t Want to Miss!
 The Time 100, from Time Magazine
 Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalyst
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990609-1,00.html
 Piaget, Jean
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990617,00.html
 Freud Museum, London
http://www.freud.org.uk/
 See especially the About section (the FAQ), Exhibitions (Online), and Education.
Subject Directories, Specialized
Try these directories if you need additional websites.
 Developmental Psychology Web Directory
http://www.devpsy.org/links/
 See especially Theories of Development.
 GMU’s Online Resources for Developmental Psychology
http://classweb.gmu.edu/awinsler/ordp/
 Check the Table of Contents.
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