MFT 6100 Social Ecology of Family

For this class, you will complete a review of literature project on a family topic*. 

For these papers, you will need to use:

• at least 10 references to academic journal articles (at least 6 from MFT journals)

• APA style for formatting and citations

Learn how to locate these resources in the library or the library's web site by using this guide. 

*Please review the assignment specifications on your course syllabus.

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By the end of using this subject guide, students should be able to:

• identify peer-reviewed articles on your paper topic
• use the catalog to identify a book on your paper topic
• create a properly formatted APA paper including cover page, abstract, in-text citations, and references

Set up your Ebsco account to save articles in folders across all Ebsco databases (e.g. Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete).

1. Open an Ebsco database, such as Academic Search Complete or APA PsycInfo (list of all SPU databases)
2. Choose Sign In at the top of the screen. 
3. Click on Create a new Account to set up your personalized Ebsco account (not your SPU username and password).
4. Fill out the short form to create a new account. 
5. Remember to always sign in when adding articles to folders or they will not be saved! 

Set up your ProQuest account to save articles in folders across all ProQuest databases (e.g. Research Library Complete, ProQuest Psychology Journals). 

1. Open a ProQuest database, such as Research Library Complete (list of all SPU databases).
2. At the top, mouse over the icon of a person to go to My Research and choose Sign in to My Research. 
3. Click on Create a My Research account to set up your personalized account (not connected to your SPU credentials). 
4. Fill out the short form to create a new account or use an existing RefWorks account if you have one.
5. Remember to always sign in when adding selected items to your account or they will not be saved! 
6. Choose Add to Selected Items from within an article's record. 
7. Click on the folder icon at the top to see all selected items, and choose Save to My Research to save them for later.