AT+101

= Introduction to Art Therapy =

= Using the Library Catalog to Find Books & E-Books =

Library Catalog
 * Search one or two keywords for best search results.
 * Not seeing any materials that you want in Ursuline Library's catalog? Try searching the OhioLINK catalog


 * Recommended Books in the Library:**
 * The modern history of art therapy in the United States ( RC 489 .A7 J857 2010)
 * Architects of art therapy : memoirs and life stories (**Ref** RC 489 .A7 A72 2006)
 * The Wiley handbook of art therapy (**Ref** RC 489 .A7 W55 2015)

== = Searching for Journal Articles =
 * Recommended Reference E-Book**:
 * The Wiley handbook of art therapy


 * Recommended Databases for Journal Articles:**
 * URsearch
 * All-in-one search tool that searches 200+ Ursuline databases
 * **Limit to** **Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals** and set the language limiter to **English** after entering your search terms.
 * ERIC - Identifies articles in the education literature. Particularly helpful if your topic involves art education.
 * PsychINFO - Indexes all aspects of psychological literature

**Database Search Tips**:
 * Search one or two keywords for best search results.
 * **How to find the FULL-TEXT**:
 * Click on the **PDF Full Text** link or the yellow **Find It!** button to look for the full-text in another database.
 * No PDF or Find It! link? Try searching for the journal title in Journal Finder or see if the article is freely available online.
 * If you still can't find the full-text, you can submit an Article Request form. Please note it may take several days to process your article request!

**Popular vs. Scholarly Articles**
For the purposes of your paper, you will want to limit your search results to only include scholarly articles. To do this, access the limiters in your database by navigating to Advanced Search or to the options on the left side of the page. Make sure to select ** Academic Journals ** in **Source Type** or ** Peer-Reviewed Journals ** in **Publication Type** to limit your results to scholarly sources. When browsing your results, you will be looking for article records that have the **Academic Journal** icon. = Citing Sources =
 * Most article databases provide citation generators - look for a "**Cite**" tool or link in the right-hand navigation of the article description page.


 * APA Guide from the OWL at Purdue
 * Sample APA paper
 * APA Running Header - Create an APA running header in Microsoft Word.
 * Noodle Tools Express - Provides tools for creating a bibliography online using various formats including APA.

Keep in mind that you're responsible for editing your citations! If you're using online tools to help you construct your citations, always check for errors.

**Plagiarism**
Most people understand plagiarism as copying someone else's work or passing someone else's work off as your own. This can involve completely copying someone else's paper, to lifting individual lines of text, to not correctly citing ideas that are not your own. ALWAYS properly cite information in your papers and ALWAYS paraphrase when discussing the work and ideas of others.
 * **Ursuline College Plagiarism Policy** See the Ursuline College Student Handbook pg. 35-38
 * **Plagiarism 101** - What is Plagiarism?
 * ** Plagiarism Consequences in the Real World ** - Indiana University's website provides links to real life plagiarism cases.
 * **Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial** - Provided by Hoonuit. Log in using your Ursuline email login information.

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