Library Assignment Instructions – This is graded for accuracy! – 5 points!

Fall 2021

NOTE: Make sure to upload your answers to the questions on this sheet in Canvas!

Some general rules in doing library research include:

1. Library content is continually changing, similar to Google. A Google search one day gets a
certain number of results and the next day the number changes. Libraries update and
improve access to their content, so what works today may not necessarily work next year.
Also, procedures may differ slightly depending on how you access the library's computer
databases (e.g. a connection from home versus a dedicated terminal in the library).
2. There are often several ways of locating the same information. This assignment directs you
to several resources in order to familiarize you with their existence, but it is one way and if
you find yourself getting stuck when using one resource—and you are able to locate the
information a different way—feel free to do so.

3. This assignment will not cover all of the useful library resources available to you, and Sarah
J. Hammill, the undergraduate psychology librarian, can show you an even broader array of
options. For now, go to the FIU library website at http://library.fiu.edu/ to get started.

STEP 1: PsycINFO:

PsycINFO is the #1 database in psychology. It is an online source for finding articles in psychology
journals. Go to the library website, library.fiu.edu and click Research: Start. You can find PsycInfo
several ways including:
1. Go to library.fiu.edu and click Research: Start. Click Subject Resources. Click
PSY3213/3215: Research Methods.
2. Go directly to the Library Research Guide created for this course called PSY3213/3215:
Research Methods at library.fiu.edu/psy3215.

3. Go to library.fiu.edu and click Research: Start. Click Subject Resources, followed by

Psychology. Click the Databases tab on the Psychology page.

4. Click A-Z Databases from the Research: Start page.

There are several options in PsycINFO. You can search using a basic search, an advanced search,
and browse. Using Advanced Search will allow you to limit your search to articles that are the most
relevant, provided you have a keyword, author name, journal title, or article title in mind.

There are numerous ways to limit your search results including:

1. to a specific range of years;
2. to specific languages, methodologies, age ranges, etc.

3. to peer reviewed if you want primary sources only (required for Paper 1).

You can also search PsycINFO for multiple items, which may include a combination of the author’s
name, journal title, a keyword in the title or abstract of a specific article, etc.

For example, to search for articles by a specific author, type in the author's last name followed by the
first name (and middle initial, if you know it) in the first empty search box. In the drop-down box to
the right of the search boxes, select AUTHOR(AU). For example, if you type in Loftus Elizabeth
and choose author, your search will find at least 416 articles that include her name as an author
(wow, right! What a prolific writer!)
You can follow a similar procedure to locate articles by subject, title, or keyword. For example, try
using the word "eyewitness" as a search term in the document title. When I did this a month ago,
the results returned at least 1651 publications (which might have gone up since I last looked!). That
is WAAAAY too many to look through! Of course, if you do only peer reviewed article, this drops a
lot (but still has 1202 articles with eyewitness in the title!).

When you get such a large number of results, you will usually want to narrow down your search.
You can do this by entering different search terms, or you can do this by combining results from
searches you have completed. Every time you do a search, the results are saved in your "recent
searches." You can combine articles in the search history to narrow down your list of articles to your
specifications. Let's say you want a list of all articles authored by Elizabeth Loftus with the word
"eyewitness" in the title. You have already run searches on Loftus Elizabeth as an author and
eyewitness in the title. Click on the Recent Searches link at the top of the page and you will see those
previous searches listed. In the Combine Searches box, type “search #1 and search #2” and hit enter.
Elizabeth Loftus’s publications regarding eyewitnesses will be shown. When I did this, it came up
with only 43 articles including Loftus as an author and eyewitness as a word in the title. If I look at
Loftus, Eyewitness, and Peer Reviewed, this search drops to 26. This is MUCH more manageable.

Question One (.5 points): Using PsycINFO, locate an article authored by James Roberts and
Meredith David focusing on the Fear of Missing Out. Use “Roberts” as an author term and at least
two of the following as document title terms: “FoMO”, “intensity”, or “Well-being” (You’ll need to
“Add a row” to allow for a third term). Select the correct, full APA-style reference* for this article
on your assignment sheet. Note that the DOI is needed for APA references, so make sure to include
it! (Note: This article has DOI http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.fiu.edu/10.1080/10447318.2019.1646517).
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Roberts, James A., & David, Meredith E. (2019). The Social Media Party: Fear of Missing Out (FoMO),

Social Media Intensity, Connection, and Well-Being. International journal of human-computer

interaction, 36(4), 386-392. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.fiu.edu/10.1080/10447318.2019.1646517

Roberts, J. A., & David, M. E. (2019). The social media party: Fear of missing out (fomo), social media

intensity, connection, and well-being. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 36(4),

386-392. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.fiu.edu/10.1080/10447318.2019.1646517

Roberts, J. A., & David, M. E. (2019). The social media party: Fear of missing out (fomo), social media

intensity, connection, and well-being. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 36(4),

386-392. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.fiu.edu/10.1080/10447318.2019.1646517

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 Roberts, J. A., & David, M. E. (2019). The social media party: Fear of missing out (fomo), social

media intensity, connection, and well-being. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 36(4),

386-392. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.fiu.edu/10.1080/10447318.2019.1646517

STEP 2: Full-Text Databases

Libraries now focus on purchasing "full text" electronic journals. However, not all journals appear in
full-text, including some that you will find in PsycINFO. Though PsycINFO is useful, there are other
ways to find full-text online articles. If you search PsycINFO and do not find a link to full-text, click
FIND IT @FIU to search across 1200+ databases for the full-text. Also, you can enter the journal
name into the Library Catalog, the E-Journals search box or the Search Everywhere box on the
library homepage, and you may find links to journals where you can find full-text documents. Also,
on the Psychology Resources page (library.fiu.edu/allpsychology), you will find PsycARTICLES.
You can search within specific journals by clicking the Browse tab and selecting the journal title to
search within the specific journal. If you know more specifically what you are looking for, you can
use the search boxes to search for keywords or the author’s name. For Questions Two, Three, and
Four below, I want YOU to find the article using PsycInfo. Then answer the question.

Question Two (.5 points). Using the Robert’s article from Question One above (“The social media
party: Fear of missing out (fomo), social media intensity, connection, and well-being”), consider
Study 2 (as described on page 389). Which measure/scale did Robert’s and David’s study use in
Study 2 that that they did NOT use in Study 1?

A. FoMO (Fear of Missing Out) scale (10 item scale developed by Przybylski et al.)
B. Subjective Well Being (5 item scale developed by Diener et al.)
C. Social Media Intensity (6 item scale developed by Ellison et al.)
D. Social Connection (9 item scale developed by Lee and Robins)
E. All of the above were used in both Study 1 and Study 2
F. None of the above were used in both Study 1 and Study 2
Question Three (.5 points). In 2013, Andrew K. Przybylski , Kou Murayama, Cody R. DeHaan, and
Valerie Gladwell published an article with the title “Motivational, emotional, and behavioral
correlates of fear of missing out.” Find the article and then choose the correct reference from those
listed below.

Przybylski, A. K., Murayama, K., DeHaan, C. R., & Gladwell, V. (2013). Motivational,

Emotional, and Behavioral Correlates of Fear of Missing Out. Computers in Human

Behavior, 29(4), 1841-1848. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.fiu.edu/10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.014

Przybylski, A. K., Murayama, K., DeHaan, C. R., & Gladwell, V. (2013). Motivational,

emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out. Computers in Human

Behavior, 29(4), 1841-1848. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.fiu.edu/10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.014

Przybylski, A. K., Murayama, K., DeHaan, C. R., & Gladwell, V. (2013). Motivational,

emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(4),

1841-1848. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.fiu.edu/10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.014

Przybylski, A. K., Murayama, K., DeHaan, C. R., & Gladwell, V. Motivational, Emotional, and

Behavioral Correlates of Fear of Missing Out. Computers in human behavior, 29(4), 1841-

1848. (2013). http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.fiu.edu/10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.014

Question Four (.5 points). Consider the same journal article from Question 4 above (“Motivational,
emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out”). On page 1847 under “Appendix A”,
the authors present their final 10 item Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) items. Their scale differs a bit
from the scale in your own FoMO study this semester. Which of the following scales did the authors
specifically create for their 10 item FoMO inventory?

A. Very unlikely (0) to Very likely (5)

B. Strongly disagree (1) to Strongly agree (5)

C. Strongly disagree (1) to Strongly agree (6)

D. Not at all true of me (1) to Extremely true of me (5)

E. Not at all true of me (1) to Extremely true of me (6)

Question Five (.5 points): Using PsycINFO, find the journal in which Chang Lu and Jianling Ma
(2020) published their article titled “Social support through online social networking sites and
addiction among college students: The mediating roles of fear of missing out and problematic
smartphone use.” In the literature review, the authors propose several hypotheses for their paper.
Which of the following is NOT a prediction in the paper?
A. A positive relationship exists between online SNS support and addiction
B. Online SNS support is positively correlated with FOMO, which in turn is positively
correlated with SNS addiction. In other words, FOMO mediates the link between online SNS
support and addiction.
C. Online SNS support is positively correlated with problematic smartphone use, which in turn
is positively correlated with SNS addiction. In other words, problematic smartphone use
mediates the link between online SNS support and addiction
D. A positive relationship exists between FOMO and problematic smartphone use. Thus, the
association between online SNS support and addiction is sequentially mediated by FOMO
and problematic smartphone use.
E. All of the above are predictions

STEP 3:

Question Six (.5 points): I want YOU to locate one article relevant to your Paper I: Study One
Literature Review that is different from those listed in the questions above and different than any of
those posted on Canvas for your Paper I: Study One Literature Review. This article must be a
primary source (Peer reviewed), reporting on original, empirical research (I don’t want reviews of
the field or books at this time). You might want to find articles that look interesting to you by
entering key words describing the topic of your study one (e.g., Facebook, FoMO, Fear of Missing
Out, Social Media, Social Comparison, Conformity, etc.). Using APA format, enter the reference on
your answer sheet (Since Canvas may not allow for proper indenting or spacing, we will not mark
off for that, but make sure the rest of your citation is in APA format):

Question Seven (.5 points): Now write a short summary of the article from question six and give me
that summary in Canvas.

Question Eight (.5 points): Use the FIU library find a reference to a book that covers the same topic
(or a closely related one) as the article you find in question six. In Canvas, give me this reference in
APA format (again, you can ignore spacing issues if Canvas doesn’t allow for perfect APA spacing,
but all other APA style elements should be present. Make sure you have a publisher, which is
indicative of book references.

Question Nine (.5 points): Tell me if FIU owns the title. Yes or no? Tell me in Canvas

Question Ten (.5 points): If FIU does own the title, give me its call number or the ISBN (for an
electronic book). If FIU does not own the title, tell me how you would go about getting your hands
on the book to borrow using your student resources. Give me your responses in Canvas. Note that
books will rarely – if ever – be in pdf format!
 *APA Reference Examples

a. Article Example: The following is the most common type of APA reference for an article
by two or more authors.

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume
number (issue number if present), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Wiener, R. L., Winter, R., Rogers, M., & Arnot, L. (2004). The effects of prior workplace behavior
on subsequent sexual harassment judgments. Law and Human Behavior, 28(1), 47-67.
http://dx.doi.org /10.1023/B:LAHU.0000015003.72223.63

b. Book Example: The following is the most common type of APA reference for an article
by two or more authors.

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher Name.

Stoneman, R. (2008). Alexander the Great: A life in legend. Yale University Press.

Bordens, K.S. & Abbott, B.B. (2008). Research design and methods: A process approach. (7th ed.).
McGraw Hill.

For a good resource for references, go to:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide
/reference_list_articles_in_periodicals.html