Amberton University Library Resource Center HBD 4722 / 5722

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Resource Guide for

DEVELOPING HUMAN POTENTIAL


Ambertons Library Resource Center contains a variety of materials that explore the resources available to you
as you explore HBD 4722 / 5722. This guide is provided to help students locate those materials.

The following print resources are available in the Library on Ambertons main campus. However if you do not
live near this campus, you may want to explore one of the following options:

Interlibrary Loan is commonly available through public libraries all over the United States. These libraries
can borrow books and/or acquire photocopies of journal articles that are not a part of their collections. Most
times there will be cost for the library user. Go to your local library and ask for Interlibrary Loan at the
Information or Reference Desk.

TexShare Cards are available to Amberton students who reside within the state of Texas. This card can be
used to borrow books from many public and academic libraries all over the state. To learn more about this
program and to find out if a library near you participates, go to:

http://www.texshare.edu/programs/card/

You may print an application for a TexShare Card from Ambertons website. Mail the completed application
to the Amberton Library. (Or fax it to 972-686-5567.) The Card will be mailed to you.


PRINT BOOK COLLECTION



The Amberton Library has about 14,000 volumes and is very focused. Only books on topics that support the
courses taught at Amberton are chosen to be added to the Library. The library catalog is a good place to begin
research on your topic. This provides an index to all of the books, videos, and audiocassettes in the collection.

Searching is done by Author, Title, or Subject. Keyword searches may also be done in the Title field. (This is
similar to a title search. Choose Title and type your keyword(s). A listing of all books containing your
keyword(s) in the title will appear.)

Below is a small sample of some of the newest print materials in the library collection you may find useful in
studying Developing Human Potential:



CIRCULATING BOOKS


150.198 Life Worth Living: Contributions to Positive Psychology
L626 edited by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Isabella Selega. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2006.

150.1988 Flourish: a Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being.
Se487 New York: Free Press, 2010.

150.1988 Positive Psychology: the Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths
Sn921 by C.R. Snyder, Shane J. Lopez, and Jennifer Teramoto Pedotti. Thousand Oaks,
2
nd
ed CA: Sage, 2011.

152.42 Exuberance: the Passion for Life
J246 by Kay Redfield Jamison. New York: Knopf, 2004.

152.46 The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You
L471 by Robert L. Leahy. New York: Harmony Books, 2005.

152.46 Fear and Other Uninvited Guests; Tackling the Anxiety, Fear, & Shame that Keep
L562 Us from Optimal Living and Loving by Harriet G. Lerner. New York: Harper
Collins, 2004.

153.44 Blink: the Power of Thinking Without Thinking
G455 by Malcolm Gladwell. New York: Little Brown, 2005.

153.8 Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals
H169 by Heidi Grant Halvorson. New York: Hudson Street Press, 2011.

155 Forms of Vitality: Exploring Dynamic Experience in Psychology, the Arts, and
St456 Psychotherapy
by Daniel N. Stern. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

155.232 Procrastinators Guide to Getting Things Done
B29 by Monica Ramirez Basco. New York: Guilford Press, 2010.

155.232 Born to be Good: the Science of a Meaningful Life
K299 by Dacher Keltner/ New York: W.W.Norton, 2009.

155.25 Optimal Human Being: an Integrated Multi-Level Perspective
Sh435 by Kennon Marshall Sheldon. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004.

155.25 Search for Fulfillment: Revolutionary New Research that Reveals the Secret to
W581 Long-Term Happiness
by Susan Krauss Whitbourne. New York: Ballantine Books, 2010.




155.63 Womans Book of Resilience: 12 Qualities to Cultivate
M612 by Beth Miller. Boston: Conari Press, 2005.

158.1 Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You
G171 Want to Be
by Chris P. Gardner and Mim Richler Rivas. New York: Amistad, 2009.

158.1 Life in Balance: Nourishing the Four Roots of True Happiness
H143 by Kathleen Hall. New York: AMACO, 2006.

158.1 7 Strategies of Success: Live Up to Your Full Human Potential
H146 by Rod Hall. Spokane, WA: Tomorrow, 2000.
2
nd
ed

158.1 Noble Purpose: Igniting Extraordinary Passion for Life and Work
H361 by Barry Heermann. Fairfax, VA: QSU, 2005.

158.1 Creating Your Best Life: the Ultimate Life List Guide
M612 by Caroline Adams Miller and Michael B. Frisch. New York: Sterling, 2011.

158.1 Good Among the Great: 19 Traits of the Most Admirable, Creative, and Joyous
V28 People
by Donald Van De Mark. Sonoma, CA: Columbia Island Press, 2011.

158.1 Psychology of Success: Finding Meaning in Work and Life
W135 by Denis Waitley. Boston, PA: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
4
th
ed

158.1 Bounce: Living the Resilient Life
W633 by Robert J. Wicks. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

158.6 What is Your Lifes Work?: Answer the Big Question about What Really Matters
J453 and Reawaken the Passion for What You Do by Bill Jensen. New York: Harper
Collins, 2005.

158.7 Happiness Advantage: the Seven Principles of Positive Psychology that Fuel
Ac47 Success and Performance at
edited by George William Burns. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2010.

170.44 Best Things in Life: a Guide to What Really Matters
H938 by K. Thomas Hurka. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

170.44 Happiness and the Human Heart: the Spirituality of Becoming the Best You Can Be
T919 by Abraham J. Twerski. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights, 2007.

177.7 Field Notes on the Compassionate Life: a Search for the Soul of Kindness
B231 by Marc Barasch. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2005.



179.9 Humility: the Quiet Virtue
W899 by Everett L. Worthington. Philadelphia, PA: Templeton Foundation, 2007.

248.4 Whats Really Holding You Back?: Closing the Gap Between Where You Are and
B957 Where You Want to Go by Valorie Burton. Colorado Springs: WaterBrook Press,
2005.

248.4 Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot
L962c by Max Lucado. Nashville, TN: W Publishing Group, 2005.

248.4 Me I Want to Be: Becoming Gods Best Version of You
Or82 by John Ortberg. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2010.

248.4 Strength of Character: 7 Essential Traits of a Remarkable Life
Sw63st by Charles R. Swindoll. Nashville, TN: J. Countryman, 2007.

248.8 Sweet Talk of Success: How 35 Amazing Women Overcame Major Challenges in Life
Sw365 Nashville, TN: J. Countryman, 2007.

248.8 Intelligence for Your Life: Powerful Lessons for Personal Growth
T283 by John Tesh. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2008.

248.843 Second Calling: Finding Passion & Purpose for the Rest of Your Life
B667 by Dale Hanson Bourke. Brentwood, TN: Integrity, 2006.

248.85 Creative Aging: Rethinking Retirement and Non-Retirement in a Changing World
B226 by Marjory Zoet Bankson. Woodstock, VT: Skylight Paths, 2011.

374.1824 Learning Later, Living Greater: the Secret for Making the Most of Your After-50
N759 Years
by Nancy Merz Nordstrom and Jon H. Nordstrom. Boulder, CO: Sentient, 2006.

613 Quantum Wellness: a Practical and Spiritual guide to Health and Happiness
F893 by Kathy Freston. New York: Weinstein Books, 2008.

650.1 Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters
P828 by Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
2007.

650.1 Reinvention: How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best
T674 by Brian Tracy. New York: American Management Association, 2009.

658.4092 Leadership, Character and Strategy: Exploring Diversity
P271 by Keith Patching. New York: Malgrave Macmillan, 2007.






ELECTRONIC BOOK COLLECTION



Below is just a small sample of the many full-text electronic books available in eBook Collection and Ebrary,
the two electronic book databases we provide for our students use. Directions on how to use these two sources
follow under Online Databases. These books were found using the term self-actualization and life
skills.

50 Self-help Classics: 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life
by Tom Butler-Bowdon. London: Nicholas Brealey, 2003. (eBooks)

Be Your Own Coach: Your Pathway to Possibility
by Barbara Braham and Chris Wahl. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp, 2000. (Ebrary)

Building Business Acumen for Trainers: Skills to Empower the Learning Function
by Terrence L. Gargiulo. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2006. (eBooks)

Building Your Life Skills: Who Are You, Where Are You, and Where Do You Want to Go: a Personal
Action Plan
by Judith Johnstone. Oxford: How to Books, 1999. (eBooks)

Coaching for Emotional Intelligence: the Secret to Developing star Potential in Your Employees
by Bob Wall. New York: AMACO. 2007. (eBooks)

Discover True North: a 4-week Approach to Ignite Your Passion and Activate Your Potential
by Anne Bruce. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004. (eBooks)

Finding Your Balance
by Joan Gurvis and Gordon Patterson. Center for Creative Leadership, 2007. (Ebrary)

A Life in Balance: Nourishing the Four Roots of True Happiness
by Kathleen Hall. New York: AMACOM, 2006. (eBooks)

Lifestyle Changes: A Clinician's Guide to Common Events, Challenges, and Options
by Vera Sonja Maass. New York: CRC Press, 2008. (eBooks)

Mind like Water: Keeping Your Balance in a Chaotic World
by Jim Ballard. New York: John Wiley, 2002. (eBooks)

Reinvention: How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
by Brian Tracy. New York: AMACOM, 2009. (eBooks)

Smart Talk for Achieving Your Potential: 5 Steps to Get You from Here to There
by Louis E. Tice. Seattle, WA: Executive Excellence, 1995. (eBooks)




Transformations : Identity Construction in Contemporary Culture
by Gran David McCracken. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2008 (Ebrary)



How to Use
Ambertons Online Databases


Amberton provides students and faculty, on-campus and off-campus, access to various databases for research.
These online databases offer indexes to citations of articles and books. The full-text of many (but not all) of
these items can be viewed on-screen.

EBSCO

The EBSCO database collection provides full-text and abstract access for over 10,000 scholarly publications
covering academic areas of study including business, management, economics, finance, accounting, social
sciences, psychology and behavioral sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, languages and
linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

Easy steps for searching EBSCO:

1. Go to the Amberton website: www.Amberton.edu
2. Click on Student Login in the upper right corner. Long in as directed.
3. Click on Research Tools Database and then click on EBSCO.
4. Click on EBSCOhost Web All databases. Here you will see a long list of database titles. Read the
descriptions to decide which ones would have the kind of information you seek. Click on the box before
each title to mark that database for inclusion in your search. Then click on Continue. (All marked
databases will be searched at one time.)
5. In the search box, type the keyword(s) that describe what you want to find.
(example: management and communication).
6. You can limit your search in several ways. Look below the green line.
Mark full-text and Scholarly (or Peer Reviewed) J ournals.
7. Click on Search.
8. A list will appear. These are citations of articles that contain your keywords.
9. Click on a title to see an abstract of the article. If you want the full-text of the article, look on the list for the
words PDF Full-Text or HTML Full-Text and click on those words. (If an article in the list does not
display those words, then the full-text is not available online.)






USING BOOLEAN OPERATORS
in your EBSCO searches:




And combine search terms so that each search result contains all of
the terms. For example, education and technology finds articles that contain
both terms.


Or combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one
of the terms. For example, education or technology finds results that
contain either term.



Not excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the
terms that follow it. For example, education not technology finds results
that contain the term education but not the term technology.




Directory of Open Access Journals

The Directory of Open Access Journals provides access to over 2300 free, full-text, quality-controlled
scientific and scholarly journals. Over 650 of these journals are currently searchable at article level, while
the others can be accessed by the title of the journal.


1. Go to the Amberton website: www.Amberton.edu
2. Click on Student Login in the upper right corner. Long in as directed.
3. Click on Research Tools Database and then click on Directory of Open Access Journals.
4. Follow on-screen options to search by subject or journal title.




eBooks

This general collection of more than 35,000 titles on many subjects can be searched by author,
title, subject or keyword. You can view full-text books as well as search the entire collection by
keyword.




Easy steps for searching eBooks (formerly known as NetLibrary):


1. Go to the Amberton website: www.Amberton.edu
2. Click on student login in the upper right corner. Log in as directed.
3. Click on Research Tools Database, then click on EBSCO.
4. Click on EBSCOhost Web All databases. Here you will see a long list of database titles.
Click on the letter E at the top of this page. This will take you to the databases beginning with
the letter E. Click on the box before the eBooks database to mark this database for inclusion in
your search.
5. Enter your search term in the box and click Search.
6. Once you have found the book you want, simply click on the cover of the book.

By incorporating eBooks with EBSCO, you will be able to search for articles and books
at the same time.


Ebrary

Amberton subscribes to Ebrarys Academic Complete, a growing collection of more than 43,000 full-text
books and other authoritative content from leading publishers.


Easy steps for searching Ebrary:

1. Go to the Amberton website: www.Amberton.edu
2. Click on student login in the upper right corner. Log in as directed.
3. Click on Research Tools Database, then click on Ebrary.
4. Some applications are only available if you have an account with Ebrary.
To create an account, click on "Sign In" in the upper right corner of the screen.
5. In the Simple Search box, type your search term(s).
6. Use any of the limiters, such as Focus on, Selected subjects, Publication year, etc.
7. Click on Search Ebrary.
8. Once you have found the book you want, simply click on the cover of the book.


Need help with research? Revisit the QEP TUTORIAL.



Amberton University Go to www.Amberton.edu
Library Resource Center Click on Student Login upper right corner.
QEP TUTORIAL: Example of user id: JDoe789
Toolkits to Research Example of password: 05-123-456.
Click on QEP Tutorials.


QUESTIONS?


Visit the Library Info folder in the ftp site for helps, tips, and useful information!

1. Go to the Amberton website: www.Amberton.edu
2. Click on student login in the upper right corner. Log in as directed.
3. Click on ftp server. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click on Library Info. OR, click on
Discussion Forum, and click on Ask-a-Librarian.




Personal help for locating what you need is available:

On Campus: Off Campus:

Monday Thursday 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Phone 972.279.6511 ext. 137 or 136
Friday 10:00 a. m. to 1:30 p.m. Fax 972.686.5567
Saturday 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. [email protected]






















USING APA STYLE



If your teacher asks you to use the APA style for your research paper or report,
he/she is referring to The Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association. This book explains how to present the information in your paper
using certain rules and guidelines for elements such as:
punctuation and abbreviations
selection of headings
citation of references
presentation of statistics

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association may be
purchased in a bookstore, or may be found in the Library. The call number for
circulating copies of this book is 808.06615 P96. If all circulating copies are
checked out, you can use the reference copy (R 808.06615 P96). The Library
owns copies of the 5th edition and the 6th edition.

The following websites will provide certain information (such as examples of
reference citations) on the APA style:
http://www.apastyle.org
http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/citing/apa.htm#ebsco
http://owl.English.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

You may also want to consult the following books:
Writing with Style: APA Style for Social Work (808.066301 Sz71)

The Worlds Easiest Guide to Using the APA (808.06616.Am15w)

Mastering APA Style: Students Workbook and Training Guide (R
808.06616 G281)

Concise Rules of APA Style (R 808.06616 C748)


What are Peer-Reviewed Journals?


A SERIAL is any publication that is issued in successive parts, usually (though not
always) at regular intervals, and is intended to be continued indefinitely. Serials include:
periodicals, newspapers, magazines, annuals, yearbooks, journals, memoirs,
proceedings, transactions, and numbered monographic series.
A PERIODICAL is a serial published indefinitely at regular or stated intervals, generally
more frequently than once a year. Each issue is numbered and/or dated consecutively and
contains articles, stories, or other writings. Journals, magazines and newspapers are
periodicals.
There is a difference between magazines and journals:
A MAGAZINE is a periodical, generally with a more "popular" style and presentation
than a research journal. Usually, magazine articles are authored by staff writers for an
audience of the general public or interested amateurs in a given field (rather than by
researchers for their peers), and edited by a magazine employee rather than an
independent board of scholars. Style tends to be engaging and eye-catching, and
magazines often include substantial advertising. Pagination usually starts over at "1" with
each issue.
A JOURNAL is a periodical publication in which researchers report the results of their
work to their peer community. Articles are reviewed by an editorial board of scholars in
the field prior to acceptance for publication, and generally include an abstract and
numerous citations to previous work. The writing style in journals is formal rather than
engaging, and journals generally have little or no advertising or glossy, catchy graphics
and illustrations. Journals often have pages numbered continuously through the several
issues of a given volume (for example, v.15 #1 has pages 1-223; v.15 #2 runs from p.224-
587, and so forth to the last issue of the volume).
PEER REVIEW is a process that articles in many journals go through before they are
published. Once an article is submitted for publication, it is sent to an editorial board
comprised of experts in the field to be evaluated. The submitted article must receive the
approval of the editorial board before it is published. The editorial board is usually
identified at the beginning of each issue of a journal.


Learning to use

WorldCat

WorldCat is your on-line catalog to the collections of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. It
grows every day, thanks to the efforts of librarians and other information professionals. Through
WorldCat you can:
Search the collections of libraries in your community (plus thousands more around the
world) and then locate items in a library near you.

Find books, music, and videos.

Find research articles, some of which can be directly viewed or downloaded.

Link to "Ask a Librarian" and other services in some libraries.

Post your review of an item.

Go to http://www.worldcat.org
1. Search for a title / author / subject.
2. Refine the list of results according to items in left-hand column.
3. Click on a title in the list of results.
4. Scroll down to Enter your location and enter your zip code.
5. Click on Find libraries.



Learning to use
ERIC
(Educational Resources Information Center)

ERIC indexes education journals, the majority of which are peer-reviewed. Records
typically include bibliographic data (author, title, date, journal citation, publisher) and an
abstract, or short description of the work. A small number of the records also display the
full text of an article. The majority of journal articles need to be obtained through library
print and electronic holdings or directly from the publisher. To aid in the finding process,
ERIC includes Find in a Library links at the end of the record.

In addition to the journal literature, ERIC indexes education-related materials from
scholarly organizations, professional associations, research centers, policy organizations,
university presses, the U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies, and
state and local agencies. Records for these materials typically include bibliographic data
(author, title, date, source), an abstract, or short description of the work, and a link to the
full text in PDF format.

GETTING STARTED

Go to http://www.eric.ed.gov. From the tabs near the top of the screen:
Choose Search Eric for a Basic Search or Advanced Search .
Use the Thesaurus to identify appropriate words and phrases from ERICs
controlled vocabulary for precision searching.
Use My Eric to manage your search criteria and search results and to save
searches.











How to Evaluate Websites

In the general World Wide Web there are no editors (unlike most publications) to
proofread and send it back or reject it until it meets the standards of a publishing
houses reputation. Most pages found in general search engines for the web are self-
published or published by businesses small and large with motives to get you to buy
something or believe a point of view. Even within a university and library web sites,
there can be many pages that the institution does not try to oversee.

The web needs to free like that!! And you, if you want to use it for serious research,
need to cultivate the habit of healthy skepticism, of questioning everything you find with
critical thinking.

[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaulate.html]

Accuracy Does your page list the author and institution that published the page and
provoke a way of contacting him/her.

Authority Does your page list the authors credentials and is its domain preferred?
(.edu .gov .org, or .net)

Objectivity Does your page provide accurate information with limited advertising, and
is it objective in presenting the information?

Currency Is your page current and updated regularly (as stated on the page), and
are the links (if any) also up-to-date?

Coverage Can you view the information properly? (Viewing should not be
limited by fees, browser technology, or software requirement.)
[
[http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html]
(Amberton University Library, October 2011)



The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read.
Mark Twain