List Review Service #024, 'PSYCGRAD' (JUN 19, 1993)
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LIST REVIEW SERVICE ISSN: 1060-8192
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Issue No. 24 19 JUN 1993
PSYCGRAD: Psychology Graduate Students Discussion Group
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Published periodically by The University of Missouri, St. Louis
Libraries. Raleigh C. Muns (SRCMUNS@UMSLVMA.BITNET), editor.
CONTENTS: REVIEW (R. Muns) (46 lines)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY (33 lines)
SUGGESTED USES (18 lines)
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION (15 lines)
ANNOUNCEMENTS (30 lines)
END MATERIAL (31 lines)
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REVIEW -
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PSYCGRAD is a schizophrenic (in the popular sense) list, splitting time
between being a genuine scholarly resource for psychology graduate
students, and an electronic lounge for some of its subscribers. This is
not a criticism, but a description. Frankly, I was irritated at a lot
of the personal chatter, but at the same time recognized that some such
messages have their own value. As an anally retentive librarian, I found
myself wishing that the list was either scholarly or recreational, but
not simultaneously both.
As a scholarly resource for psychology graduate students, this list hits
right on the nose. Eric Zorrilla's pointer to Internet information about
US National Science Foundation (NSF) grants was such a useful tidbit that
I will be personally referring my local researchers to either telnet, ftp,
or gopher to STIS.NSF.GOV (zorrilla@cattell.psych, "Re: Accessing grant
info", June 11, 1993). Likewise, a series of suggested works for helping
doctoral students prepare their dissertations were valuable and if not
already there, will probably find their way into my own library's
collection (e.g., Michael Helford, xlpsmch@luccpua.bitnet, "HOW TO for
theses and dissert.", June 10, 1993). Requests for clarification in
methodology and statistics, as well as the usual conference announcements
were typical postings on PSYCGRAD.
On the lighter side, discussions on logic and Mr. Spock, what to do when
visiting London, and a few whimsical postings on animal cruelty in the
UK versus the US found their way into cyberspace. What bothered me was
less the un-scholarly subject matter, but more the number of personal
conversations and dialogues taking place (again, this is an individual
bias on my part).
The most common mode of communication was to throw out a subject for
discussion and comment, rather than request specific information.
For those who subscribe via LISTSERV as described below, the lengthy
introductory message I received clearly discouraged, but did not
prohibit, contributions from non- psychology graduate students.
What would Freud make of that?
Raleigh C. Muns (srcmuns@umslvma.umsl.edu)
Muns is a Reference Librarian at the Thomas Jefferson Library at the
University of Missouri - St. Louis.
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SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY -
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Name of List Reviewed: PSYCGRAD
Location: Listserv:
LISTSERV@UOTTAWA.BITNET
Usenet Newsgroup:
BIT.LISTSERV.PSYCGRAD
Gopher:
PANDA1.UOTTAWA.CA
Listowner: Matthew Simpson
Bitnet address: 05434@UOTTAWA
No. of Listserv Subscribers: 589 in 25 countries
Time Period Monitored: 06 JUN 1993 - 13 JUN 1993
No. Messages Period Monitored: 185
No. Queries Posted: 39 (21 % of total activity)
No. Non Queries Posted : 146 (79 % of total activity)
Lines Sent: 7771 (app. 338 screens of 23 lines)
Msgs Posted Past 12 Months: N/A
Searchable Archives: Yes
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SUGGESTED USES FOR LIST -
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1) E-shmooze with fellow future shrinks.
2) Hash out those thorny social science methodology
problems.
3) Figure out "how to play the PhD game" with colleagues.
4) Have high schoolers planning to study psychology monitor
the discussions in order to see the culture of psychology
academics firsthand. Same high schoolers can also get a
feel for the complexity of the field. (I actually used
the list for this purpose. -ed.)
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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION -
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To subscribe to PSYCGRAD, send an e-mail message with blank subject line to:
LISTSERV@UOTTAWA (Bitnet address)
or
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Message should consist solely of:
SUBSCRIBE PSYCGRAD your_name
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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END MATERIAL
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Copyright 1993. Raleigh C. Muns (Reference Librarian)
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