If the Saint Thomas Library does not own an article or book you need for your research, use the Interlibrary Loan option to have the materials delivered to you digitally. You can also request physical books and pick them up at the library of your choice. This service is completely free to you!
UST libraries subscribe to over 200 databases! All databases related to psychology are found on this page, but feel free to start with the Best Bets or the databases below:
Provides abstracts and full text of thousands of journals from the 1800s to the present in psychology and related disciplines, including education, linguistics, neurosciences, pharmacology, and social work.
PTSDpubs's goal is to include all research and developments regarding trauma-related experience. (Published by the Department of Defense)
Empirical Articles are primary sources where authors report on the experiments or observations they conducted. Empirical articles include the research's observed and measured data that they derived from an actual experiment, rather than from a theory or belief.
Empirical Articles usually follow a set outline called IMRaD and will answer the following questions:
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Use the IMRaD acronym to skim the article to judge relevancy. Once you are familiar with the outline, go back and read the whole thing.