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PSYC 111 - General Psychology: Finding Articles

Resources for library research

Finding Citations in PsycNET/PsycINFO

 

Use drop down menus for author or journal. Use Date to limit to the last few years or a particular year.

Psychology Databases

These databases are the ones you should use to start your search for research articles.

Sage Research Methods

LibrarySearch - Audio search

Translating Your Question into Database Language

Subject: Database's vocabulary (different for different databases)

Keyword: Your vocabulary

LImiters: Special to each database ("Age Group" below)

How questions are translated into database language using keywords, subject terms, and special limiters

Databases use a grammar of AND, OR, AND NOT -- a language of mathematics. No prepositions, verbs, determiners, affixes  -- anything you learned in English or human language classes.