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PSYC 322 - Sensation & Perception

Library resources for your work in sensation & perception

Psychology Databases

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

Other Databases

These databases also include resources covering Psychology topics.

Finding Citations in PsycINFO

 

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

search fields in psycinfo advanced search: author, pub title, date, doc type, methods

Translating Your Question into Database Language

Subject: Database's vocabulary (different for each database)

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.