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Off Campus Journal Access: Quick Tips

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PsycINFO (1887-present) Citations and summaries in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines published in peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports.   

Quick Reference Guide (pdf)

      Video tutorials:

• Sample search
• Advanced search
• Using the Methodology limiter
• How (and why) to use the Thesaurus
• Finding three peer-reviewed empirical articles

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Literature search tips and tricks 

Core principles for creating efficient search statements that are applicable in virtually any database.

• Wildcard (#): The “#” replaces any extra characters that may appear in alternative spellings. For example, “colo#r” finds both color and colour.
• Wildcard (?): The “?” replaces one character, for example “ne?t” finds neat, nest, or next, but will not find net.
• Truncation (*): The “*” replaces any number of characters and will find all forms of a word root, for example, “therap*” finds therapy, therapies, therapist, therapists, therapeutic, therapeutically, etc.