PsycINFO and PsycArticles
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PsycINFO and PsycArticles are psychology databases from EBSCOhost. PsycINFO contains citations and abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. It covers general psychology as well as specialized research. PsycArticles contains only journals published by the American Psychological Association. Both databases can be searched using keywords, limiters, and other specialized search settings to find relevant research articles.
PsycINFO and PsycArticles
- 1. PsycINFO and PsycArticles Psychology Databases from EBSCOhost
- 2. PsycINFO Contains Citations and abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
- 3. PsycINFO Do you also use the PsycArticles database? PsycINFO will also search for those articles, you do not need to use both databases. Use only PsycArticles if you want only Journals published by the American Psychological Association.
- 4. PsycINFO Keyword searching area. Specialized search settings and limiters. (Limit by date, article type, etc…
- 5. PsycINFO Use “drop-down” menus to Use checkbox to find ideas choose a particular place to for similar or related words search (title, author, etc.). (Not and phrases required, but helpful.) Enter most important search words here. (click add row if you have more words to search on.
- 6. PsycINFO These “limiters” let you search for articles: • Published within certain dates. • About a particular group of people (women, children, animals…) • Scholarly Journals only. • Age groups • Type of research. • Much more…
- 7. PsycINFO (More limiters!)
- 8. PsycINFO Results list… Limiters
- 9. PsycINFO You may continue to limit the articles after the search, if you still have too many…
- 10. PsycINFO Some articles in the results list will have full-text, while others will not. If no full-text, please look for that journal in our Journals A-Z list (or consult a librarian!). Click on the article title to get more information…
- 11. PsycINFO Article citation page Link to the full-text article (if available). Printing, emailing, citing help, etc.
- 12. PsycINFO Journal information (name, volume & issue, date, pages Additional information about article, including abstract (summary) of the article.
- 14. PsycINFO “HTML” version of a full-text article. Be sure to use the print option at right for printing.
- 15. PsycINFO “PDF” version of a full-text article. Be sure to use the print option at top- left for printing.
- 16. PsycINFO If you put a check in the “Suggest Subject Terms” box, you will find ideas for similar/related words and phrases
- 17. PsycINFO (Additional subject terms to consider.)