APA Style
- APA Style Blog
Get help with commonly asked reference, citation, and formatting questions, straight from the source. - APA Style BlogSearch by keyword or topic using the search box in the upper-right hand corner of the website.
- APA 7th - how do I cite?This is a really good library guide about APA 7th edition (with lots of examples), borrowed from Columbia College.
Research Help
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Schedule a 15 or 30 minute virtual appointment with the subject librarian.
- Send an email
Email the subject librarian.
Article and Journal Databases
- PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowAn index to scholarly journal articles, dissertations, books, and book chapters relevant to the field of psychology, behavioral sciences, and mental health.
- APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Database of full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles for psychology research.
- ERIC Education Literature (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowProvides comprehensive access to education-related literature, including citations to articles and research reports. Includes some fulltext.
- Education Full Text This link opens in a new windowA database of education publications covering a wide range of topics, including continuing education, literacy standards, multicultural education, and much more.
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new windowDatabase for sociology research, including journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, and dissertations.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is multi-disciplinary database that includes peer-reviewed journal articles, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and more.
- MEDLINE (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive medical database. This resource covers medicine, dentistry, nursing, physical therapy, biomedical research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. This version utilizes the EBSCO interface with the option to search across multiple EBSCO databases.
PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES are accessible from the same platform, so you can search both simultaneously.
- Click on the PsycINFO database to access the search page.
- On the search page, notice the search boxes at the top and click on the words Choose Databases, located above the search boxes.
- A pop-up window will appear with a list of databases arranged alphabetically.
- Select other databases to add them to your search and then click OK in the lower right hand corner of the pop-up window.
- You will then return to the search screen where you can type in your keywords.
- Research article outlineUse this template to keep track of your research articles.
Search tips
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Search tips for PsycINFO (EBSCOhost) |
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Quotation marks |
Exact phrase searching |
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AND |
Combine terms |
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NOT |
Omit or ignore a term |
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OR |
Expand the search to include either or both terms |
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Parenthesis |
Structure a Boolean (AND, OR, NOT) search |
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* |
Truncate a term or complete a phrase |
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? |
Wildcard used to replace a single letter |
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# |
Wildcard used for alternate spellings |
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N and a number |
Finds terms near x terms |
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W and a number |
Finds terms within x terms in order |
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Try not to use punctuation |
Databases ignore these unless it is a question mark |
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Try not to use stop words |
Databases ignore these |
Limit your results to empirical research studies
You can limit your PsycINFO search to select only Empirical Study articles by setting a search limit using the Methodology limiter.
Notice that an Experimental Replication is categorized within Empirical Research. On the advanced search page, scroll to the bottom of the page and look for the Methodology section. Next, scroll through the list of options.
