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Psychology 214.3:

Finding the Research ForYour Research Proposal

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Where are we going today ....

• Find additional references to target article in PsycINFO, FindIt!, & Google Scholar

• Tips for effectively searching PsycINFO

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Search for target article in PsycINFO

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Complete Reference

Subject Headings: controlled / standardized vocabulary assigned by a human. Search by these headings!Test & Measures: identifies test used in study – use these for your proposal.

Cited References: great source for additional research.

Find SimilarSearches for other records in the database which contain related words and synonyms in their titles.

Find Citing Articles

Connects you to other articles in Journals@Ovid that cite your selected article.

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Search for target article in Google Scholar

Customize your Google Scholar settings to

enable FindIt! (handout).See who else has cited

your article & other related references.

Psychology Research Guidehttp://libguides.usask.ca/

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Are there gender differences in the useof social networking sites, suchas Facebook® , by adolescence?

Sample Research Question

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1. Identify key concepts

2. Enter concepts one at a time and identify appropriate subject heading(s)

3. Combine searches using AND

4. Limit your search

5. Evaluate your results

6. Save / email your results

Steps to Searching PsycINFO Effectively

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PsycINFO Help

PsycINFO tab:• Help guides• YouTube videos• Screen shots

Writing & Citing in Psychology

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Questions

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