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Psychology: Find Articles

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Writing in Psychology

Electronic Databases:

Database Tips:

  • Less is more! Keep the searches down to fewer words.
  • Use a variety of words or phrases to describe what you're looking for, and don't be afraid to do multiple searches.
  • Find a few articles that work, and look for new words/phrases to describe what you're looking for (and write them down for later reference!!), and search again using those new phrases or words.
  • Watch out for the number of results in your searches, it’s important! Less is more -- try to get less than 60 results per search so you can look over your results over quickly. Note that the first page of results may not be the best picks for your topic, so look them all over!

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Too many results?

  • Make sure your topic isn't too broad, such as Health
  • Narrow  your topic by:
    • Including a group type, such as Childhood Obesity
    • Including a location, such as California
    • Change the date range to the last few years, so the information is current

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