Psychology 201: PsycInfo - Basic Searching

This guide is designed to provide useful content for Psychology 201.
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PsycInfo

PsycInfo is the largest database covering the field of Psychology.  It covers the peer reviewed journal literature, books, book chapters and dissertations in all areas of Psychology, including Developmental Psychopathology. 

 

Click on the link above to Connect.

Enter your search terms like this :

 

To avoid retrieving dissertations, which generally cannot be requested or used, try the database strategies:

1.  Add a third line of NOT dissertation*

OR

2. Scroll down to the limits section and limit to "All Journals"

OR

3. When looking at your search results list, check the left side of the screen under the Source Types heading.  Check the box 'Academic Journals' to limit the results to only those sources:

 

Don't forget to use AND / OR Phrase Quotations and truncation * when needed.