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Finding Resources
in Psychology
Table of Contents
Getting Started
Reference Books
Resources Overview
Journal Articles
Indexes to
Use
PsycINFO
Finding the
Articles
Books
LCSC
WIN
WorldCat
Websites
Evaluating
Materials
Primary vs. Secondary
Citations
Review
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Databases to Search
The LCSC
Library has 2 databases that focus exclusively on resources in the area of
Psychology:
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DATABASE |
DESCRIPTION |
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PsycINFO |
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More
than 1 million citations
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Citations from more than 1700 journals
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Coverage includes journal articles, book
chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports.
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Citations only.
NO FULL-TEXT of articles!
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InfoTrac Psychology Collection
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Citations of about 350,000 articles.
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Coverage includes journal articles only.
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Does
provide FULL-TEXT of most of its articles.
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As you can see,
there is a trade-off between the amount of coverage and the provision of
Full-Text articles!
If you are researching a topic related to
Child Development, you should also search the following
education-related database:
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DATABASE |
DESCRIPTION |
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ERIC |
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ERIC
= Educational Resource Information Center
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Citations from nearly 1000 education journals
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Citations to more than 470,000 ERIC Documents (we have all documents
after #247,370 on microfiche in the Library)
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Citations only.
Very few FULL-TEXT articles!
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If you have a good background in health
science, you may also be able to read some of the articles covered in
PubMed, a comprehensive index from the National Library of Medicine.
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