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PSY 201/202 - Putnam: For Help

Mary Fairbairn

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Allison Diaz
Contact:
Duke Library 132
864-294-2533
Subjects: Computer Science

Learning Outcomes

  • PsycINFO
    • Creating a search query
      • Identify important keywords as well as synonyms for those terms
      • Each box should contain a single concept, along with synonyms for that term (separated with OR).
    • Broadening and narrowing searches as needed through
      • Field Searching (title and subject)
      • Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT)
      • Nesting (using separate boxes or parentheses)
      • Truncation (*)
      • Exact phrase searching (quotation marks)
      • Limiting
        • peer reviewed
        • empirical
        • date
        • English
    • Author searching (last name + author affiliation)
      • Times cited
    • READING ABSTRACTS!
    • Accessing the Full Text
      • PDF
      • Linked Full Text
      • Open Access
      • External Databases
      • Interlibrary Loan