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PSYC 209 : Abnormal Psychology (BMC)
Finding journal articles:
PsycINFO
Provider: CSA
The best starting point for finding scholarly resources in psychology, including journal articles, books, and book chapters. Covers 1887-present.
To retrieve recent journal articles in English:
To limit your search results to empirical studies:
Tips for selecting search terms:
Use the FindIt! button to see if the article is available online, in print, or if you'll need to request it via Interlibrary Loan.
To retrieve recent journal articles in English:
- Find the Limit Search To box on the right
- Click the following boxes: Records in English, Journal Articles, and Published since 1997.
To limit your search results to empirical studies:
- Click the More button under the Limit Search To box on the right
- Click Methodology on the left, then select Empirical Study.
Tips for selecting search terms:
- Use the Thesaurus to determine the “descriptors” (subject headings) used in this database for your concept. Search for terms, click the checkboxes next to the terms you want to search, and then click Search Marked near the top of that window.
- Try several synonyms, connected with OR, to find the maximum number of articles on your topic. (Example: teenagers OR adolescents)
- If you have a term with several possible endings, use an asterisk to stand for the different endings. (Example: child* = child, children, childhood, etc.)
- If you are getting too many results, search for your terms in the DE (descriptor fields) or AB (abstract) instead of the default, “terms anywhere”.
Use the FindIt! button to see if the article is available online, in print, or if you'll need to request it via Interlibrary Loan.
PubMed
Provider: NCBI
Includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals.
Finding academic book chapters:
PsycInfo will help you find academic book chapters. Change your search limit to Document Type = Original Chapter.
You can also search Tripod to find books. For many items published in the past decade, a full table of contents is available to be searched.
You can also search Tripod to find books. For many items published in the past decade, a full table of contents is available to be searched.
WorldCat
Provider: OCLC
A combined catalog of thousands of library catalogs from all over the world. Covers works published before 1,000 BC through the present.
If you find a book that isn't held in the Tri-Co, try to request it through E-ZBorrow.
If you find a book that isn't held in the Tri-Co, try to request it through E-ZBorrow.
Finding information aimed at mental health consumers:
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971-present.
Includes mass-market titles such as Time, Newsweek, Prevention, Psychology Today, and hundreds of others. Run your search, then click the Magazines tab to find articles in these popular periodicals.
Includes mass-market titles such as Time, Newsweek, Prevention, Psychology Today, and hundreds of others. Run your search, then click the Magazines tab to find articles in these popular periodicals.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- NAMI is "the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families."
- The site provides information on specific disorders; also offers discussion boards and links to the websites of other relevant organizations.
Medline Plus - Health Topics
This site, from the National Library of Medicine, brings together news, background information, articles, clinical trials, and other consumer-oriented information on a variety of health and mental health topics.
Finding movies:
Internet movie database
Use the IMDb to identify movies dealing with your topic.
- Enter your keyword into the search box at the top of the screen (e.g., schizophrenia, autism, suicide)
- Refine the results by clicking words in the tag cloud
- Sort the results alphabetically, or by rating or year
Critically evaluating websites:
Evaluating Information found on the Internet
This site outlines the main factors you should consider when you look at a website.