PsycINFO Search Tips Scroll through this slideshow to get tips to find scholarly articles in PsycINFO Substitute your own search terms Access at http://tinyurl.com/uconn-psycinfo PsycINFO = search engine for psychology

Scroll through this slideshow to get tips to find scholarly articles in PsycINFO

Substitute your own search terms

Access at http://tinyurl.com/uconn-psycinfo

PsycINFO = search engine for psychology

Do a search for “working memory”

Study that screen (or your search results) and figure out … How many results did you get? How are the results sorted? Where you would change that sort order? How can you limit results to just material published in the last 5 years? How can you limit results to just articles? Note: all articles in PsycINFO are scholarly !

How many results did you get?

How are the results sorted?

Where you would change that sort order?

How can you limit results to just material published in the last 5 years?

How can you limit results to just articles?

Note: all articles in PsycINFO are scholarly !

1. Number of results: 10,490

2. Results sorted by “Relevance”

3. “Filter by Publication Date”

4. Limit to just articles

How would you get the full-text of this article? Click on HTML Full Text or PDF Full Text

Click on HTML Full Text or PDF Full Text

How would you get the full-text of this article? Click on the UConn Links button

Click on the UConn Links button

UConn Links: Full-text Online Click on the Full-text online link

Click on the Full-text online link

UConn Links: Full-text NOT Online See if we have the journal in print If not, ask the library to get the article for you Check Google – article might be free online

See if we have the journal in print

If not, ask the library to get the article for you

Check Google – article might be free online

Find “More Like This:” 2 ways “ Subjects” are what an article is about , according to a person who’s read the article Click on subjects that make sense to find related articles

“ Subjects” are what an article is about , according to a person who’s read the article

Click on subjects that make sense to find related articles

Still Confused? ask Stephanie for help! Stephanie Willen Brown Librarian for psychology & communication email: [email_address] IM: CogSciLibrarian Call: 860.486.4855

ask Stephanie for help!

Stephanie Willen Brown

Librarian for psychology & communication

email: [email_address]

IM: CogSciLibrarian

Call: 860.486.4855