Psychology journals introduction

Sensitivity: Internal
Getting Started Using
E-journals for
Psychology
(Powerpoint Tutorial)

Logging in
All our electronic library resources need to be
accessed through the University of Derby Library
pages. Login through UDo or UDOL & then go to
the Library site.
This is because we pay for our online resources
and you need to show that you are eligible to use
them.

Finding a specific journal
• To find a specific electronic journal use
E-Journals Finder.
• Do not use E-Journals Finder to find articles from
a range of journals.
• You may also use Library Plus to find a specific
journal but E-Journals Finder is more complete

E-Journals Finder
To go to the E-Journals Finder
click on Find Subject
Information.

E-Journals Finder
Then E-Journals
Finder.

e.g. to find the journal article: Navarro,M.
(2013) The mere presence of a
goalkeeper affects the accuracy of penalty
kicks. Journal of Sports Sciences, 31 (9),
921-929.
So you are looking for the “Journal of
Sports Sciences”, as E-Journals Finder is
used to find specific journals.
E-Journals Finder lists all the Library’s
e-journals. Don’t use it as a search for
journal articles on a topic.
E-Journals Finder

E-Journals Finder
You can then either:
Type in some title words in the
search box for Journal of Sports
Sciences. See search box left.
Or: You can click on the publisher
link (Taylor & Francis) to browse the
journal. This will also tell you which
years we have access to.

You can use the search
box to look for the article
e.g. by using some title
words.
E-Journals Finder

Then click on the Full Text
link to access the full
journal article.
E-Journals Finder

The full journal article. You may
legally copy or print this out.
E-Journals Finder

Or you can browse
the journal & its
volumes if you
click on the publisher
link.
E-Journals Finder

e.g. for Navarro,M. (2013) The mere
presence of a goalkeeper affects the
accuracy of penalty kicks. Journal of
Sports Sciences, 31 (9), 921-929
You can browse by year & volume.
Select volume 31 2013
You can also search the journal in the
search box.
E-Journals Finder

Then Issue 9.
The green indicates
full access. This
differs from
publisher to
publisher.
E-Journals Finder

Click on the full text
links for the full journal
article.
E-Journals Finder

To look for another journal title
click on E Journals Finder (not
New Search).
E-Journals Finder

Where to look for electronic journal
articles on a topic?
There is no one single correct way of searching for
journal articles on a topic but for Psychology it is
recommended you use either:
•Library Plus (which includes PsycINFO)
Or
•PsycINFO (the largest journal index for Psychology)

Library Plus Includes
•Many of our electronic journals subscriptions
•Full text journals from databases (including
PsycARTICLES - the American Psychological
Association journals database, Cinahl Plus, Science
Full Text select, Academic ASAP)
Library Plus

Library Plus also includes
Details of journal articles we don’t have immediate
access to.
e.g.Journals we don’t subscribe to but listed in e.g.
PsycINFO, Web of Science
Library Plus

There are various ways of searching Library Plus. You can
search Library Plus directly from the Library page.
This is a basic search, but you are then able to refine your
search.
e.g. type psychology penalty kicks goalkeepers into the Library
Plus search box to do a basic search on the psychology of
goalkeepers saving penalties.
Library Plus

The number of results & the
details of the articles is
displayed. A Green Get Full Text
link will give you the complete
journal article. You may need to
refine your search.

The Search box on the Library page is quite basic
& you may often want to do a more detailed search.
You can go to the Library Plus search page by
selecting Find Subject Information, then Library
Plus.
Library Plus

Click on Library Plus under Quick Links.
There is also a link in the Subject Guide
for Psychology on the right - Science, then
Psychology.
Library Plus

Advanced Search in
Library Plus can give
more flexibility & allows
you to do a more
sophisticated search.
Library Plus

You can combine search terms by
using the different search boxes.
AND combines the search terms &
narrows the search.
Or will search for either term.
* looks for alternatives e.g. penalt*
looks for penalty or penalties
“ ” searches an exact phrase e.g
“penalty kicks”
Think of keywords and be prepared
to change them and use
alternatives. Do not put in long
phrases or essay titles.
Tick this box & you will only see articles we have full
access to.
If you leave it unticked you will also see journal
articles we do not have full access to. (The Basic
Search does this automatically).
Library Plus

Click on the Full Text links to
see the full journal article.
Articles are displayed with
the most relevant nearest
the start.
Library Plus

Library Plus
You may be taken straight
to the full article or may
need to click on another
link.

PDF is the best
format for saving or
printing an article.

You can use the words AND
OR NOT to refine your
search.
This is explained on the help
screen (next slide).
Library Plus

From the Library
Plus Help pages.
Library Plus

Saving references in Library Plus
You can save results into a folder in Library Plus.
If you want to save references for future use you can
create your own personal account and then Sign In
to your personal account.
You can give folders names.
You still need to login through the Library page to
start with.

If you create a personal username & password
(under Sign in) your search results can be
saved in Library Plus.
You can then create a named folder to put your
search results in or just put them into an
unnamed folder.
To create a named folder click on Folder, New,
then give the folder a name.
Saving References in Library Plus

Save relevant references to the named folder by
clicking on the + icon & saving to the folder.
Or you can just click on the + icon & references will
be saved into a general folder which you can name
afterwards if you want.

You can also Save searches
to go back to later if you sign
in.
Click on Search History then
Save Searches.
Search History is alos useful
to look back on searches you
have done and also to
combine different complex
searches.

Information on searching Library Plus is also
available from the Library Plus help screens
and the guide to Library Plus (Under All
Guides).
Further Information on Library Plus

Using Library Plus to look for a
specific journal article
You also look for a specific journal article with
Library Plus (but doesn’t include absolutely every
journal which we have access to. The sure way is
using E-journals Finder)

Using Library Plus to find the
journal article
Lidor, R., Ziv,G. & Gershin, T. (2012)
Psychological preparation of
goalkeepers for the 11m penalty kick in
soccer – a review. Sport Psychologist,
26 (3), 375-389.

Using Library Plus to search for a specific journal article
There is no one correct way
but use Advanced Search
then:
e.g. change 1st
field to title &
type in a couple of words from
the title of the article.
Change 2nd
field to Author &
type in author’s surname
You could also change a field
to SO Journal Title & put in the
journal title or words from it.

Using Library Plus to search for a specific journal article

For more detailed information
about Library Plus select All
Guides then Library Plus.

Detailed guide on using
Library Plus.

PsycINFO
PsycINFO is the largest worldwide journals database. Note that
it includes journal articles we do not subscribe to, though you
can exclude these by ticking the Full Text box.
You can search PsycINFO separately or as part of Library
Plus.
It is searched in a similar way to Library Plus though it does
have some additional features such as using psychology
terminology for limiting searching and has a thesaurus. You
can create folders with references for future use, as with
Library Plus.

For PsycINFO,
select Find Subject
Information.

PsycINFO
Either select Indexes
& Databases, then P
then PsycINFO.
Or go to the
Psychology Library
Guide. Select
Science, then
Psychology.

Indexes & Databases
list. Select P then
PsycINFO.
PsycINFO

Or go to the Psychology
Library Guide. Click on
Science, then Psychology.
PsycINFO

PsycINFO
The Psychology Library Information Guide has quick links &
help on finding information. You can bookmark it for quicker
access.

Search is very similar to
Library Plus & can again use
Limit to Full Text.
PsycINFO

PsycINFO has a few search
features of it’s own e.g. search
limiters such as Age group,
methodology.
In this case can we choose Age
Group for 13-17 years old.
PsycINFO

PsycINFO

Other limiters you can
choose are methodology
type, publication type etc.
PsycINFO

If you are sure of what
terminology to use, the
Thesaurus could be
useful.
PsycINFO

Cited References shows which journal articles
have subsequently made reference to the article
you have found and so gives more recent
references. The more an article is cited, the more
credibility it may be given.
PsycINFO

Information on journals
databases and other
library resources is
available from the
Psychology Library guide.
Library Guides

Google Scholar
• Google Scholar is a very useful index to journal
articles and books.
• Note that unless an article or report is freely
available or we have a subscription, then you will
not be able to see it in full.
• Where we have paid for a journal, you can often
link through to it. To do this you need to set up the
Library Links in Google Scholar Settings. You also
need to have logged in through UDo.

To view journal
articles we
subscribe to, set
up the Library Links
under Settings.
Google Scholar

To view journal
articles subscribe
to, set up the
Library Links under
Settings.
Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Type Derby in Library Links.
Tick
“University of Derby – Check
E-Journals Finder”
Google Scholar

For the Advanced
Search click on
the 3 bars top left
then Advanced
Search
Google Scholar

We are likely to have full
text of those labelled
E-Journals Finder
Google Scholar

Help?
If you have any problems finding information
contact David Clark (Subject Librarian : Science)
(Tel: 01332 591203, email: d.clark@derby.ac.uk)

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