How to do your own experiments in psychology and education
2b. Find the publications you need
General Search Strategy
Do NOT run off and try all the keywords you can think of!
Professional researchers use other, much better, strategies to find publications:
Use ALL of these strategies to find the publications that you need.
If you need a refresher or haven't used PsychINFO yet, then there's a step-by-step introduction here.
Read this topic next, after you've finished: here.
Do NOT run off and try all the keywords you can think of!
Professional researchers use other, much better, strategies to find publications:
- 2b(1). Find review articles, for example in the Annual Review of Psychology or Psychological Review;
- 2b(2). Search for specific journal titles in the library’s databases;
- 2b(3). Search for articles by specific authors in the library’s databases or on their homepages;
- 2b(4). Search for related articles
- 2b(5). Search by keyword if you still need to
Use ALL of these strategies to find the publications that you need.
If you need a refresher or haven't used PsychINFO yet, then there's a step-by-step introduction here.
Read this topic next, after you've finished: here.
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