This guide was created specifically for PSY200. Use the tabs above to learn about the library and its resources!
Later in the semester, you will be asked to complete a brief survey to help us determine how effective this session was in helping you complete your assignments/research for this class. Stay tuned for more information.
Keyword searching--Watch this tutorial from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. If your search term is a phrase, e.g., eating disorder, enclose the phrase in quotation marks. "Eating disorder" is a more specific search than typing the words separately.
Boolean operators (AND, OR, AND NOT) These words are used to combine your search terms. AND means that every word must be in your search results and will narrow your results. OR is used to connect similar concepts or synonyms and will broaden your results. OR IS MORE. NOT eliminates a word from the search and should be used with care.
Truncation--Use the asterisk * to retrieve all variants of a word. For example, educat* will retrieve education, educating, educator. But be careful! Con* will retrieve convict, contract, constitution and all other words that start that way. You will get many irrelevant items.
Field--A field is the location in the record where your terms are located, e.g., title, subject, author.
