Find Online Journal Articles with EBSCO's Databases
DATABASES:
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. From the library home page, select Databases tab, then select Search Multiple EBSCO databases EBSCO. Login Required.
2. Add a check to Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection box. Deselect eBooks Collection IF you only want articles. Then select Continue.
3. Type your search term(s) into the search box. Leave Select a Field (for a broad, keyword search) or change it to Subject for a more specific search. Before you search, limit your search options (see below).
There are a variety of ways to limit your results.
4. Limit results in Search Options section by checking Full Text and Scholarly Journals.
Peer-reviewed journals are publications that include only those articles that have been reviewed and/or qualified by a selected panel of acknowledged experts in the field of study covered by the journal.
5. Limit results by Publication Date (optional). Click search after you've selected your search options.
NOTE: Truncation. Add an asterisk * to the root of a search term for all forms of a word, ex. psych* = psychology, psychological, psychobiology, psychoanalysis, etc.
6. When using the search box at the top of this page, Refine Your Results by clicking Show More.
7. Limit by Subject.
Check boxes next to related library subject headings. This limits your search to Library of Congress Subject Headings (more specific).
8. Click on a relevant article. Look at the abstract and subject headings for clues to it's contents.
Some are offered in HTML, some PDF, some both. All HTML articles have Translate and Listen options.
9. Use Tools on right of article to Print, E-mail, Save, Cite and more.
Citations are set to MLA format as a default. Change to APA format before you email the article.
For more information about citations, click the Citations tab above.
10. NOTE: Double check citations for accuracy when using them directly as given. Make sure the authors names are NOT in ALL CAPS.
11. When emailing, leave a comment/message to yourself about why you selected the article.
Currently registered students, faculty and staff may access databases and their library account 24/7.
See this page for more information.
Sign In to our new OneSearch interface to
Username: Citrus email address (before @)
Password: Citrus email password (CcMMDDYYYY unless you have changed it)
Check out the guided tutorials links below for EBSCOhost.
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