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UT Arlington Library - Database techniques:
Search History

Assumption: Need references, want to identify articles or chapters
Database Search Techniques: Refine tab & Limits (PsycINFO), (ASP); Search History ; Truncation: * ; Proximity Operator “Near” (N) – ex. N5, terms within 5 words of each other; Thesaurus (PsycINFO) / Subject Term (ASP); Classification Codes (PsycINFO only); Cited Reference Searching (ASP & PsycINFO), (Web of Knowledge), (hopeful)

PsycINFO & Academic Search Premier

Search Building: Search History
 

Search one phrase or concept
then Search another phrase or concept

Click on Search History tab for new display
Click boxes & Add to mix for new results.

Use Search History tab to:
     View this session’s previous searches
     Add searches together (AND or OR), 
     Eliminate already viewed results (use NOT),
     Print for documentation of what worked so you don't have to do it again.

Menu:
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Why?; Locations;
Lit Search Highlights;
Finding articles (select databases);  Locate materials;  Library Catalog;
Find journals (catalog; e-journal list); 
Find databases; 
Database features (Academic Search Premier; PsycINFO);
Database search techniques;  Cited Ref Searching;
Where is it @ UTA?;
Review;
How to tell if an article is scholarly/peer reviewed
More Questions?
Saving to RefWorks
OffCampus?
Cool Word tricks to make APA formatting easier (.doc)
APA Manual quick index (.doc)

Helen Hough, Psychology Librarian, University of Texas at Arlington Library, Box 19497, Arlington, TX, 76019; hough@uta.edu
09/26/2006