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PsycINFO [EBSCO] 1887+This link opens in a new windowWorldwide coverage of 1300+ journals, books and dissertations in the behavioral sciences, psychology, mental health, medicine, etc.
How-to search with the APA Thesaurus and SubjectsBy the end of this video you should be able to:
Locate Subjects using the APA Thesaurus and use them to conduct a search in APA PsycInfo
Revise a search in APA PsycInfo to include additional Subjects
Describe how to search in APA PsycInfo when there is no Subject for a particular search concept
How-to find Peer-Reviewed Empirical ArticlesBy the end of this video you will be able to:
Use the filters in APA PsycInfo to access empirical studies from peer-reviewed journals.
Determine if an article found in APA PsycInfo is an empirical study from a peer-reviewed journal.