Library Guides: PSY 101: General Psychology (Oliva): Finding Articles

Finding and Reading Articles

APA PsycInfo
Psychology and behavioral science journals, books, conference papers, and more. Some full text. 1887-

APA PsycInfo Search Tips:

Write a brief description of your topic: How does sleep affect grades?

Then identify the key concepts of the topics, to use as search terms: sleep grades

Brainstorm potential synonyms: grades, academic performance

Use the asterisk (*) to look for different variations of a word: sleep* will find: sleep, sleeps, sleeping...

Use " " to keep 2 or more words together as an exact phrase: "academic performance"

Google Scholar (with Get it @ UP)
Scholarly articles across many disciplines. This Google Scholar includes Get it @ UP links in results so you can easily connect to full text available through the Clark Library. Activate this feature in your version of Google Scholar (see: how to connect Google Scholar to UP's full text).