PSY 101: General Psychology: Scholarly Sources

• Use truncation symbols to find variations in spelling and word form.

personalit*  will find personality, personalities

• Expand your search by using “or” between words that are similar or synonymous. Results will have either keyword or both keywords.

memor* or retention

• Multiple words will be found within five words of each other. To search multiple words as a phrase, put the phrase in quotes. 

bad memory     Retrieves results with words within five words of each other.
                          One of the results is titled: Can bad weather improve your memory?

“bad memory”    Retrieves results with that exact phrase.