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PSYC 470: Multicultural Psychology

Getting Full Text Articles

If you do not see a full text article link look for the Cook Library Find It button in order to:

  • Access online full text (when available)
  • See if the journal is available in print (library catalog)
  • Request a pdf of the article if full text is not available online (Interlibrary Loan)

If you have the citation for the article you are trying to access, search the Journal List to check if the library subscribes to your specific article.  

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Searching Databases: Using "Connectors"

AND / OR / NOT

AND  - Searches for articles containing both terms. Use to combine main concepts or variables in your search.

Example: sleep AND health = results containing BOTH the words "sleep" and "health."

OR - Searches for articles that contain EITHER or BOTH terms. Use for synonyms or related terms.

Example: women OR woman OR female OR girl = all results that mention women regardless of which term an author uses

NOT - Searches for articles that do NOT contain a term. Use sparingly.

Example: education NOT technology = results using the term "education" but not the term "technology"

 

Remember: Use each search box in a database to represent a "main concept" in your search.

Here's an example a search for information about the relationship between sleep and anxiety or depression in women.

Separate synonyms for a main concept with "OR." Leave the drop downs between search boxes on "AND"

Other Search Commands

" "  - Use quotation marks to search for results containing an exact phrase.. Useful for multi-word phrases.

Example: "body language" = articles that include this exact phrase, but not articles that use the words "body" and "language" in any order throughout the title or abstract.

* - Searches for the exact string of characters you enter, plus any number of characters that appear in place of the star. AKA "truncation"

Example: child* = results using terms like child, child's, children, childless, childhood, etc.