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PsycINFO Guide
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This guide is for using the EBSCO version of PscyINFO that is available for users affiliated with the University of Maine.
PsycINFO covers psychology literature from 1887-present.
| Locating PsycINFO on the Fogler Web Page |
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From the Fogler Library web page
go to the link "Search in a Database" under the heading
Articles on your topic. |
| 2. Under the Databases A-Z list click on P. |
| 3. Then click on the link for PsycINFO. |
| Connecting to PsycINFO from Guide |
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| You can go directly to the site from this link to
PsycINFO |
| Accessing PsycINFO Remotely |
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| 1. Enter your name and the number on the back of your Maine card
to access PsycINFO from non-campus computers. |
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| 2. Your Maine card needs to be activated. If you have not checked out a
book since the fall, you will need to have your Maine card activated at
the circulation desk. |
Basic Search is the default setting for ERIC. This is the single search box that searches all of the default fields.
| Entering Your Search Terms |
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| 1. Your search terms are the words that must match part of the
PsycINFO record. If you enter more than one term the database will search
for the terms next to each other. |
2. Use AND to look search for more than one term.
You can search for a subject and an author.
Example: Internet AND aggression |
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3. Use OR to search for synonyms. Matching records will contain either of your terms.
Example: children OR
adolescents |
| 4. Use NOT to eliminate certain aspects of a term. Example:
aggression NOT Internet |
| 5. Put ( ) around terms to make a complex search. Example
(children OR adolescents) AND aggression) |
| 6. Use * to truncate words so that you can capture both the singular
and the plural. Example: child* |
| Changing Search Options |
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| The default search option can be changed. Click on Find all my
search terms to AND between all terms. Click on Find any of my
search terms to OR between all terms. |
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| Setting Limits in Basic Search |
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| You can place a number of limits on your search. When you place
a limit on your search you will not see any records that do not match your
limits. For this reason it is not a good idea to limit to full text.
You will miss all the full text articles that we get through Science
Direct and Sage Journals Online that are indexed in PsycINFO.. |
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| Narrow Results by Subject |
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| 1. You can narrow the results within your results by clicking on a subject term in the
box on the left of search results. Below are the subject
terms returned, if you search by the keyword anorexic. |
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| 2. A new group of subject terms is shown when you click on
a subject term. This means that you can become increasingly more
specific. |
| Sorting Results |
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| 1. The default listing is by date |
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| 2. Results can also be listed by author, source, or relevance. |
To access Advanced Search click on the Advanced Search links that is
beneath the basic search box.
| Entering Your Search Terms |
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| If you leave the setting for "Default Fields" your search terms
are matched in the same way as a basic search. Unless you are know a
specific field you wish to search, you should use the default fields. |
| Advanced Search has pull down menus for AND, OR and NOT. |
| Search History on Advanced Search |
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| 1. PsycINFO automatically makes a temporary file running your searches. This file will not remain
if you close out of the database. |
| 2. Click on the link Search History/Alerts to see your search
history. |
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| 3. You can click on the link to see the results or revise a previous search |
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| Using the Thesaurus |
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| The thesaurus is an index of subject terms that are used in
PsycINFO. Subject terms are assigned to each record, and using them can increase
your success in getting records that contain related concepts. |
| 1. Click on the Thesaurus button that is in the top part of the
screen. |
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| 2. Look for descriptors by entering your search term into the
box and then clicking on the Browse button. The default setting is to
see descriptors Term Begins With. You can also select Term Contains or
Relevancy Ranked. |
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| 3. Click on the terms to find the scope note and broader, related,
or narrower terms. |
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Visual Search allows you to search across broad subjects.
| Enter Your Search Term |
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| 1. Click on the link for visual search beneath the basic or advanced search box. |
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| 2. Your results will come in a visual map organized by topics.
Click on a topic to see sub-topics. |
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3. The first three results for each topic, subtopic, etc are shown.
To see the all of the results for a given column, place the mouse at
the bottom of the column. |
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4. Click on the title to open a record for a citation. |
| 5. Once you have clicked on a rectangle to bring up a document the record will appear on the right hand side of the screen. |
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6. To print, email, or save the abstract, click on the link Add
to Folder. Click on the More link at the bottom of the
abstract to see full text.
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| Printing or Emailing a PDF Document |
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| 1. If you article has is a pdf document you will see icons above article |
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| 2. Click on the icon of a printer to print the article. |
| Do NOT go to the file menu and click on print. If you do this, you will not print the article. |
| 3. To email a copy of the article, click on the icon of an envelope.
Select the option of sending a copy, since the link will not work once you
have left PsycINFO. |
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| Printing or Emailing an HTML Document |
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| 1. If you article is an html document you will icons above the
article. |
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| 2. Click on the icon of the printer to print, the icon the the
envelope to save and the icon of the disk to save. |
| Locating PsycINfO Journal Articles in Fogler |
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| 1. Fogler Library has a complete collection for all ED documents that are
available on microfiche prior to 2003. They are filed by ED
number. Ask for assistance in the Microform area. |
2. The journals are shelved in alphabetic order unless otherwise
noted in URSUS.
- Floor 1 contains A -- Chemical Society Journal
- Floor 1b contains Chemical Society Proceedings --
Journal of Reprints for Anti-Trust Law and Economics
- Floor 2 contains Journal of Reproduction and
Fertility -- Physical Review
- Floor 2b contains Physical Review A -- Zygon
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| 3. If Fogler does not have access to an item either online or in print
you can request it through
interlibrary loan. |
| Saving in a Temporary Folder |
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| Note: Documents in a temporary folder will be lost if you close
ERIC or time out due to inactivity. See the EBSCOhost
account. section for instructions on how to save permanently to a
folder. |
| 1. Click on the icon of a folder located beneath the
citation information. |
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| 2. Click on the link at the top of
the screen to save all of the items in a search. |
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| Viewing Items in Folder |
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| 1. Click on the link Folder View in the
upper right area of your computer screen to see items in folder. |
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| 2. There are two ways to remove items from the folder. Either click on the icon of the folder below the citation in the results section, or click on the X
in the Folder has items area. |
| 3. Once you are in the folder area, you may email, save, print,
or export your items. |
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| EBSCOhost Account |
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| 1. In order to save a search, save items permanently in a folder or create a web alert on the EBSCOhost server, you must sign up for an EBSCO host account.
There is a link at the top of the page called "Sign Into My EBSCOhost"
which leads to an area where you can sign in or create a new account. |
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| 2. Click on the "I'm a new user" link to establish a
free account. |
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| 3. Click on the link "Search History/Alerts" link to save your search. |
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| 4. Then choose the Save/Searches Alert link. To retrieve
saved searches or alerts click on the appropriate link. |
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| 5. Select either a permanent or temporary Save or an Alert. An alert can be run daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly |
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