PSYCHOLOGY

(note:
- broaden topic to: psycholog* if original search found nothing
- add another term if necessary to narrow search
eg. psycholog* not fiction
      psycholog* and video*  
- check subject headings of items found for other search terms as needed

- Browse:

• United Streaming videos on Anthropology / Psychology / Sociology
• United Streaming Videos - Health (include alcohol and other drugs, anatomy, mental health, safety and violence)
• United Streaming Videos - Human Growth and Development (includes parenting, nutrition, drugs, and relationships)
• 150s - Psychology
  eg./
     -  Marshall Cavenish Ency. of Personal Relationships : Human Behavior (19 vol)
      - Magill's Ency. of Social Science : Psychology (4 vol)
• 301-309 - Society
• 573   - Human Evolution
• 610s - Medical Health
  eg./
       Encyclopedia of Family Health (17 vol)
       Health and Illness (6 vol)
       Marshall Cavendish Encyclopedia of Health (14 vol)

Infotrac / Gale eBooks password required
or select from below given titles and then go to WITHIN THIS PUBLICATION

• Encyclopedia of Anthropology
• Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
• Encyclopedia of Sociology
• Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
• Encyclopedia of Public Health
• Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
• Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
• Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
• International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
• Psychologists and Their Theories for Students

• SparkNotes College Texts 101 : Psychology
• Encyclopedias
   

Search:

(click on Teen Health to got to site OR use search box to search that site now - see Library for Login info)

• use KEYWORD search
• use WCI search as example
• use "SEARCH FILTERS" to delimit location
• sort results if necessary

GENERAL INTERNET

• most search engines will extrapolate variations of a word if the "main" word is used (eg./ the singular vs. plural form of a word)
• use quote marks " ..." to enclose phrases as necessary
• - (minus sign) to say not this term

eg/ "free will" psychology
      humanist psychology theories

you may search Google now:

or alternately use: Google Advanced Search
eg/
psychological effects of abusive relationships
cause abusive relationships

MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL DATABASES

• Select preferred package of databases:
  from YRDSB's Trillium Databases (Home access requires password)

  • including Ebscohost's Canadian Points of View

  or directly from
    - InfoTrac by Thomson / Gale - includes all our Gale ebooks (Home access requires password)
   - or -
              from Vaughan Public Libraries - Online Databases (VPL membership required)

• Select appropriate database(s) within preferred package

• Choose "Advanced Search" tab

• Ensure Fulltext selected

• type keyword(s):

  • combine keywords needed with AND operator

  • search most important keywords in Subject field (or broaden search to default fields if necessary)

  • use truncation as required

  • cluster similar concepts if necessary to optimize on line limitations

  • check assigned subject headings of highly relevant articles for alternate keywords

  • no one perfect strategy -- play around for the one that works best for given search

Infotrac articles may be emailed directly to user

How to Find Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

GROUP WORK SUGGESTION
Use a wiki such as Microsoft Office Live for group work from various remote locations

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Edit anytime, from anywhere

Pick who can access your documents

Share changes in real time

Files are stored securely online

It's MS Office so files can be resaved to open locally
      on MS Office (without going through the Web)

It's FREE!

Technology How To's ...

• Google Advanced Image Search

• YouTube

• Download / Convert Streaming Videos (Save streamed videos from YouTube, etc. for  presenting without access to Internet)

• Screen Capture (capturing an image that cannot otherwise be save to file)

• for more complete Tech Help pls see: Technology How To's ...