Search Strategy
1. Break your research question into at least two concepts.
2. Use the PsycINFO Thesaurus to find terms for each concept.
3. Enter the Descriptor term (Subjects) for one concept in the first search search box
4. Enter Descriptor term (Subjects) for the next concept in the second search box.
5. Limit your search to Peer Reviewed Journals
6. Limit your search to the last 10 years.
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PsycINFO
PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES
PsycINFO is a database of abstracts of literature in the field of psychology. It is produced by the American Psychological Association. PsycINFO is unmatched as a resource for locating scholarly research findings in psychology and related fields across a host of academic disciplines — from the historical to the cutting edge. PsycARTICLES, also produced by the American Psychological Association, includes all full text of articles indexed.
- PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
- PsycINFO
Contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology
APA Thesaurus
Look for the APA Thesaurus link in the blue bar at the top of the page
Sample Topic
Sample Topic: Adoptive families and policy
| Keyword: Adoptive Families | Keyword: Policy | |
| APA Thesaurus Terms | Adoption (Child) | Government Policy Making |
| APA Thesaurus Terms | International Adoption | Laws |
| APA Thesaurus Terms | Adoptive Parents | Legal Process |
| APA Thesaurus Terms | Adoptive Children | Social Issues |
Sample Search
