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PSY 355 - PsycINFO Research Proposal Assignment
GUIDE
to PsycINFO
Part A: Faculty Interests
1. PsycInfo--empirical research article published within the last 5 years (1998-2003)
Search strategy: sleep disorders and pt=empirical-study and dt=journal-article and py=1998-2003
2. E-mail abstract to Dr. Hughes.
1. Check the article abstracts you want to send by pressing the mouse in the box to the left of the abstract.
2. Select the "Email" button at the top of the search screen. The e-mail delivery screen appears.
3. In the "Mail Records to:" box, type in a complete e-mail address (i.e. hughesc@uncw.edu).
4. In the "Mail Subject" box, type "PsycInfo Abstracts" or another phrase that describes your search.
3. Print out the abstract from PsycINFO.
To print the abstracts from PsycInfo, close the Email delivery screen, and press the "Print" button on the search display
list. Notice that the "Search History" box is automatically checked, so you will get your search history.
Part A: Finding Articles Written By a UNCW Faculty Member in PsycInfo
1. Select "Index" from the right side of screen.
2. Key in name of faculty member, with last name first, then hyphen, then first letter of first name.
Ex. Pitts-R
3. Select, from this list of authors in PsycInfo, the entries that match the faculty member. (Select by pressing the mouse into the
box to the left of the entry.)
Ex. Pitts-R-C
Pitts-Raymond-C
4. Press "Search Checked Terms" box.
Faculty member who conducts research with humans or animals:
Given that you have retrieved a set of records for a faculty member that is numbered (i.e. #1 smith-j), type in the search box, #1 and po=human or #1 and po=animal
Faculty member who conducts research that is concered with drug abuse
Search strategy: drug abuse and dt=journal-article and Wilmington in af and North Carolina in af
Part B--APA Format PsycINFO Fields
APA Documentation Style (The University of Wisconsin-Madison) pt=empirical-study
dt=journal-article
Part C--Research Proposal py=1994-1999
ENTERING SEARCH STATEMENTS IN PSYCINFO po=human
po=animal
wilmington in af
north carolina in af
Search statements consist of a) literal words and b) logical words
Literal Words
Literal words are key words that are important to the topic. Let's look at two topics: first, you want information on sleep disorders. The literal (key) words you should choose would be "sleep," "disorders." Another topic could be the role of depression in insomnia and hypersomnia. The literal (key) words would be "depression," "insomnia," and "hypersomnia."
Logical Words
Logical words, also called "operators," instruct the system to retrieve records containing the literal words according to the logic
assigned.
AND=retrieves records containing BOTH words. For instance, the search statement, "sleep and disorders," retrieves
records that contain both words. AND is restrictive.
VARIANTS OF "AND"
WITH=retrieves records with both search terms in the same field. For example, the statement "sleep with
disorders" retrieves records in which the two words, "sleep" and "disorders" appear in a single field, but they may be separated by several sentences.
NEAR=retrieves records with both search terms in the same sentence. For example, the statement "sleep near
disorders" retrieves records in which both terms, "sleep" and "disorder" appear in the same sentence, but in any order.
NOTE: Add a number next to near to specify how close the terms are to appear to each other. For example
"sleep near2 disorders" retrieves records in which the words "sleep" and "disorders" appear within two words of each other.
ADJ= retrieves records with search terms next to each other in a specified order. For example, the statement
"sleep adj disorders" retrieves records in which the term "sleep" immediately precedes "disorders."
OR=retrieves records containing EITHER word. For instance, the search statement, "hypersomnia or insomnia," retrieves records containing either "hypersomnia" or "insomnia." The records do not have to contain both words. OR is expansive.
COMPLEX SEARCH STATEMENTS--USING PARENTHESES
Search statements are complex when you use more than one operator in a statement, especially "AND" (or one of its variants) and "OR."
Ex. depression and (hypersomnia or insomnia)
Placing parentheses around "hypersomnia or insomnia" nests those two words, so that the system knows the order in which to search. To put it simply, the numbers of records comes out right when you use parentheses.
KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THE ARTICLE IS IN RANDALL LIBRARY
To find out if Randall Library has the periodical cited, press the "Check for Holdings" button at the bottom of each citation. A catalog record for the periodical displays if Randall Library own it. Periodicals are located on the ground floor of Randall Library.
Last Update: December 12, 2005
Part A: Faculty Interests
1. PsycInfo--empirical research article published within the last 5 years (1998-2003)
Search strategy: sleep disorders and pt=empirical-study and dt=journal-article and py=1998-2003
2. E-mail abstract to Dr. Hughes.
1. Check the article abstracts you want to send by pressing the mouse in the box to the left of the abstract.
2. Select the "Email" button at the top of the search screen. The e-mail delivery screen appears.
3. In the "Mail Records to:" box, type in a complete e-mail address (i.e. hughesc@uncw.edu).
4. In the "Mail Subject" box, type "PsycInfo Abstracts" or another phrase that describes your search.
3. Print out the abstract from PsycINFO.
To print the abstracts from PsycInfo, close the Email delivery screen, and press the "Print" button on the search display
list. Notice that the "Search History" box is automatically checked, so you will get your search history.
Part A: Finding Articles Written By a UNCW Faculty Member in PsycInfo
1. Select "Index" from the right side of screen.
2. Key in name of faculty member, with last name first, then hyphen, then first letter of first name.
Ex. Pitts-R
3. Select, from this list of authors in PsycInfo, the entries that match the faculty member. (Select by pressing the mouse into the
box to the left of the entry.)
Ex. Pitts-R-C
Pitts-Raymond-C
4. Press "Search Checked Terms" box.
Faculty member who conducts research with humans or animals:
Given that you have retrieved a set of records for a faculty member that is numbered (i.e. #1 smith-j), type in the search box, #1 and po=human or #1 and po=animal
Faculty member who conducts research that is concered with drug abuse
Search strategy: drug abuse and dt=journal-article and Wilmington in af and North Carolina in af
Part B--APA Format PsycINFO Fields
APA Documentation Style (The University of Wisconsin-Madison) pt=empirical-study
dt=journal-article
Part C--Research Proposal py=1994-1999
ENTERING SEARCH STATEMENTS IN PSYCINFO po=human
po=animal
wilmington in af
north carolina in af
Search statements consist of a) literal words and b) logical words
Literal Words
Literal words are key words that are important to the topic. Let's look at two topics: first, you want information on sleep disorders. The literal (key) words you should choose would be "sleep," "disorders." Another topic could be the role of depression in insomnia and hypersomnia. The literal (key) words would be "depression," "insomnia," and "hypersomnia."
Logical Words
Logical words, also called "operators," instruct the system to retrieve records containing the literal words according to the logic
assigned.
AND=retrieves records containing BOTH words. For instance, the search statement, "sleep and disorders," retrieves
records that contain both words. AND is restrictive.
VARIANTS OF "AND"
WITH=retrieves records with both search terms in the same field. For example, the statement "sleep with
disorders" retrieves records in which the two words, "sleep" and "disorders" appear in a single field, but they may be separated by several sentences.
NEAR=retrieves records with both search terms in the same sentence. For example, the statement "sleep near
disorders" retrieves records in which both terms, "sleep" and "disorder" appear in the same sentence, but in any order.
NOTE: Add a number next to near to specify how close the terms are to appear to each other. For example
"sleep near2 disorders" retrieves records in which the words "sleep" and "disorders" appear within two words of each other.
ADJ= retrieves records with search terms next to each other in a specified order. For example, the statement
"sleep adj disorders" retrieves records in which the term "sleep" immediately precedes "disorders."
OR=retrieves records containing EITHER word. For instance, the search statement, "hypersomnia or insomnia," retrieves records containing either "hypersomnia" or "insomnia." The records do not have to contain both words. OR is expansive.
COMPLEX SEARCH STATEMENTS--USING PARENTHESES
Search statements are complex when you use more than one operator in a statement, especially "AND" (or one of its variants) and "OR."
Ex. depression and (hypersomnia or insomnia)
Placing parentheses around "hypersomnia or insomnia" nests those two words, so that the system knows the order in which to search. To put it simply, the numbers of records comes out right when you use parentheses.
KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THE ARTICLE IS IN RANDALL LIBRARY
To find out if Randall Library has the periodical cited, press the "Check for Holdings" button at the bottom of each citation. A catalog record for the periodical displays if Randall Library own it. Periodicals are located on the ground floor of Randall Library.
Last Update: December 12, 2005