Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection provides 503 full text titles including 478 peer-reviewed journals. The database covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Access On or Off Campus: From the Ely Library Homepage (http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu).In the Quick Links to Databases section, click Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Basic Search

Basic Search:

• Enter your search terms, or keywords, in the dialog box Next to the EBSCOHost logo. Click on Search.
• Under Search Options, select a Search Mode by clicking the radio button or box next to Boolean/Phrase,  Find all my search terms, Find any of my search terms, SmartText Searching Hint, Apply related words, or Also search within the full text of the articles.
• Limit your results to Full Text, or Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals, or to a specific publication.

Limits You can use the limiters to help narrow your search. You will get fewer results using a limiter. Limiters work together, so checking the box for Full Text and the box for Peer Reviewed will only return documents that are in full text and from peer reviewed journals.

1. Full Text- Limits to articles that are available in full text in this database.
2. Peer Reviewed- Limits to items from peer reviewed (academic/scholarly) journals. Note: You will still get letters, editorials, and reviews, which may not be considered a scholarly article for a paper.
3. Journal- Limits to a specific journal; only use this if you know the journal is available in this database.
4. Published Date- Limits to articles published within a specific date range.
5. Articles with Images- Limits to articles available as a PDF or Text with Graphics.
6. Cover Story- Limits to articles that were featured as a cover story. (advanced search only)
7. Number of Pages- You can limit to articles with equal to, less than, or greater than a specified amount of pages.
8. Document Type- Limit to a specified document type, such as editorial, letter, article, etc. (advanced search only)

1. Also search for related words- Expands your search to include synonyms and plurals of your keywords.
2. Also search within the full text of the articles- Expands the search for your keywords from just the citation to include the citation and the full text of the article (if available).

• Click on the Keyword button (default) to use "words, phrases or even complete sentences" for your search.
• Click the Subjects button to browse a list of subjects in an A-Z index.
• Click on the Publications button to find a periodical title in the database.
• Click on Indexes to search and browse lists of subjects, authors, journals, etc.

Use the Advanced Search to add flexibility to your search or to conduct a search using specific fields, such as article title, author, subject, word(s) in an abstract, and journal name.

1. From the Basic Search screen, click on the blue "Advanced Search" tab.
2. Break your topic into keywords or phrases and enter one concept per search box.
3. To search a specific field (author, article title, journal name, etc.), change the pull down menu from "Select a Field" to the appropriate field name.
4. Click "Search."

• Full Text article availability: In the list, look for  or .  Click on the highlighted article title or one of the Full Text choices to access the complete article.
• If the article is not available in this database, click the Check Availability link to search the Ely Library's Full Text Periodical Directory.
• Click on located below the full text links to mark records for printing or downloading later. NOTE: PDF full text will not print out from a Folder list.
• You can narrow your search by clicking one of the subjects listed on the left side of screen. (Not recommended)

From the RESULT LIST:
To retrieve articles one by one, click on the article title or on one of the following icons  .  To retrieve a list of citations or the full text of articles (but not PDF Full Text), click to Add the citations that you want, then click on the Folder View link under on the right side of the page to retrieve your list. Select one of the following icons:

   This will bring you to the Print Manager. Select the options you want to print and click on the print button .

• You can find out how many pages to expect before you print by clicking on "Estimate Number of Pages"located just below the Print button. Remember that PDF Full Text will not print from this screen.
• You can also select a Citation Format (APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, etc.) to include in the printout.
• Click Print and hit enter. When your print job is complete, click on  to return to your search.
• NOTE:  To Print PDF Full Text: Click on the . Link. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click on the Adobe Printer icon toward the left of the Article window. 

• Under "Include when sending," chose from the following:
• PDF as separate attachment (when available)
• Standard Fields (Detailed citation and abstract, Brief Citation, etc.)
• Citation Format (APA, MLA, etc.)
• Click on Send. You will get an acknowledgement and can then click on Continue to return to the your search. Your e-mail message will arrive from ephost@epnet.com with the subject heading you provided.

• Under Articles, chose Additional citation details and abstract; HTML Full Text (when available); or HTML link(s) to article(s). Note: You must be looking at a PDF Full Text document in order to save a file in PDF format.
• Click Save.
• Choose file from your browser, then save as.
• Be sure to save as a plain text file (.txt) or an HTML file (.html). Name your file.
• Click  to return to  your search.

• Direct Export to EndNote, ProCite, or Reference Manager
• Generic bibliographic management software
• Citations in BibTeX format
• Citations in MARC21 format
• Direct Export to RefWorks
• Click 

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Last updated 8-7-08