Article Databases
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PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowPsycINFO has research articles and other publications for psychology and related fields, including social work.
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ProQuest PowerSearch This link opens in a new windowSearch articles from academic and professional journals in many disciplines, including social work and related fields.
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Google Scholar with EMU Full Text This link opens in a new windowSearch for scholarly materials on almost any topic. Use this library link to get access to EMU subscriptions.
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Esearch (Advanced Search) This link opens in a new window
Search the library’s collection of books, articles, ebooks, dissertations, videos, music, and more, from an advanced interface that provides structured search options.
NOTE: If you use the Boolean operator OR to search for synonyms, it must be in ALL CAPS, e.g.,
teenagers OR adolescents OR "high school students"
Finding and Using Scholarly Sources
Understanding scholarly sources and peer-review:
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Peer Review in Three MinutesShort video: How do articles get peer reviewed? What role does peer review play in scholarly research and publication?
PsycINFO Searching for Behaviors: Behavior Change Plan
Try alternative words
Search for keyword(s) and phrases for your behavior in the first search box. Use "or" between alternative words, for example:
marijuana OR cannabis
Find causes
One way to find articles that discuss possible causes or related factors, in a separate search box, add:
etiology OR caus*
Etiology means the study of causes. The *, or wildcard, will find different word endings: causes, causal, causality.
Limit to Peer Reviewed
Be sure to check the Peer Reviewed box, located after the search boxes:
Limit to Empirical Research
On the search page, scroll below the search boxes and select Empirical Study on the Methodology menu.
Find an intervention for the cause
If you're having trouble finding articles that discuss interventions, in a separate search box add words for this concept, for example:
intervention or treatment or therapy
ProQuest & PsycINFO Basics
Note: This video demonstrates a search using the ProQuest database ERIC, but the search functions are the same in PsycINFO and other ProQuest databases:
Using the Thesaurus in PsycINFO
This video demonstrates how (and why) to use the thesaurus tool to find subject terms to improve your searching of PsycINFO.
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
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Quantitative and Qualitative ResearchA guide to identifying quantitative and qualitative methods when reading research articles. It also shows how to limit PsycINFO searches to a particular methodology.
