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PS315 Sports Psychology
Professor Dave Landers

Instruction Librarian: Kristen Hindes
Office: Library 205
Phone: x2590
email: khindes@smcvt.edu
Appointments: Contact me via phone or email.
Reference Desk on M 9:30-11:30 General Reference Hours:
Monday - Thursday 9:30-9:30
Friday 9:30-5
Sunday 1-5, 6-8
Reference Desk Phone: x2405

RefWorks
RefWorks allows you to create bibliographies, import references from online databases, and organize your references in folders. Initial sign up for an account must be done on campus.

Psychology MetaSearch
This allows you to search across several of the library's databases from one interface. The Psychology MetaSearch includes the following databases: ERIC, JSTOR, MEDLINE, ProQuest Psychology Journals, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, ScienceDirect, SMC Library Catalog, and SocINDEX with Full Text.

PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters and book literature in psychology and related disciplines
Journal coverage is 1887-present from over 2200 periodicals in 27 languages
Book coverage is 1987-present, English language material only
Over 2.5 million citations

Going beyond keyword searching--Using the Thesaurus or Subject Searching

  • controlled vocabulary that helps you find the descriptors (subject headings) for your search terms
  • hierarchy that permits searching various levels--broader, narrower, and related
  • for example:

Limiting your search (Refine Search)

  • Year
  • Population
  • Age group
  • Language

Database access

  • SMC page
  • Library
  • Databases OR Research by Subject/Psychology
  • PsycINFO

Getting to the article

  • Full text
  • Check for full text
  • Check library catalog
  • Request Interlibrary Loan, MIKENET login required

Combining Search Terms--Boolean operators


AND


OR


NOT

 

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