LIBRARY

101
Surviving Your
Research
Experiences
Looking for Articles in all the Wrong
Right Places
+ Start with Populi login
+ Click through to PEP and PsycArticles
+ Switch to Google Scholar
+ Use citations to go directly to journals (PEP/PsycArticles)
External Resources

+ Collect all the public library cards you can

+ Explore your undergrad/graduate access
+ Research Gate (ask authors directly); Academia.edu
+ Google
+ Google Books / Amazon Look Inside
+ UCLA databases
Search Terms

+ Try variations of the same vocabulary

+ For example: aggressive/aggression; paternal/father
+ Neither too specific nor too broad
+ Ask for help identifying the right search terms if it seems like
you just can’t find any results
Finding more sources

+ Check the references of articles for other useful articles

+ Look at citations by heavily cited authors
+ Pay attention to specific terminology used by authors
Is this resource
worth your
time?
Citations

+ You can use citation tools but never trust them.

+ Check your references personally or ask for help.