Which Resource Do I Use for What?
Which Resource Do I Use for What?
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It can be intimidating to choose which resource to search when starting to search. But each is unique in its own way!
Start with FindIt@MSP or Library Catalog (aka On-site Materials)
Start with FindIt@MSP or Library Catalog (aka On-site Materials)
Then do supplemental searches in other resources depending on your topic and focus.
Our "discovery" tool that cross-searches multiple major psychology and health databases simultaneously including: PsycARTICLES, PsycBooks, ERIC, PubMed, and 14 additional multidisciplinary databases
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Starting your search to find scholarly articles, book chapters, books, and more
Getting to full text articles
Seamless Interlibrary Loan requesting for items we don't have
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Works by renowned humanistic psychologists and thought leaders in psychology
Research methodology books
Historical psychology books
DVDs
Testing Kits
MSP Scholarly Works including dissertations, conference posters, and conference presentations
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A-Z List of all of our databases from ProQuest
Individually search databases not in FindIt@MSP including PsycINFO and PsycTESTS
Great supplement to FindIt@MSP
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Freely available website for searching the biomedical literature
Contains unique psychology, mental health literature
More advanced searching by article types
Copy/paste your searches
Continue to use after you graduate!
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Finding full text not immediately available in FindIt@MSP
Following citation trails of relevant authors using Cited By
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Add the full text link from Google Scholar to our own databases
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Free, evidence-based clinical practice information
Use web version to browse topics (NOTE: searching will trigger paywall)
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Free, evidence-based clinical practice information
Searches across practice guidelines from professional organizations and literature
Continue to use after you graduate!
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