Online and Offline Resources In
Psychological Assessment
PSY494P122 (2014-I)
April 9th, 2014
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ProQuest Psychology JournalsProQuest Psychology Journals
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ProQuest Psychology Journals
 Provides abstracts and indexing for more
than 1080 titles (1971 to present day), with
over 690 titles available in full text.
 Additionally, includes 4,000 full text
dissertations spanning 2000 through 2006.
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 Go to ProQuest, and select the database:
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 Select Publications:
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 Annals of Dyslexia
 ISBN 0736-9387
 Full Text coverage: 1998-present
(delayed 1 year)
 Journal of Personality Assessment
 ISSN 0022-3891
 Full Text coverage: 2004-present
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 Quality of Life Research
 ISBN 0962-9343
 Full Text coverage: 1997-present
(delayed 1 year)
 Memory & Cognition
 ISBN 0090-502X
 Full Text coverage: 1989-present
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 Behavioural and Cognitive
Psychotherapy
 ISBN 1352-4658
 Full Text coverage: 2001-present
(delayed 1 year)
 Journal of Behavioral and Applied
Management
 ISBN 1930-0158
 Full Text coverage: 2005-present
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 Journal of Psychopathology and
Behavioral Assessment
 ISBN 0882-2689
 Full Text coverage: 1997-present
(delayed 1 year)
 Psychological Test and Assessment
Modeling
 ISBN 2190-0493
 Full Text coverage: 1999-2009
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 Journal of Psychopathology and
Behavioral Assessment
 ISBN 0882-2689
 Full Text coverage: 1997-present
(delayed 1 year)
 Psychology Today
 ISSN 0033-3107
 Full Text coverage: 1988-present
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 American Sociological Review
 ISBN 0003-1224
 Full Text coverage: 1988-present
(delayed 1 year)
 Annual Review of Sociology
 ISSN 0360-0572
 Full Text coverage: 1995-2005
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TABLESTABLES
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 Search Figures & Tables, useful to look up
for theoretical models, prevalences, etc.
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 A theoretical model of aggression
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 Prevalence of depression among child survivors of disasters
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 Click on “Advanced”.
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 Click on “Advanced Search”.
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 Use field codes or limits.
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 You can also use the Thesaurus.
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 The use of the ProQuest Thesaurus is like in
ERIC, EBSCO, etc.
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 Choose a field code
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 Add up to 10 rows for your search.
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 10 age groups
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 Select any of the 7 source type.
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 Several types
of documents
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 Languages
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 Sort by relevance, publication date, display
up to 100 results, include duplicates or not.
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 Advanced Search -> Command Line.
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 In the Command Line you use the syntax
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 Advanced Search -> Find Similar.
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 Find Similar: e.g. copy and paste a text
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 Advanced Search -> Look Up Citation.
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 Look Up Citation: Use it to find a specific
article (e.g. using the DOI)
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 Look Up Citation: Use it to find articles of a
given author.
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 Look Up Citation: Use it to find articles of a
given author.
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 Look Up Citation: Use it to find articles of a
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Microsoft Academic Search: Authors
 You may use Microsoft Academics to look
up for coauthors, etc.
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 Command Line Search: Click on Help to see
the operators, field codes, etc. that you may
use.
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 OPERATORS: The most common are:
 Boolean: AND / OR / NOT
 Proximity: NEAR/# or N/#
 aggress* N3 videogames  ANY ORDER
 Proximity: PRE/# or P/#
 aggress * P3 videogames  RESPECT THE ORDER
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 OPERATORS: The most common are:
 Exact Search: EXACT or X
 SU.X(“gifted children”)  Exact search in subject
 SU.EXACT(“gifted children”)  Exact search in subject
 Linking a search term: LNK
 MESH("anorexia nervosa" LNK prevention)
 ("anorexia nervosa" LNK prevention)
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 SPECIAL CHARACTERS:
 Wildcard: ?
 nurse? = nurses, nursed
 sm?th = smith and smyth
 ad??? = added, adult, adopt
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 SPECIAL CHARACTERS:
 Truncation: *
 nurse* = nurse, nurses, nursed
 behavio*r = behavior, behaviour
 *old = told, household, bold
 [*5]beat = upbeat, downbeat, offbeat, heartbeat
 nutr$5 or nutr[*5] = nutrition, nutrient, nutrients
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 EXERCISE:
 Use the Thesaurus and select at least two terms
related to your topic
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 EXERCISE:
 Use the Command Search Line:
 Use the Boolean operator AND
 Use the Field codes for title and/or keywords
HOW MANY RESULTS DID YOU GET?
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 EXERCISE:
 Use the Command Search Line:
 Use the Boolean operator OR
 Use the Wildcard and Truncation
 Once you get the results, try to limit them within Czech
Republic or Europe
HOW MANY RESULTS DID YOU GET?
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 EXERCISE:
 Use the Advanced Search
 Try using the Field Code SU
 Limit your results by Age
 Search within the results for longitudinal/prospective
studies
HOW MANY RESULTS DID YOU GET?
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 EXERCISE:
 Use the Advanced Search
 Try using the Field Code SU
 Search within the results for REVIEW or Meta Analytic
studies
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 EXERCISE:
 Use the Advanced Search
 Try using the Field Code SU
 Limit the results to CASE STUDY or INTERVIEW studies
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 EXERCISE:
 Use the Advanced Search
 Try using the Field Code SU
 Limit the results to Dissertations & Theses studies
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