PSY 150 Library Assignment

Finding Psychology Articles Using Academic Search Premier

It might be useful to print out these directions first so you can refer to them as you search.

Go to Academic Search Premier:

From the Library homepage, click on Online Databases and then Academic Search Premier under “Frequently Used Databases,” OR click here.
If you are searching from off campus, you will be asked to enter a username and password. Use the ones listed for NC LIVE on the password sheet.
When a search screen appears, click on the Advanced Search choice (near the top).
Choose the second option Find all my search terms (under the first green bar).
Put a check in the Full Text box (under the second green bar).
Put a check in the box labeled Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals.
Type the word “psychology” in the search box labeled Publication (optional—this will not work with some topics).
Go up to the top and type the first part of your search (e.g. drug treatments) in the first search box.
Type the second part of your search (e.g. bipolar disorder) in the second search box.
Click the Search button to the right.
A list of articles on your topic should appear.
If you get a "no results were found" message, try taking the word "psychology" out of the Publication box, or try fewer or different words for your search (e.g. treatments and bipolar instead of drug treatments and bipolar disorder).
Click on an individual article to review it and print it out (you may have to click where it says PDF Full Text to see the whole article).