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BEHL 1031: UO Psychology 1B

Getting started

This Assignment Help will help you in find information for your assignment. 

Please refer to your Course Outline and LearnOnline site for full assessment information.

Plan your search

video length: 3 min 42 sec

Further Help: 

Key points from the video

  • Identify the key concepts (main ideas) in your assignment
  • Check other ways key concepts are described in the literature
  • Create a search by connecting concepts using AND and OR
  • Alter your search strategy as you find more keywords

Further Help

Connect your keywords

The Library collection is a great place to find books and articles for you essay.

Searching can be trial and error to see what keywords or combination of keywords work. Here are some example searches that you can find in the Library Collection by selecting the hyperlinks in the box below. 

Operator words What it does
Example
AND
  • Narrows your search.
  • The more concepts you connect with AND the more focused your search will become.

Piaget AND cognit* AND development

disorder* AND etiology

prosocial AND situation*
OR
  • Broadens your search.
  • Includes results that use different terminology.
"early childhood" OR "early development"
These example search terms show you how to search the Library Collection. This list is by no means exhaustive and you will be expected to think of your own keywords when creating a search strategy for your essay topic. 

More help

Watch the following video on Constructing a Search Strategy - video (3 min 42 sec) 

Further searching

Google Scholar

Screenshot of Google Scholar search

"piaget's theory" AND (cognitive OR cognition) AND ("early childhood" OR "early development")

Phrase searching: You should use double quotations “…” to keep any words together that are phrases. This will help you find relevant results.

Tip: use brackets (…) to keep concepts together if using only one search box. 

More Help: 

Watch the following video on Searching Google Scholar - video (3 min 05 sec) 

PsycINFO 

PsycINFO is the key database for finding international peer reviewed literature in behavioural science and mental health. If you are studying psychology, it is important to become familiar with searching PsycINFO. Go through the tutorial below to help you get started.

Here is an example advanced search using some of the keywords taken from the Library Collection search. 

A few relevant peer reviewed journals

Tips on writing an essay plan

video length: 2 min 27 sec

Study help

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