PSY 493/495 and NEUR 480 - Senior Seminar

Tutorial from APA on using the Thesaurus in PsycINFO on Ebsco

Tips for Searching PsycInfo

• Use the thesarus to find the proper subject term for your topic to narrow and focus your results
  • Use explode function in the thesaurus to expand your search; it will find the first level of narrower terms.
  • Use major concept function in the thesaurus to narrow and focus your search.
• If a specific subject (thesaurus) terms cannot be found, try doing a keyword search and then pay close attention to the subject headings of those articles which seem most relevant to your topic.
• Use indexes such as author and journal to focus on specific authors or publications.
• Make use of existing bibliographies to find additional articles