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This guide provides you with quick access to the psychology resources at Columbia College Library
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Evaluating Sources
Writing
Citing & Formatting: APA
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Understanding Scholarly Articles
Scholarly Articles - Understanding the First Page
This handout will help you understand where to find or verify all information needed for a full citation of a scholarly journal article.
Search Tips
Remember that you will need to use keywords, not full sentences, when searching the databases
Start out simple. Search using one of the main concepts (keywords) you identified
Use
quotation
marks
to search for an exact phrase, but do not put quotation marks around your entire search.
If you get
too few
results, use
OR
to broaden your search and to include related keywords. These could be broader, narrower, related terms or synonyms
If you still get too few results, try searching in a different database
If you get
too many
results, you will need to add in keywords representing your second concept using
AND
to narrow your search.
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