Sports Psychology PS315
Professor Dave Landers

Instruction Librarian: Kristen Hindes
Office: Library 205
Phone: x2590
email: khindes@smcvt.edu
Appointments: Contact me via phone or email.
At the Reference Desk on M 1-3 and TH 9-11

General Reference Hours:
Monday - Thursday 9-5, 6-10
Friday 9-5
Sunday 1-5, 6-8
Reference Desk Phone: x2405


RefWorks allows you to create bibliographies, import references from online databases, and organize your references into folders. Sign up for an individual account.

Psychology MetaSearch
This allows you to search across several of the library's databases from one interface. The Psychology MetaSearch includes the following databases: ERIC, JSTOR, MEDLINE, ProQuest Psychology Journal, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, ScienceDirect, SMC Library, and SocINDEX with Full Text.

PsycINFO
*Citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters and book literature in psychology and related disciplines
*Journal coverage is 1887-present with nearly 2000 titles in 25 different languages
*Book coverage is 1987-present, English language material only
*Over 2 million records
*Example of a record

 

Going beyond keyword searching--Using the Thesaurus

  • Controlled vocabulary that helps you find the descriptors (subject headings) for your search terms
  • Hierarchy that permits searching various levels--broader, narrower, and related, for example:
  Child Day Care  
    Year Term Introduced 1973  
    Scope Note Day care that provides for a child's physical needs and often his/her developmental or educational needs. Kinds of day care include day care centers and school-based programs.  
    Broader Terms Child Care  
    Related Terms Child Care Workers  
      Child Self Care  
      Child Welfare  
      Day Care Centers  
      Quality of Care
 

 

 

 

Limiting your search (Refine search)

  • Year
  • Population
  • Age group
  • Language

Database Access

  • SMC page
  • Library
  • Databases OR Research by Subject, Psych
  • Alphabetical listing--PsycINFO

Getting to the article
  1. Linked Full Text

  2. Check for Full Text

  3. Check Library Catalog (Library Has? Location=Current, Bound, Microfilm)

  4. Request Interlibrary Loan

 

Dissertations

 


Combining Search Terms
   


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