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Welcome! Have you ever had someone come to you struggling to find where a specific quotation was from?
This video will demonstrate how to search within the full text of journals that are part of the
PsycARTICLES collection to locate quotations’ sources.
Let’s begin with a search of APA PsycNET. I’d like to cover a couple of issues here that are relevant for all of the platforms.
Note that the Full Text checkbox that appears on the platform limits the results to content from the full-text databases and does not search
within the full text itself. In addition, the search options available to you depend on what databases you search.
For example, on APA PsycNET, if as here I have multiple databases selected, when I expand the field drop-down list,
I don’t see a way to search for full text. However, if I instead limit my search to PsycARTICLES, our full-text journals database,
and again expand the field drop-down list, I do.
I am searching for the origin and page number of the quote “The science of psychology matures in many ways” using the full-text field search.
I am searching for the origin and page number of the quote “The science of psychology matures in many ways” using the full-text field search.
I return an article from our new journal Archives of Scientific Psychology.
Using the PDF version so I can easily find a page number, I do a quick search using the Control + F keys and quickly find my quotation
on page 1 of the journal.
Next, let’s search EBSCO. I’ll sign on to the platform and select the PsycARTICLES database.
Note that you could browse all of the available journals by using the Title List link.
That allows you to search for journals alphabetically or by subject or title word.
Continuing to the platform, I type in a quotation I’m looking for about *** use
and check the Also search within the full text of articles box.
The article containing the quote is the new journal Qualitative Psychology, and this is an article about a *** addict.
Opening the PDF for the result returned, we look for the quotation
and find it and the page number.
Now let’s sign on to the Ovid platform.
Note that if you would like to browse available journals, the Journals tab will provide direct links to all of the journals in PsycARTICLES
To restrict the search to the PsycARTICLES database, I’ve limited it to Your Journals@Ovid.
I’m looking for a quotation that I know is from the new Journal of Latina/o Psychology. I’m searching for the quotation “An estimated 460
I’m looking for a quotation that I know is from the new Journal of Latina/o Psychology. I’m searching for the quotation “An estimated 460
languages are currently spoken in homes in the United States.”
Full text is a field choice in Ovid, so an easy way to search is on the Search Fields screen.
Just select the Full Text field and enter your term into the search box.
From the result returned, you can access the HTML version of the article from the Ovid Full Text link.
From the result returned, you can access the HTML version of the article from the Ovid Full Text link.
or you can access the PDF from below the description
and search for your term there.
Here it is.
Last, on ProQuest, we’ll first log on to the platform and then change the database selection to PsycARTICLES.
The Publications link allows you to browse all of the available journals.
On the Advanced Search screen we select “Document text—FT” from the drop- down box
and search for the “adjustment of children and adolescents does not appear to be related to parental *** orientation.”
and search for the “adjustment of children and adolescents does not appear to be related to parental *** orientation.”
This phrase appears in multiple journals, but the top result, Psychology of *** Orientation and Gender Diversity is a good source.
We again select the PDF version in order to make page number retrieval easy and search the document for the phrase.
This brings us to the end of our overview of searching PsycARTICLES full text. If you have questions about training opportunities,
or suggestions for new topics, please let us know! Write to us at psycinfo@apa.org or call 800-374-2722.