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PSYC 101 - General Psychology - Bailey

Scholarly Source

If you're lucky...

... the author may have included references. I promise that this is not the norm, and their citation may not be the scholarly source itself, or a scholarly source at all. But if you're lucky, following the trail can lead you to their source, which might give you enough information to find the original study.

A little something to go on...

There is some information given that can help you identify the study they are referring to. In this example, it gives you some keywords, like teens and loneliness, as well as a journal name. You can use the dates studied in the original article combined with the date the popular article was published (Dec. 2022) to apply the reasonable assumption that the article was published sometime after 2018, but before December of 2022

More context clues...

The more information the writer gives about the study they are referencing makes it easier for you to find the source. Even though we don't have an author or journal name, we are given a date (2019) and specifics about what was studied (CBT and EDMR) and who was studied (earthquake survivors in Italy with PTSD). Using keywords and phrases and limiting to 2019 finds the article for you

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PsycInfo

PsycINFO

Collection of scholarly journal articles with limited full-text, book chapters, books, and dissertations. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.

Here are some resources to help you use and navigate PsycInfo

What is "Open Access"?

According to the Open Access website "Open access is a publishing model for scholarly communication that makes research information available to readers at no cost, as opposed to the traditional subscription model in which readers have access to scholarly information by paying a subscription (usually via libraries)."

Alphabetical List of HACC Databases