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Search FLO Catalog for books, videos, tests and journals (but not articles).

NEW psychological research titles at Lesley.

Search Journals List - Search by journal name.

Starts with ContainsExact

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Featured e-Books

Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology - Kristin Rasmussen and Neil Salkind, Eds.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2008 - from Gale Virtual Reference Set. Search "quantitative research methods" for background reading.
Introducing Psychology Through Research - Amanda Albon
Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK: Open University Press, 2007 - Lesley e-book from ebrary Acadmic Database

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Check for Full-Text

Recognize this pesky message? Follow this link in the databases to get full-text articles...

in other databases
free from the publisher
at Ludcke Library
or through Interlibrary Loan.

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Searching the Lesley Databases

Searching the research literature in psychology...

Counseling and psychotherapy - PsycINFO
School psychology and educational psychology - PsycINFO plus ERIC
Pharmacology and other medical models - PsycINFO plus Medline or Journals@OVID - less full-text available.

PsycINFO tips:

Check the Thesaurus for exact terminology
Advanced Search gives more options for precise searching
Limit to "MR Methodology" in drop-down. Use keywords: literature review, qualitative study, quantitative study
Don't limit to full-text in PsycINFO - it links to FT in other databases as well.
If you don't find results, remove one of the keywords from your topic.

Quick & Dirty searching:

"this study" and...
"case study" and...
interview and...
"literature review" and...

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Featured Print Books in Sherrill Library

Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods - Jonathan A. Smith
Call Number: BF76.5 .Q336 2008 Lesley Sherrill stacks
Research Methods: Planning, Conducting and Presenting Research - Ann Sloan Devlin
Call Number: H62 .D4955 2006 Lesley/Sherrill stacks

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Search Tips

Review Search Strategies with the Searchpath Library Tutorial.

Module 2: Choosing a Topic - how to refine your search for better results.
Module 4: Finding Articles - how to search a library database

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About this guide

This guide supports the Lesley University course, GPSYC 6101: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods, a required course for Master's Students in Clinical Mental Health. Dr. Sue Motulsky and I are collaborating to strengthen students' ability to access and evaluate the research literature in psychology. We introduce Evidence-Based Practice with kudos to the 3rd Annual Dartmouth Summer Institute in Evidence-Based Psychiatry and Mental Health, August 2009.

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