Chambers Library

Psychology of Adult Education

Tonya L Holt Reference & Instruction Librarian

Library Resources

(Find Articles) Databases Search for articles in periodicals (journals,

magazines and newspapers)

(Find Books) UCO Catalog Search for materials located in our library

(books, DVD’s, government publications, etc.)

Databases

Search for articles in periodicals Paid subscriptions not available on the

internet Accessible on and off campus

Login ScreenLogin Screen:: Appears when you click on a database off campus

Jane Student’s UCOnnect ID is jstudent

Jane’s birth date is June 17th, 1987. Her default PIN is 061787.

Asterisks (*) will appear when you type your PIN

Remote Access

PsychInfoFind Articles (Databases) > Database by Subject > Psychology

Covers psychology, mental health and related topics

Articles, citations for books, book chapters, dissertations and technical reports

One of many EBSCOhost databases

Effective Searching

Have a topic in mind How does exercise affect mental health in

women? Think of keywords to describe your topic

Exercise mental health Women – females

Combine keywords for best results

Boolean Operators

Combine keywords using and to narrow your

search Exercise and mental health and women Exercise and mental health and females

Combine synonyms using or to broaden your search Women or females

Nested Searches

Combine strategies and nest terms in parentheses to get specific results Exercise and mental health and

(women or females)

Utilize thesaurus and subject headings for additional synonyms

Truncation

Truncate keywords with an asterisk * for alternate endings

Exercis* -e -es -ing

-ed

Femal* -e -es

Wom*n -women -woman

Ulrich’s Periodical Directory Find Articles (Databases) > Ulrich’s

Publishing information on serials Does not have articles Check for type of publication Type in journal name not article name

Journal Academic/Scholarly Trade

Newsletters, magazines, proceedings, etc.

Additional EBSCOhost DatabasesFind Articles (Databases) > Database by Subject > Psychology

SocIndex Covers all subjects in the social sciences

Health Source: Nursing Edition Articles from scholarly and popular journals in all areas

of medicine, health care and allied health CINAHL – (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied

Health Literature) Citations & abstracts to articles in scholarly nursing

and allied health journals Possible to search all 4 databases at the same time

UCO Library Catalog

Does NOT search for articles

Searches for materials located in this library (books, government documents, periodicals, DVD’s, CD’s, etc.)