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PSYC 1100: Learning Frameworks

First-Year Seminar

OneSearch

OneSearch searches almost all of the library's research databases at once.



Advanced Search

It is particularly helpful when you:

  • are exploring possible topics and want an idea of what's available
  • aren't sure which research databases would be good for your topic
  • only want one or a few articles and don't need special options found in individual subject databases
  • are curious about whether a broader search in more than your favorite databases turns up anything unexpected and interesting

OneSearch is the place to start when you have a citation to a specific article and want to check whether the library has full text.

Use OneSearch to find an article...

You can use natural language in OneSearch.

  • Sample search: how to keep girls interested in science
  • Refine results with filters (peer-reviewed journals, resource type articles, etc.) on the left of a results screen

Sample results:

results for sample search described above

You also can search with keywords or short, common phrases, Use quotation marks for an "exact phrase."

Example: women "STEM careers"

For more complicated searches like women AND STEM AND (careers OR occupations) use Advanced Search.

Sample citation:
Smith, K. N., & Gayles, J. G. (2017). Setting up for the next big thing: Undergraduate women engineering students' postbaccalaureate career decisions. Journal of College Student Development, 58(8), 1201-1217. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2017.0094

Search for a DOI (digital object identifier) or for a distinctive "exact phrase" from the article title. Add an author name if needed.

Examples:

  • 10.1353/csd.2017.0094
  • "setting up for the next big thing"
  • "setting up for the next big thing" smith

Sample results:

Shows OneSearch results with full text availability source link for UH Clear Lake users

If a full text source link (Project Muse in the example above) is not provided, there will be an option under "how to get it" as shown below to sign in and then access the library's ILLiad interlibrary loan service where you can submit an article request.

Shows sign in and UHCL interlibrary loan links as described above

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