Research Guides: Library Instructional Videos and Tutorials: For the Social Sciences

PsycINFO Video Tutorials

Using PsycINFO's APA
Thesaurus and Subject Terms
PsycINFO on EBSCOhost
Tutorials from APA

(10:11) In this video, you will learn how to improve search results by using official subject terms, "explode" a thesaurus term, narrow exploded results, and use major subject headings.

In Search of Methodology
(2:25) This video uses the PsycNet platform so it looks a bit different from our EBSCO version, but the search principles are basically the same.
In Search of Tests and Measures
(4:53) How to use the Tests & Measures field or index.
Using the Classification Codes
(3:12) Can help narrow results.
How to Find DOIs in PsycINFO
(5:57) How to find the Digital Object Identifier for an article.
Using the Author Affiliation Field
(3:08) How to find information about authors’ affiliations at the time of publication.

PsycTESTS Video Tutorial

Reliability and Validity in PsycTESTS via EBSCOhost
(2:04) How to find information about test reliability and validity in PsycTESTS. APA, 2012.

Finding Supreme Court Cases

(2:16) How to find Supreme Court cases in Neumann Library databases Westlaw and Nexis Uni