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CLSC/PSYC 110: Introduction to Cognitive Science: Home

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Key Databases for Research Articles

PsycINFO - Quick Tutorial

Web of Science Tutorial

Watch this short video for helpful information on how to search Web of Science, from the database provider.

General Search Tips

Use AND to combine multiple concepts in your search, so that each search result must contain all of the terms. Each AND will further narrow your results.

bilingualism AND identity

Use OR to find different ways your ideas could be expressed or different aspects of a topic that might be interchangeable for your purposes. This will expand your results. Group these related terms in parentheses, so the database interprets them first. The following search will find all the results that contain either of the words in parentheses as well as the word identity.

(bilingualism OR multilingualism) AND identity

Use an asterisk * to find variant endings. This will expand your results

(bilingual* OR multilingual*AND identity

Use quotation marks " " to search words as a phrase. This will narrow your results.

"code switching" AND (bilingual* OR multilingual*

Tips for Reading Scientific Articles