Library Research
PSYC 025
Christina Bush, Psychology Librarian
Andrea Baruzzi, STEM Librarian
Why are we here?
- Generating Keywords
- PsycINFO thesaurus and searching
- Keeping track of your research
- How to get help
Generating keywords
Research question:
Do children with pets demonstrate higher empathy?
Activity:
Pair up and take two minutes to discuss possible keywords and synonyms
Let's search PsycINFO
Activity
- Using your own topic (or idea for a topic)
- Diagram keywords and synonyms
- Look in the PsycINFO thesaurus for terms and note what they are
- Use your terms to search in PsycINFO
- Evaluate the results
We'll ask a few of you to report what you found
Keeping Track and Getting Help
Questions?
Christina Bush
cbush1@swarthmore.edu
Andrea Baruzzi abaruzz1@swarthmore.edu
PSYC025
By Swarthmore Reference
