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Note: All the databases listed below are Ebscohost databases and can be searched in combination. Click "Choose Databases" at the top of the screen, and select the databases you'd like to search. This can save you time and increase your results.
A multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including approximately 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. Useful for nearly any research topic.
Millions of article citations, some with links to the complete article. To find complete articles, check the box for "Linked Full-Text" under Limit Results on the search page. Covers psychology and related disciplines including psychiatry, social work, pharmacology, medicine, law, and education.
When you're going through lots of articles trying to choose one for your assignment, here's an efficient way to quickly get the essentials. Of course, once you choose an article, read it all the way through before critiquing it ;-)
Don’t be afraid to jump around: Scholarly articles don't have to be read like a book, paragraph by paragraph, line by line. It's ok to skim and scan!
Read the abstract first: It summarizes the entire article, making it easier to judge whether it is relevant.
Next, read the introduction and conclusion: Learn more about the topic of study and what the authors found out in the process. If you're still interested in the article,
Interlibrary Loan is a free service you can use to obtain items not owned by Forsyth Library, or to have our items mailed to you if you live too far away to come to the library.