MSc SLP PsycINFO

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MSc SLP PsycINFO

• Hayati Abdul
• clbha_at_nus.edu.sg
• Ong Hong Kiat
• mlbonghk_at_nus.edu.sg
• Gerrie Kow
• clbky_at_nus.edu.sg

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Objectives

• To show you how to
• Locate relevant materials using LINC
• Access services and resources from
• Library portal
• Search PsycInfo PubMed databases.

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Learning Outcomes

• At the end of the session, you will be able to
• Search PsycInfo and PubMed for journal articles,
  conference papers, full-texts
• Use LINC and Library portal to locate relevant
  materials

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Contents

• Search Strategy
• LINC, Library portal IVLE
• PubMed
• PsycInfo
• Hands-on session

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Build your search

• List keywords, synonyms that describe your topic
• Communication disorders in children
• Communication/language disorders, children
• Combine terms with Boolean operators - AND, OR,
  NOT
• Communication disorders AND children
• Communication disorders OR
• language disorders

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Build your searchBoolean operators

• AND is used to indicate that both terms must be
  present
• OR is used to indicate that either terms may be
  present

communication disorders AND children
communication disorders OR language disorders
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Build your searchTruncation , Round
parentheses ( )

• Use for variant forms of term
• teen teens, teenagers, teenaged
• dyslex dyslexia, dyslexic
• Use ( ) to execute commands inside innermost
  parentheses first
• (screening or testing) and language
• language screening, language testing

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Library Portal
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LINC Library INtegrated Catalogue

• Use it to check
• Books
• Journals
• Microfilms
• Multimedia
• Newspapers
• Theses

• Use it to view
• Table of Contents
• Summaries
• E-Journals
• E-Books

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Features of LINC
Sort by relevance
Summary
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Integrated Virtual Learning Environment
(IVLE)

• IVLE is the universitys e-learning portal
  through which NUS academics develop content and
  students access educational resources, interact
  and learn.
• Students use IVLE widely
• Readings are provided in
• PDF (E-reserves)
• persistent links to the HTML or PDF (Library
  Resources)
• hyperlinks to the online catalogue records

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MSc SLP PsycINFO

• Gerrie Kow
• clbky_at_nus.edu.sg

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PsycINFO
Quick Reference Guide http//www.ovid.com/site/pdf
/osp/OvidSP_QRC_021108.pdf
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PsycINFO

• American Psychological Association (APA) database
  
• Provides abstracts, citations some full-text to
  psychological literature.
• Provides access to book chapters, journal
  articles, conference reports, dissertations, etc.
  
• Coverage 1806-present.

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Accessing PsycINFO
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PsycINFO Basic Search
Speech and language screening tools for children
speech/language
children
screening tools
speech language screening tools children
Check Include Related Terms
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PsycINFO Basic Search
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Accessing the Record
Narrow Search
Your Options
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Exporting Records
What info do you want?
What do you want to do with the results you have
selected?
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PsycINFO Lets do a Basic Search!!!
Story Recall Test An assessment of episodic
memory for elderly Chinese with dementia
story recall
Chinese
episodic memory
dementia
story recall episodic memory chinese dementia
Check Include Related Terms
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PsycINFO Lets do a Advanced Search!!!
Perceptual and cognitive processes in children
with language disorders
perceptual processes
child/children
cognitive processes
language disorder/s
(perceptual and cognitive) and process and
child and language disorder
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PsycINFO Find Citation
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PsycINFO Search Tools
Find out more about a term
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PsycINFO Search Tools

• Map Term Match your keywords to the subject
  headings used in the database.
• Useful when you are not sure whether
  the term you are thinking of is the term used in
  the database (this may affect your results).
• e.g. Aggression
• Thesaurus See your search term displayed in a
  hierarchical manner.
• Useful when you are exploring research
  topics. You can see the broader, narrower and
  related terms.
• e.g. Language disorders

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PsycINFO Search Fields
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PsycINFO Multi-Field Search
Search by combining fields
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Search Fields Multi-Field Search

• The Search Fields tab allows you to search very
  specifically within selected fields (Gives you
  more control) and browse indexes as well.
• e.g.
• (1) Classification code Speech Language
  Disorders
• (2) Subject Headings Aphasia
• Proceed to add limits (publication year, age,
  etc.)
• Multi-Field Search allows you to combine multiple
  searches at the same time (field by field).

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Search Tips for PsycINFO

• Basic Search
• Natural language search
• Do not enter Boolean operators, wildcards,
  truncation in
• search box
• Click on Include Related Terms
• Apply a database limit(s) optional
• Use search aid to narrow search
• Advanced Search
• Allows for more complex and exact searches
• Use Boolean operators, such as OR, AND, NOT
• Use for multi-character wildcard (truncation)
• More information can be found on the Database
  field guide on the top of the screen.

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User Guidehttp//www.info.scopus.com/setup/promo/
promo_material/docs/00000_Scopus_User_Guide_Genera
l_4WEB08.pdf
Scopus
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Scopus

• Provides indexing, abstracting of and citation
  linking to
• peer reviewed open access journals
• conference proceedings, books
• web sources, author homepages, university sites,
  articles-in-press, preprints, etc.
• Coverage, 1966-
• Focused on Scientific, Technical, Medical
  Social Sciences literature.
• Over 50 of content originates from Europe, Latin
  America and the Asia Pacific region

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Scopus
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Web of Science
Quick Reference Guide http//scientific.thomson.c
om/media/scpdf/webofscienceqrc.pdf
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Web of Science

• Coverage 1980-
• Competes with Scopus
• Includes Social Sciences Citation Index, provides
  access to
• multidisciplinary scholarly journal literature
  of the social sciences
• author abstracts
• cited references
• full text articles

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Web of Science
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Need Help?

• Advisory Service atInformation Desk,Central
  Library,Level 5
• Email me clbky_at_nus.edu.sg
• Tel [phone]

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Thank you!