Some keywords/subject terms to try when searching for journal articles in PsycINFO. Use one or more of these terms in combination with your behavior to find sources for your behavior modification research paper.
You can find more ideas using the PsycINFO Thesaurus. There is more information about the PsycINFO Thesaurus under the PsycINFO tab on this PS3373 course guide.
Finds all the search words
"human development and toys" finds results that include both words
Finds at least one search word
"teenagers or adolescents" finds results that have at least one of these words
Finds results that include a word but do not include another word
"childhood not adolescence" find results that mention childhood but do not mention adolescence
|Combining AND, OR, and NOT||
You can combine these "operators" into sophisticated searches.
(teenagers or adolescents) and "attitudes" will find results that mention either teenagers or adolescents, or both, and also include the word attitudes
symbols like * or ! added to the end of word will often find variants of the word
therap* retrieve results with the words therapy, therapist
|Searching by Subject||EBSCO databases, and many others, can be search using subject terms. This "controlled vocabulary" is the formal language used by the database to cluster articles on similar topics. Check out the Thesaurus, if available, to find a list of subject words. Or, take a look at the subjects listed for an article you like. Make note of its subjects and use them to do a new search.|