Getting Help With Your ABA Library Research (1:23)
3 Databases in 3 Minutes (3:06)
Using CHOP, DROP, and OR Search Strategy (3:21)
Finding an Article I Need Using OneSearch (1:31)
Browsing ABA Journals to Find Useful Articles (2:26)
Searching Inside a Specific ABA Journal (1:38)
Requesting a "Citation Online" Article Using OneSearch (2:37)
Help Finding More Results (2:30)
Help Finding Fewer Results (3:03)
What makes it different: Contains literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology, such as education, business, medicine, nursing, law, and social work.
Special limiters: Can limit by the age group studied or the type of research methodology used, among others.
Searching help?: Includes a Thesaurus link for finding appropriate search terms to use
Search tips for using APA PsycINFO effectively:
What makes it different: Allows searching of articles in education journals and magazines, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books. Also includes “grey literature” published by over 1,000 selected centers, agencies, associations, and non-profit organizations.
Special limiters: Can limit searching to journal articles (EJ) or the other various documents (ED).
Searching help?: Includes a Thesaurus link for finding appropriate search terms to use
Search tips for using ERIC effectively:
What makes it different: Allows you to find a variety of types of documents, from articles to books to videos. Helpful for finding topics which span different subject areas, but results can also be overwhelming.
Special limiters: A wide range of limiters can be applied from the results page on the left.
Searching help?: No thesaurus for finding standardized search terms
Search tips for using OneSearch effectively:
The "Advanced Search" link is just below the Search box on the libraries' homepage.
Here's an example of a sample search results page in OneSearch:
When you're using a database, and can't find a link to the full text of an article, look for a Find It @ Ball State button.
Find It helps you to search the Libraries' other databases and subscriptions to see if the full text is available through another resource.
To use Find It, click on the red Find It @ Ball State button.
If we DO have full text access to the article, a page will be displayed with options for access under "Full Text Format Options." The typical options are:
If we do NOT have immediate full text access to the article, the OneSearch record for the article will be displayed.