SPCE 680: Introduction to Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders

The "research" part of this assignment:

"Discuss a treatment used to enhance the social skills of individuals with autism spectrum disorders.  You will need to conduct a literature search and identify a research article that has been published since 2005 that discusses a specific treatment.... You may not select social stories as the treatment you research and discuss."

You've done enough research for this class to be able to choose an appropriate database for this assignment.  I'd choose a database that includes research in the field of psychology.  (Is that hint enough?)

Identify the keywords that you need to search on.  It's not too difficult, here.

Some ideas:

• put quotes around phrases of two or more words in order to keep the words together.
• consider including synonyms or related terms with OR in between in the same search box.  (Ex. teenagers OR adolescents)

There are several ways to ensure you're choosing a research article:

• Including the word "research" as a search term, can help.  But you still need to read the chosen article carefully to make sure it's original research, and not just reporting on someone else's research.

OR

• Using PsycINFO, look for the Methodology limiter under the Advanced Search boxes and choose either EMPIRICAL STUDY or QUANTITATIVE STUDY.

Once you've chosen an article based on its record in the database you're searching, bring up the full text by either clicking on the PDF or HTML full text link, or clicking on . 

For more information, check out the information at Find the Full Text of an Article.