Searching EBSCOhost’s PsycINFO

Presentation by:Malinda Shannon, Library Research AssistantMark D. Puterbaugh, Information Services Librarian

(mputerba@eastern.edu)

Warner Memorial Library Eastern

University 1300 Eagle Road St.

Davids, PA 19087

We will search the EBSCOHost

database PsycINFO for peer reviewed

articles concerningaggressive behavior in

teenage girls who play

violent video games.

For this search we will use the check box, “Suggest Subject

Terms”, to view descriptors used to categorize articles.

Entering the term aggression provides a drop down menu of suggested terms.

The terms “Aggressive Behavior” and “Aggressiveness” are the

terms we wish to search.

We select these by checking the box

next to the term.

Press “add” to place these in the search form.

Use the connector “OR”

so that both the terms are

searched.

Next we narrow the results, first by age and then by gender.

Next we will do a key word search for video game violence.

We can add the key words most appropriate and then press search for the results.

As we type the term, the drop down menu displays

suggested key words.

Looking at the article titles will tell us how accurate our search has been.

Articles may be printed, emailed, or

exported by first adding them to the

EBSOCHost folder.

Selecting the folder icon at the top of the screen opens the folder and displays the

articles you have selected.

Always read the article abstracts.

When you are ready select the items you want, choose the email icon, type in your email address, select the proper citation format and

send your results.