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Psychology Resources

Psychology is a multidisciplinary subject and articles may be found in almost any database, here are a few of the mosts popular databases for you to try:

PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
A great database for undergraduate psychology and education classes. Articles from psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. Subjects range from covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
Psychology Collection This link opens in a new window
A good place to start for basic psychology information. Indexes more than 500 journals and magazines, covering all fields of psychology.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary research in science, education, social science, business, engineering and technology, mathematics, medicine, psychology, and biotechnology journals from 1995 to the present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window GREAT PLACE TO START - Great for multidisciplinary topics and historical research. Arts, business, education, language, literature, religion, women’s studies and science journals. Provides a historical perspective because coverage starts as early as the 1600s and extends up to 3-5 years prior to the current year. Some articles are available in French and Spanish.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window GREAT PLACE TO START - Searches many different collections at once and covers a wide range of subjects. Includes newspapers, magazines, journals, trade publications, reports and blogs. Includes full text of the New York Times (1980 – present), Wall Street Journal (1984 – present) and JOPERD – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (1988-present).
Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window GREAT PLACE TO START - Search for magazine, newspaper and journal articles on any topic. Also includes podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN and CBC.
Diversity Studies Collection This link opens in a new window This collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window A trusted resource, it contains full-text scholarly articles and peer-reviewed books. Ebooks are available in PDF format, are searchable and retrievable to the chapter level. The search screen allows you to search for either books or articles and allows users to limit by language, research area, and resource type.

To search for books and e-books in the Canisius Library:

Type in the keyword you are searching for and use the limit "books and e-books" located in the left-hand column.

Example: "psychology and education"

You also have access to the book collections from other private colleges from New York State. Any book you request will be shipped to Canisius for your use. Books usually take 5 business days to reach the college.

You may also request books not owned by Canisius or ConnectNY through Interlibrary loan.

To search for physical copies of psychology videos try the library catalog or for streaming videos, try one of our many streaming video collections:

Filmakers Library Online This link opens in a new window Documentaries from 1974 - present. Interdisciplinary resource with international issue-based documentaries and independent films. Includes race and gender studies, human rights, globalization, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science, and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. Clips, playlists, etc., can be integrated into web pages and learning management systems either as links or embeds.
Human Rights Studies Online This link opens in a new window Human Rights Studies Online uses a case study approach to document and analyze over 30 major human rights violations and atrocities including the Holocaust, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda. This database provides access to books, primary documents, audio, maps, images, and video.
Counseling and Therapy in Video: Vol. 1-4 This link opens in a new window The collection includes filmed footage of therapy sessions, re-enacted therapy sessions, training videos and scripted sessions designed by counseling professionals with current and emerging areas, such as cyberbullying social media, autism, eating disorders and PTSD. Prominent therapists are also featured demonstrating their methods. The collection directly discusses the CACREP 8 Core Areas required by many states for counselor certification as well as a wide range of contemporary issues from working with LGBT clients to helping clients suffering from PTSD.
Education in Video This link opens in a new window Includes teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. The collection gives students a way to observe the intricacies of behavior, tone, facial expression, and body language that define effective teaching styles. The videos from Harry Wong’s The Effective Teacher are also included in this collection.

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Navigating Primo Videos

What is Primo?
Primo is a powerful tool that searches our library's resources and more. This includes the library's catalog of print and online books, ebooks, videos, most of our article databases, and scholarly content freely available on the web. The strength of Primo is that it allows you to do a quick keyword search across many of our resources at the same time, providing a comprehensive view of all types of information in many different formats (books, journal articles, etc) available on a topic.

Primo is a great place to start your research. Once you find sources that you like or are on target to your topic, you may want to go directly into one of the recommended specialized databases (listed at the top of your search screen) and conduct your search again to access more appropriate sources.

You can access Primo from here via the link below.

Primo Search

Basic Search
With the Primo tab selected, start typing in your keywords. Use keywords that best describe your topic. Use search limiters such as putting "quotes around phrases" to search for exact strings of words or phrases. Try synonyms or official terms for your keywords as well. Then let Primo help you to narrow the results by using the limiters in the left side column.

Another way to improve your results would be to conduct an "Advanced Search" and search by keywords, titles, authors, etc.

Primo searches so much information that you will often get way too many results. Using the advanced search and the filtering features of Primo help you be more specific and focus your results.

Using the Advanced Search lets you be more specific with your search. For example, you can tell Primo to look for the author "Sally Smith", by using quotes around the phrase you will just search for records with the exact phrase of "Sally Smith," not for all records that contain the words Sally and Smith. Also, by changing the drop-down menu to author instead of all fields you can focus your search on materials by "Sally Smith" rather than about "Sally Smith".

Should I use Primo, the Classic catalog or the Journal finder?

It depends on what you are looking for.

P rimo is a search engine that searches everything in the catalog plus articles (scholarly and non-scholarly) from the library databases and some digital collections. Primo is great for exploring topics. It excels at keyword searches and a provides a more comprehensive view of all the types of information that are accessible to you.

The Journal finder is the inventory of the journals (print and online) that Canisius subscribes to. The journal records contain the links to the databases that give us access to the journal and the dates available. If you are looking to search for a specific journal title then you would want to use the Journal finder.

What is Being Searched? Contents of Primo
Primo searches the books, ebooks, scholarly articles, newspaper articles, trade journal articles, magazine articles, video content, conference proceedings, governmental reports, and digital collections that Canisius owns or subscribes to.

Relevance Ranking: How It Works
Primo uses relevance ranking when organizing a result list. This algorithm is similar to that uses by search engines as it attempts to identify the most useful results based on your search and put them at the top of your result list. The relevancy rank considers many points to determine result order including: matches to your keywords, date of item, term frequency, content type, if it is scholarly/peer-reviewed, and location of keywords in prominent places such as the title or subject heading of an item.

For example: content types of matching results are analyzed (journals, books, newspaper articles, dates of publication, etc.), rewarding records that are more recent, or published in a scholarly or peer-reviewed journal.

Can't Find a Book or Article in Primo: What Do I Do?
Try the following:

Limit your results in the left column by content type (books or articles).
Use Advanced Search to look for specific information about the book such as the author's last name or words in the title.
For articles, try the Journals by Title search or a specific database
Use Interlibrary loan (ILL) to request the item you need
Ask a librarian for assistance

The Full-Text Link Didn't Work: What Do I Do?

There are many possible reasons that a full-text link does not work, including:

Error in the citation.
There is no full-text version of the item available online.
Canisius does not have a subscription to the online version of the journal.
Problem with the url

If this happens, try searching for the journal through the Journals by Title search. If we have access to the journal the title will appear in the search results. Follow the link to access the e-journal directly; from there you can manually enter the citation information.

If Canisius does not have a subscription to the journal, you may request a copy of the article through Interlibrary Loan.

Report Problems
Should you encounter a problem with Primo, such as a link to a source not working or a database asking for a login, please report this to us <libweb@canisius.edu> so that we can troubleshoot the problem. Thank you for your help with this.

adapted from Syracuse University Libraries FAQ

Psychology: Psychology

Psychology Resources

Navigating Primo Videos