Psych 331: Research Methods in Brain, Behavior & Cognitive Science

Carol Shannon, cshannon@umich.eduNeuroscience Informationist, Taubman Health Sciences Library

Susan Turkel, sturkel@umich.eduPsychology & Sociology Librarian, Hatcher Graduate Library

Library Resources for

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Session Overview

• How to Search:– PubMed

– PsycINFO– Web of Science

• Time to work on course assignment

Looking for information on

Brain stimulation & social cognition

SEARCHING PUBMED

Access from Psych 331 research guide or library web page

PubMed : Searching with keywords

brain stimulation and social cognition

neural response

cognition / cognitive strategies

age / aging

Alzheimer disease

invasivenon-invasive stimulation

emotions / psychology

species (human/ animal)

FINDING MESH TERMS MEdical Subject Headings

Shows where term is on the “tree” & what other terms will be included in your search (every

term below).

Use subheadings with care; they can focus your search dramatically.

brain stimulation and social cognition

cognition cognitive disorders

age aging

Alzheimer disease

dementia

transcranial magnetic stimulation/ electric

stimulation

social psychology

social perception

species (i.e.,

human/ animal)

PubMed : Revised search terms, keywords + MeSH

Alzheimer disease

dementia

(Alzheimer disease OR dementia) dementia AND electric stimulation

electric stimulation

OR = More resultsCombine Synonyms

AND = fewer results Combine Concepts

Boolean Operators

dementia

REVISED SEARCH(alzheimer disease OR dementia) AND (electric stimulation OR brain stimulation) AND (social perception OR cognition OR cognitive disorders)

ADDING FILTERS: Age, Language, Species, Article Type, Etc.

ELECTRONIC ACCESS: MGET IT

SINGLE CITATION MATCHER

Practice• 1. Scenario: You want to find out what the research says about sex differences in drug

addiction. Write down at least three keywords that you would use to search this topic:– Sex factors– Recurrence– Addictive behavior– Substance related disorders, drug abuse, drug dependence– Specific drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, alcohol

• 2. How would you limit your search to results from 2008-present?

– Click the Publication Dates – Custom Range and enter 2008-2013

• 3. Locate the article by Jill B. Becker entitled Sex differences in drug abuse.– How did you locate this citation?– What are 3 MeSH terms used to index the article? – Does UM have electronic access? – What is the PMID of the article?

Single citation matcher

cocaine, estrogen, narcotics, nicotine Yes

17904621

SEARCHING WEB OF SCIENCEAccess from Psych 331 research guide or library web site

Practice • 1. Scenario: You want to learn more about gender differences of opioid addicts- specifically

concerning treatment options. Write down at least three keywords that you would use to search this topic:– heroin– gender differences– drug abuse– opioid dependence– predictors

• 2. If you wanted to refine your search to obtain results from a specific discipline, what button/feature would you select?

– Click the Web of Science category you wish to view - press ‘Refine’

• 3. Locate the article by Robert N. Jamison entitled Gender differences in risk factors for aberrant prescription opioid use. – How many times has this paper been cited thus far? – Does UM have access to this article? – How would you find more articles by this author? Click on author name or search by author

on front search page.

19 Yes

Questions?

Carol Shannon cshannon@umich.eduSusan Turkel sturkel@umich.edu