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Psychology 203 Information Management Assignment: Step Three: Summarize Your Research

What Search Terms Did You Use?

List the search terms you used to locate your article.

These are the terms you entered into the advanced search box.

Example:

In this example, the search terms are social media and eating disorders.

If you did more than one search, enter all the terms you used.

Which Database Did You Use?

If you locate an article in PDF format, the database will not be listed on the printout.

Be sure to write it down as soon as you print the article. 

If you are not sure which database you are in, look at the search box. It will give you the title of the database.

Example

If you used Search All, look at the article description.  The database name will be listed.

Example:

Highlight Relevant Information



Locate and highlight the relevant information on your printout. 

Title

Author

Date

Abstract

Hypothesis or Research Thesis

Method

Participants

Design

Procedure

Results

Discussion

Future Research

                                                                                                                                       From http://virtualtrainingsuite.blogs.ilrt.org/2010/08/