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1. TRUNCATED
SEARCHING
SEARCH TIPS WITH ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE

2. ACCESS DATABASES
FROM LIBRARY HOME PAGE
Select “Article Databases” and then “Browse Databases A-Z”

3. FIND ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE
Academic Search Complete (an EBSCO database) is a
General Database covering many subjects and disciplines

4. GO TO “ADVANCED SEARCH”

5. SEARCH FOR INFORMATION:
VIDEO GAMES AND VIOLENCE AND
PSYCH*
Using psych* with a truncation symbol will include more terms
Limit to Scholarly Journals and the last 5 years

6. RESULTS: 121 SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
ON OUR TOPIC WITH TERMS INCLUDING PSYCH*
This broadens our
search to include
variations of
terms.
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7. MORE LIMITS: SCROLL DOWN TO
SUBJECT: THESAURUS TERM
Limiting
results to
adolescents
and
teenagers
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8. FURTHER LIMITS BY SUBJECT
(THESAURUS)
6 Scholarly articles about
and psychological effects
of video game violence
and adolescents
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