CPY 7400: Ethics & Law in Clinical Psychology

Step 1:  Start your search for scholarly articles in an article database such as PsycINFO.  

Step 2:  Search for one or more of the terms from your topic (e.g. boundary violations and dual relationships).  Separate the concepts using AND (to find articles with all terms) or OR (to find articles with either term). 

Step 3:  Check the box for Peer Reviewed on the left under Refine your results and click the Update button.

Step 4:  On the left under Subject, browse and check boxes for terms related to your topic and Update.  Some related terms here are professional ethics and dual relationships.  

• Or browse the results looking for related subject term that can focus your search.  
• Using an asterisk (*) will truncate the ending of a word and search for all variations.  For example, a search for boundar* will return articles for boundary and boundaries.
• You may need to combine a few subject or keyword terms to search for your topic.

Step 5: Click the title of the article to skim the abstract and save/email/print articles you find helpful.  Or create a personal account in the database and add article to a folder to save for later use.

              Then search again using new subject terms or keywords you've found.

Set up your Ebsco account to save articles in folders across all Ebsco databases (e.g. Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete).

1. Open an Ebsco database, such as Academic Search Complete or APA PsycInfo (list of all SPU databases)
2. Choose Sign In at the top of the screen. 
3. Click on Create a new Account to set up your personalized Ebsco account (not your SPU username and password).
4. Fill out the short form to create a new account. 
5. Remember to always sign in when adding articles to folders or they will not be saved!