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PSYC 194A Honors Thesis: Finding Recent Articles

PSYC 194A allows students to plan and carry out a research project under the guidance of psychology faculty. This guide will assist with that process by answering the most frequent questions received about research.

Finding Recent Articles

Many databases have features within the details page of an article that can help you find newer articles. Try the methods listed here before limiting by date range filters. Older articles can still give you pieces of information and can be useful. You may miss some good information if you filter by date right away.


Cited By

Use the CITED BY feature present in most databases and Google Scholar. That tool will give you all the articles that reference the article you are viewing. The cited by articles have been published earlier than the article you are reading. It's like a reverse reference list or bibliography.


Related Articles

In Google Scholar and many library databases, there will be a RELATED ARTICLES tool that can help find other newer related articles.


References

If you have found one newer article, they may also have references that are newer as well. Check their references.


Search Terms

Check your search terms - keywords and subject headings. Sometimes, there may be new terminology in the field; you'll only find older articles if you use older terms.

Doing a quick scan of Google or Google Scholar search results can help. Just browse the results to see if other terms jump out at you.