[PY203]: [Human Growth & Development] [Ruffin]
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Page created by [Diane Cockrell], Montgomery College Libraries
Suggested Search Strategies to use when searching
for books and articles:
-
"human development"
- "human development" AND children
- "human development" AND teenagers (or adolescents)
- "human development" AND adults
- "human development" AND elderly
-
"death
and dying"
Remember: 2 words or more place them in between "
"
Use AND when connecting 2 or more concepts/ideas
"human development" AND children
- AND acts as a 'connector'
Use OR when using words of similar ideas
teenagers OR adolescents
- OR acts as an 'expander'
Use NOT when a word should not be included in a search
teenagers NOT "young adults"
- NOT acts as a 'limiter'
Searching the MC Library Catalog:
(use Keyword Boolean (AND, OR, phrases in
quotes")
The
LC (Library of Congress) call number areas for books on:
(both at TP/SS campus: need library-intercampus loan)
Searching the Electronic Resources (Databases):
Databases to start with:
- Academic Search Premier
- Health Sources: Consumer Ed.
- PsychARTICLES
- Academic OneFile
- Expanded Academic ASAP
*Try MC Central Search (federated searching across the
databases that we subscribe to)
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