LibGuides: PSY 321 Personality Theories: Articles

What is a scholarly article?

This 3 minute video from Vanderbilt University's Peabody Library defines scholarly journal and explains how to find scholarly, peer-reviewed articles.

This is a short video from the Lincoln Memorial University which explains the difference between Scholarly and Popular Sources.

Where can I find this article?

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Need to locate an article from a citation? Use Full Text Finder. Enter the title of the journal in which the article appeared. Your results will include a link to the appropriate database if the article is available in Lakeland's online library.

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Full-text Finder says, "No results found." Now what? Give our interlibrary loan services a try.

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Journal Titles

Databases: Search for Articles on Your Topic

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PsycARTICLES (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Provides full text, peer-reviewed articles published by the American Psychological Association and affiliated journals. Offers a variety of helpful search options including limiting your results by research methodology.

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Psychology Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Covers broad range of psychological topics with summaries (abstracts) for over 640 titles with over 540 available in full-text. Relevant to researchers in all areas of psychology, counseling, leadership, human resources management, organizational behavior, personality, psychometrics and psychobiology.
PsycINFO (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window From the American Psychological Association, this database provides summaries (abstracts) for psychology-related materials from the 1800s to present, including journals, books, dissertations and more. No full text although database is set up to link to full text availability in other ProQuest databases. Check Full Text Finder using journal title before ordering articles through Interlibrary Loan.

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SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window Access to publications by Sage Publishing. Scholarly journals in business, counseling, social sciences and humanities are included. Limited full-text.

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Academic Search Premier (BadgerLink) This link opens in a new window Created for college-level research, this database covers many subject areas and provides full-text articles from magazines and journals. Unsure which database to use? This is often a great first choice. (Courtesy of BadgerLink.)

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PSY 321 Personality Theories: Articles

What is a scholarly article?

Where can I find this article?

Journal Titles

Databases: Search for Articles on Your Topic

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