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PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO Database Guide: Selecting Results

Selecting Results

 

Let’s take a look at one of the results in our search. From the results screen you can see the TITLEAUTHOR, and SOURCE of the article, in this case “A Content Analysis of American Primetime Television” By Karyn Riddle, published in Journal of Communication.

 

Click on the article TITLE to see more detailed information. Again you can see the TITLEAUTHOR, and SOURCE. In addition you can now view the ABSTRACT. An ABSTRACT is a brief summary of the article which allows you to see what the article is about without having to read the whole thing. 

 

 

To access the article, click on the ONLINE FULL TEXT box below the article title. This icon will either say  PDF or ONLINE  FULL TEXT.