This study investigated the efficacy of utilizing comprehensive database search strategies in performing an online literature search in the subject area of psychology, with special interest in the performance of the database PsycInfo. The DIALOG Information Retrieval Service's DIALINDEX subject category options were used as the major search…

Provides an overview of the problems with information retrieval in psychology, based on the examination of the search strategy used for a dissertation. The discussion illustrates the usefulness of a facet model for formulating search strategies for psychology literature reviews, using the same dissertation as an example. (15 references) (CLB)

The purpose of this bibliographic instruction package is to help a non-library instructor prepare undergraduate students to find and use books, indexes, abstracts, periodical articles, and other printed reference sources in a search for published information on industrial psychology. The package is divided into two episodes which can be presented…