Course Number: PS370Subject: Psychology Surface Web and Deep WebSurface web: The region of the World Wide Web that anyone with Internet connect can access for free.Deep web: The region of the World Wide Web that requires passwords or subscriptions to access. By some estimates, the deep web is 400 times larger than the surface web. It contains specialized, academic search engines as well as scholarly articles from peer-reviewed academic journals.Deep Web Search Engines (also know as "databases")PsychologyPsycINFOPsycINFO provides citations, most with abstracts, to journal articles, dissertations, reports, English-language book chapters and books, and other scholarly documents in the field of psychology as well as citations relevant for medicine, education, social work, law, criminology and organizational behaviour.Finding experimental studiesConnect to PsycINFOEnter your search terms (e.g. with the double quotes: "elderly care" "music"). Don't press Search yetIn the Methodology box below, click the checkbox for Experimental Study. This will filter the results for only articles having an experimental designPress searchSearch tipsPhrase operators: using double quotesPut a phrase in double qoutes"social media": will search article records for the whole phrase social media"online social networks": will search article records for the whole phrase online social networksWildcard operatorcommuni*: searches for words starting with "communi". Will return "community" or "communities"Boolean operators"social media" OR "online social networks": Will search for articles with either the phrase "climate change" or "global warming". This is great when you aren't sure which phrase or word might be used.Proximity operatormediating NEAR/10 variable: searches for items where mediating and variable are within 10 words of each otherCreating references for your bibliographyIn the PsycINFO record for an article, look for the "Cite" link in the upper right cornerIt will generate a APA formatted citation. Treat it like a draft, though. It may have some minor errorsVideo tutorials (with transcripts)Finding journal article when you only have the titleFinding booksCreating a search strategyHow to cite in APANeed help?Psychology LibrarianMark WeilerFeel free to email mweiler@wlu.caAvailable by appointments by phone, Skype, or face-to-faceLibrary user services desk548-889-3766online Ask Us chat boxAvailable from library opening to midnight all semester