School psych

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Researching Tools for School Psychologists

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Catalog and some articles

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http://research.ewu.edu/school-psych

Sage Reference- Background

Search all e-encyclopedias at once

Research Guides- all subjects & AtoZ

Counseling & Therapy Video

Psych Articles & Psych Info

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email, save to USB, or export to RefWorksTop left bar- Thesaurus- termsRight side tools also include CITE- correct

APA 6th edition citation

Visual Search- finding terms & focus

One good article leads to another

The subject termsThe words in the abstract- often contain

name of a measurement toolCited references- hotlinks to references for

that article Times cited in this database- list of newer

articles that cite this articleAuthors- links to other articles by the person

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Mental Measurements Handbook

Further information

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