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CHD1020 Child & Adolescent Development: Locating Scholarly Articles

Finding Peer Reviewed Articles

You can simultaneously search about a third of our 93 databases by searching in the Articles search box on the Library's homepage. Note: It's the second tab over. Make sure you're not in WorldCat (which is best for books). (opens in a new tab)

Ways to Limit Results in a Database

When using a library database, you have much more control over your search results and there are more ways to quickly access high quality and relevant articles on your topic than in a search engine like Google. Most library databases allow you to find articles based on subject terms and you can usually limit results to:

  • Full text

  • Peer reviewed

  • A specific publication date range

You can also:

  • Search abstracts for methodology (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, social surveys, etc.)
  • If desired, use the Boolean ‘NOT’ to exclude “literature reviews” and “systematic reviews”

Ryan Library Databases for Child Development

Ryan Library Databases(opens in a new tab) are subscriptions provided to the PLNU community for online access to periodical articles and/or citations. Use your PLNU OneLogin to access these databases (it's the same information you use for other PLNU Gmail and Canvas accounts).

Recommended databases for child development research include:

Database Search Strategies