WILDCARD and TRUNCATION
create searches with unknown characters, multiple spellings or various endings.
Proximity Operators help achieve better relevance in search results, particularly when searching full-text
books, long journal articles or newspaper articles.
BASIC SEARCH EXAMPLE
Enter in your search terms. Use Boolean commands (AND, OR, NOT).
FILTERS
Use Filters available beneath the search box to focus your results
Using the 'Subject' filter on the sidebar ensures that the resources displayed are officially categorized by an indexer under that subject.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Using Advanced Search makes it easier to expand your search and make use the Thesaurus.
Click the Advanced Search box below the search box to the right.
You can find more limiters on the Advanced Search page, including Document Type (as pictured) which leads to only empirical articles.
Click on Subjects on the Advanced Search page to find Subject Terms
Searching in PsycInfo is very similar to ERIC, except for some the options in the filters and limiters.
On the advanced search page, click on subjects to search/browse the thesauraus
On the advanced search page, scroll down to Methodology to limit to specific types of articles. For example, the screenshot below limits to empirical studies (using synonyms as well).
Click on the database name to be able to search more than one EBSCO databases