NERVOUS SYSTEM
LIBRARY SOURCES
See a selection of nervous system publications to locate scholarly, peer-reviewed research, as well as background, and reviews of the literature.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PRIMARY SCIENCE RESEARCH ARTICLE:
Barrett, J., & Armony, J. L. (2006). The influence of trait anxiety on autonomic response and cognitive performance during an anticipatory anxiety task. Depression And Anxiety, 23(4), 210-219.
OTHER JOURNALS OF NOTE
FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (JOURNAL)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
THE EBSCO PUBLICATION FINDER
use your general search results to indicate journals that appear to publish primary science helpful to your research. locate the title of that journal with the publication finder and search that publication directly. You can also use the interactive subject sections in the finding tool.
OPEN-WEB
GOOGLE SCHOLAR (add the UNPAYWALL ADD ON to Google Chrome and it will tell you what's behind a paywall and not)
BACKGROUND
BRAIN AREAS + DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEMORY
SEARCH TIPS
USE THESE LIMITERS
+ scholarly, peer-reviewed articles
+ academic journals
+ subject
USE METHOD* IN KEYWORD SEARCHES
include methodology or method* in your search string to isolate research articles (ex. "working memory and methodology")
USE AN ARTICLE'S DETAILED RECORD
+ for interactive subject headings
ex. AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM might be an important subject heading for some of you
+ to quickly read an article's abstract
FIND HOW MANY TIMES AN AUTHOR IS CITED
REMINDERS
Doing research off campus? You will need to log into the database. Refer to the username and password here.
REMEMBER: You need to cite your sources in APA. Here are the citation managers we have available.