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Media Psychology: Background Research

Choosing legitimate sources

Pay particular attention to scientific and academic/scholarly publications such as New Scientist, Psychology Today, Scientific American, etc. 

When searching our research databases, limit your search to academic journals or peer reviewed sources. Whenever possible, try to locate original research rather than relying on research reports and literature reviews.

DOAJ

"Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages."

Google Scholar

Google Scholar Search

Research Databases

Research databases
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PowerSearch

Search these databases at once using PowerSearch!

    

Google Books

Google Book Search

DuckDuckGo

SweetSearch

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