Searching with PsycCrawler
Searching is a process, not an event. This should be your guiding principle when using PsycCrawler. Searching a database is
not about spending time and mental energy formulating a "golden query" that will retrieve all desired information in a
single stroke. In practice, searching usually consists of issuing a succession of queries until you are satisfied with the
results. After each query, you evaluate its success by asking:
"Did I find what I was looking for?"
"Is better information still out there?"
"How can I refine my query to find better information?"
Issuing multiple queries can be frustrating or rewarding, depending on the overall time it takes to find what you really
need. With PsycCrawler, you can expedite successful retrieval by getting advice from the software and using the results of
prior searches to formulate new queries. This interactive process is called feedback searching,
a rapid and intuitive approach to getting the information you want.
Elsewhere in this help topic web, you can find descriptions of PsycCrawler's feedback searching tools, along with a
discussion of basic database terminology.
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