How do psychology researchers find studies to include in meta-analyses?

Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-23

  Arendt, Julie ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indexing and abstracting; Literature searching; Meta analysis; Psychology; Recall

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549066174     PISSN: 01639269     EISSN: 15444546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J103v26n01_01     Document Type: Article

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