PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES are two APA databases that include a limiter for Empirical Study. When you limit your search to Empirical Study, all the search results will be empirical studies.
The APA defines an empirical study as a "Study based on facts, systematic observation, or experiment, rather than theory or general philosophical principle." An empirical research article reports on the results of research that uses data collected from observation or experiment. Empirical research articles are primary research articles.
As you search in the database, you can select certain options, known as limiters, to make your search results fit with your research needs or the instructions in your assignment. Often, professors provide guidelines on the type of publication or when the article was published.
All your search results will be Full text.
Search results will only include articles that are Peer Reviewed.
Search results published within a certain date range.
The EBSCOhost databases have several features to help manage your research results.
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