Suppose you want to research a particular topic in neuropsychology. What are some of the better ways you can find research materials?

Let's take the example of CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY (CTE). What might be some resources you could use?

1. Wikipedia

• Note the detailed set of references that are found with most statements of fact (the footnotes)
• Usually offers a good overall view of a topic as well as some leads to other materials
  

2. Google (general)

• The first set of returns are usually ads. Some might be helpful, but often not so much.
• Almost always will provide a link to Wikipedia
• For medical topics, usually offers links to established hospital websites, e.g., Mayo Clinic; or to professional organizations, e..g, the Alzheimer's Foundations; or to governmental health resources, e.g., the National Health Service in the UK or the CDC in the US
• There is usually near the topic of the returns a link to Google Scholar, that is, exclusively research reports, journal articles, etc.
  

3. Google Scholar (academic)

4. PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, & PsycBOOKS (from the American Psychological Association)

• PsycINFO is a database of published articles and books relating to psychology and allied areas of study
• PsycARTICLES offers access to all the journal articles published by the American Psychological Association
• PsycBOOKS offers access to 1600 classic and new books in psychology
  

5. PubMed® (National Institutes of Health • National Library of Medicine)

• PubMed® is a searchable database of more than 32 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

6. PubMed Central® (PMC) (National Library of Medicine)

• PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). There are over 7.2 million articles archived in PMC. It first appeared online in 2000.
  
• Since 2008, by law all research funded by the National Institutes of Health must be made publicly available within 12 months of journal publication. Copies of published articles must be submitted to PubMed Central.