Psychology: Quick starting point

Subject librarians are here to help with your research!

Each librarian specializes in specific subjects or fields of study. You can set up an individual research consultation with a librarian for research help.

Here are a few other things that we can do for you:

• Show you the best places to begin your research.
• Help you develop effective search strategies.
• Locate the information you need within our library.
• Obtain books, articles, cds, etc. from other libraries.
• Find additional information from citation lists/bibliographies.
• Judge the quality & reliability of information.
• Use information ethically (e.g. plagiarism).
• Cite information correctly (e.g. APA style).
• Demonstrate how to use citation resources.
• Tell the difference between various literature types.
• Determine whether something is peer-reviewed.

Here is a list of 20 journal articles that were recently added to the PsycInfo database, produced by the American Psychological Association.  All of these articles focus on longitudinal empirical research about humans. PsycInfo is the world's largest database of journal articles focusing on psychology, psychiatry and related fields of research within the social sciences.