Introduction
Welcome to Library Research Skills for Psychology Students! This tutorial was designed for undergraduate students in psychology courses at the University of Alberta.
I’m Kara Blizzard, a librarian at the Augustana Campus Library. You are welcome to ask me questions about all kinds of things related to research and the library. Psychology students on North Campus can contact Virginia Pow for research assistance.
Learning Objectives
As a psychology student, a key part of your role is to find relevant information on the topics you are studying. In this tutorial you will learn how to:
- Choose a topic and form a research question
- Identify the pertinent concepts in your question
- Find relevant articles using the database PsycINFO
- Use citation chaining to help you find more articles
- Cite your sources using APA style
Contents
I. Starting a Research Project
II. Searching for Information
III. Using PsycINFO
Step 1: Searching for Concepts
Step 2: Combining Your Searches
Step 3: Limiting Search Results
Step 4: Viewing and Accessing Results
Step 5: Saving Your Search History
IV. Using Citations to Find More Sources
Using Citations to Find More Sources
V. Citing Your Sources
How to Navigate This Tutorial
Use any of these options:
- View the “Contents” menu in the top left to see each section and its chapters
- Use the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard to move between chapters
- Use the blue navigation buttons at the very bottom of your browser window to move between chapters
First, we will consider how to identify a research topic and turn it into a question.
