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Getting Help
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Books tend to cover a topic in more depth and
can be geared toward scholarly or general audiences.
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Reference resources such as subject encyclopedias are a good place to start for an overview of a topic, and to get background information. Reference Sources for Psychology web guide of print and online reference sources useful for finding background information and definitions of Psychology topics.
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Journal articles (also called academic, scholarly, refereed, or peer-reviewed articles) are written for a scholarly audience--they give evidence for the researcher's claims (such as bibliographies of sources and research data). You can find them in subject specific databases such as PsycInfo. Generally you want to incorporate these types of articles into your own academic writing. Popular or general interest articles in publications such as Psychology Today and The New York Times tend to give an overview of a topic to a general audience. You can find magazine and newspaper articles in general interest databases such as Expanded Academic and ProQuest, along with scholarly articles. |
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Professional and government websites such as the American Psychological Association and the National Institute of Mental Health can be good places to find scholarly articles and research data, as well as reliable information geared toward consumers.
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If you have any questions or need help with your research, please feel free to contact me! You can also ask a question at the Campus Library.
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