Psychology 299: Research Methods
Contents
Background Information
Annual
Review of Psychology
Review articles discuss recent developments within a subject area
and topics covered vary from year to year. Authors summarize
past and current literature on a topic and identify aspects of the
subject that merit future research. An excellent source for
bibliographies. It is also available in print: General Collection
BF30.A614 . See the cumulative author and chapter titles
indexes at the end of the most recent volume.
Psychology
Subject Guide
This page focuses on academic psychology resources including dictionaries,
encyclopedias, and biographical sources available in the TCNJ library,
as well as resources on the Internet.
Scholarly Articles
Databases
PsycINFO - This is the principle index to the international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as business, education, psychiatry, sociology, and social work. Coverage is from 1887-present. Provides citations to and abstracts from journals, books and book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports. Click here for some searching tips.
PubMed - Provides access to Medline, the National Library of Medicine's database of citations and abstracts for the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, health care systems, and related areas such as psychiatry and psychology.
Sociological Abstracts - This is the principle index to the literature in sociology and related disciplines. It is an international database that provides citations to and abstracts from journals, books, dissertations, and conference papers.
ERIC - Provides citations and abstracts from ERIC documents and a broad range of education periodicals.
Social Sciences Abstracts (Wilson Web) - Provides indexing, abstracting, and selected fulltext to articles in over 350 leading English language periodicals covering anthropology, criminology, psychology, political science, women's studies, and sociology. Searches can be limited to peer reviewed, i.e., scholarly sources.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) - Multidisciplinary database that provides citations and abstracts to over 4,000 periodicals. Approximately two-thirds of the articles are available fulltext. Searches can be limited to peer reviewed, i.e., scholarly sources.
The Psychology Databases page lists additional databases that will help you locate scholarly journal articles on psychology related topics.
Locating a Copy of the Article
The Library subscribes to
numerous psychology journal titles. Try the following to obtain the
articles you want.
. To determine if the Library has access electronically
to a particular journal, browse this list
of journal titles .
. Search the TCNJ
Library Catalog to determine if the Library owns a print
copy of the journal.
. If the journal title is not available in either print or electronic
format, you can request a copy of the article through Interlibrary
Loan .
Books, Videos & More
Search the TCNJ Library Catalog to find books and videos on psychology topics.
If you are having trouble finding books, ask a librarian for help at the reference desk located on the Main Level of The College of New Jersey Library or use our Ask a Librarian e-mail form.
Related Resources / Tests and Measures
Finding
Tests and Measures
Use this guide to locate critical reviews and descriptions of tests,
including reliability and validity information, intended population,
scoring methods, etc. This page also lists those resources that
may contain a copy of a particular test or measure.
Writing Resouces / Style Manuals
.Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition (available in Reference
Office and at the Reserve Desk) REF BF76.7P83 2001
APAStyle.org (APA
official guidelines)
Using
American Psychological Association (APA)Format (Purdue
University Online Writing Lab)
Write-Up
(Via Dr. William Trochim's online research methods
textbook, Knowledge Base .)
Writing
the Empirical Article (Dr. Daryl Bem, Cornell University)
Created and Maintained
by:
Karen Hartman hartmank@tcnj.edu
