Psychology Librarian
Missy Murphey
she/her/hers
Introduction
This guide is designed to help you discover the best library resources to meet your needs as you begin exploring research methods in psychology. Included here you will find resources that will help you:
- organize your research
- Access resources that help you develop a better understanding of cognitive psychology
- identify previous research and scholarly conversation around your topic
- report your research project using APA style
If you are having trouble finding resources, or you would like to talk through your research strategies, don't hesitate to schedule an appointment with me.
Finding Research
The following databases are a great place to begin your search for articles related to your research question. Depending on your question, you may want to explore other subject-specific databases.
- APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) (1887+) This link opens in a new windowThis is the primary Psychology database. 98% of the articles included are peer-reviewed, and includes multidisciplinary perspectives from related fields. This database also lets you search by specific methods, tests, and subject groups, which is very helpful when you are trying to find similar studies to your own.
- DSM-5 Library (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) This link opens in a new windowThe DSM-5® Library subscription provides unlimited access to:
-DSM-5-TR
-DSM-5
-DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis
-DSM-5 Clinical Cases
-Spanish Edition of the Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-5
-DSM-5 Handbook on the Cultural Formulation Interview
- Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) This link opens in a new window
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This database is especially helpful for identifying the relationships between studies. - Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
This multi-disciplinary database provides active full text for more than 3,100 journals, including active full text for nearly 2,750 peer-reviewed journals.
Evaluating Research
The Reviewer's Guide to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences by ISBN: 9780203861554Publication Date: 2010-04-26The Reviewer's Guide to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciencesis designed for evaluators of research manuscripts and proposals in the social and behavioral sciences, and beyond. Its thirty-one uniquely structured chapters cover both traditional and emerging methods of quantitative data analysis, which neither junior nor veteran reviewers can be expected to know in detail.Reviewing Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences by
Call Number: ARC MAIN H62 .R465 2013ISBN: 0203813324Publication Date: 2013This book provides a useful guide for researchers, reviewers, and consumers who are charged with judging the quality of qualitative studies. For ease of use, all methodological chapters are organized around the following elements of inquiry which reviewers tend to examine: definition, sampling, data collection, data analysis, representation, and congruency.
Finding Cognitive Science Resources
- Cognitive Psychology books & videosA link to resources related to cognitive science in the UCF Library
- Cognitive Psychology CommonsOpen Access Cognitive Science Journals