Library Guides: PSYC 306: Assignment

Library Instruction Goals

This guide can help you:

Form an approach to initiating the research assignment.

Explore keyword searching for your paper or project.

Explore SU Libraries' information resources.

Start to gather information for an assignment.

Sometimes, a structured approach to research can help to organize ideas and the way you think about information sources:

1. Explore topic basics (draw ideas from various sources)

2. Background (library catalog: books)

3. Current research (library databases: journal articles)

4. Support your argument (source citation)

5. Drafts & revisions (research librarians, writing center)

" Using PsycInfo, find at least 3 social psychological research articles which contain research relevant to your proverb."

Create an account in Easybib and let's start to manage our information sources for this assignment.

Keep the Easybib tab open in your web browser while you search for your sources.