Psychology 125A: Principles of Psychology
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Welcome to the Library Research Guide for Psychology 125: Principles of Psychology! It includes information and resources designed to aid you in locating research and managing sources for your assignments this semester.
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Disciplinary Database
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowScholarly journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and other materials in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. Covers materials published 1806-present.
American Psychological Association (APA) Style, 7th Edition
- APA 7th Quick Reference Guidefrom the American Psychological Association
- APA Style GuideFrom Santa Fe College
- ZoteroBibPaste a link, DOI, or title, choose your citation style, and ZoteroBib will generate a citation for you to copy and paste. Remember, you will still need to check your citations for accuracy.
Identifying Scholarly Articles
- Scholarly vs. Non-Scholarly SourcesThis interactive slideshow highlights differences between scholarly and non-scholarly sources.
- Differences Between Scholarly & Popular MaterialsThis guide from NC State University illustrates the differences between scholarly sources, popular sources, and trade publications.
A publication is considered to be peer reviewed if its articles go through an official editorial process that involves review and approval by the author's peers (people who are experts in the same subject area.) Most (but not all) scholarly publications are peer reviewed.