This research guide is designed to help students in BESC 3020: Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences successfully complete their research proposal assignment. Use this guide to learn strategies for locating the peer-reviewed articles and statistics needed for your literature review, as well as tips for locating psychological instruments and measures that may be helpful in designing your proposed research study. It includes the following page to help with your project:
Depending on your research topic, you may also want to use one of the following guides, which include general research support for each subject area in the Behavioral Science department.
The best place to start most searches is the search box on the library's homepage. This search box defaults to Articles, giving you quick access to popular and scholarly articles from thousands of different publications.
More databases and search tools are available on our full list of databases.
For information on getting a research study with human subjects formally approved by the university, see the website for UVU's Institutional Review Board. IRB approval often isn't required for class research assignments, but their website may be helpful depending on the parameters of your project or if you decide to fully implement your project.
