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Psychology

Guide to research in psychology, including recommended library resources and search strategies.

Getting Started

This research guide is designed to help students researching psychology get started finding articles, books, and other resources in this subject area.

The guide is organized by the types of resources you may want to use in your projects, including:

  • Search Strategies: learn how to effectively search our databases. Read this page before delving into the other resources in this guide.
  • Find Articles: databases and journals most effective for your research.
  • Scholarly Articles: save yourself time—learn strategies for reading scholarly articles!
  • Find Books: examples of books and ebooks in our collection, as well as information about how to find more books.
  • Find Videos: resources for finding videos of therapy and counseling session, documentaries, and other videos.
  • Find Tests & Measures: tips for finding psychology tests and measures to use in your research, as well as resources to help you write your own surveys.
  • Find Statistics & Data: resources to help you locate statistics related to your research.
  • Citations: help with citing your sources in APA style.

If you need any assistance with your research, contact a librarian using the contact information included in this guide. We're happy to help!

Most Used Resources

The following resources are frequently used for psychology research. The search box on the library's homepage (below) also works, as it combines many databases plus the library's book and media collections. Explore the other pages of this guide to find additional resources for your research.

Search for Articles

The articles tab on the library's homepageThe 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. 

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