Research Methods Links

Lots of students just like you - running and presenting studies...  Link to the archives for the Mid-America Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference.  You can see abstracts going back at least as far as the 2001 conference!  Or check out the conference link

Researching and writing undergraduate psychology papers - Looks pretty good. Check it out if you are struggling.
(http://www.gmcc.ab.ca/~digdonn/tips.htm)

Ebooks through USI's library -
SPSS for Psychologists: A Guide to Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows

by Brace, Nicola.; Snelgar, Rosemary.
Handbook of Psychological Assessment
by Groth-Marnat, Gary.

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the APA - unsure how to cite electronic references?  Check this out.  Remember, if the entire article was online -- you need to cite it as an electronic reference!

APA Style Guide - An excellent hypertext writing guide by M. Plonsky, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, updated for version 5

Interlibrary Loan Information - General information on having the library get books and articles that are not in our library.

USI Library Data Bases - A direct link to the data bases page.

APA's Ethical Principles of Psychologists

IRB forms on the web

Evaluating internet resources - how do you know that your internet source is any good?  Check out this site!

What plagiarism is and how to avoid it - Examples that include the original work, a bad (plagiarized) example, and a good paraphrased example. (http://www.cacs.usl.edu/~jmg/UsefulInfo/Writing/PlagarismPlain.html)

Avoiding Plagiarism

Concordia University - The Psychological Studies Collection (http://www.ccaa.edu/~ls/psych.html)

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Last modified: May 12,  2006

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