Behavioral Sciences and Women's & Gender Studies Librarian
When is Nadine Anderson, your Librarian, Available?
Email Nadine at nfanders@umich.edu for help with your research questions. During the semester I am available online from Monday through Friday. I do not engage in work emails outside of these days or holidays.
Welcome!
This guide will show you how to:
- Access library databases, articles, and ebooks online, and troubleshoot error messages
- Develop your topic into a focused research question
- Start finding peer-reviewed articles about your topic
- Find databases you can use to do a deeper research dive into your topic
- Find out what peer-review is and why your professors care about it
- Read and analyze scholarly articles
- Evaluate and select sources that are appropriate for university-level research
- Use your sources to build your evidence, arguments and answers to your research question
- Avoid plagiarism
- Cite your sources in American Psychological Association (APA) Style
- follow the Quick Reference Guide, In-Text Citations and Journal Articles links for guidelines and templates
- follow the Create an APA References List link and use the References list at the end of the Sample Student Paper
- Put together research papers