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PSYC 498: Psychology Honors Seminar

Research Guide for Honors Seminar

When is Nadine Anderson, your Librarian, Available?

Email Nadine at nfanders@umich.edu with your research questions and/or to set up a meeting. 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 help through each step up putting together your proposed research study:

  1. Go to Online Library Access for help and instructions on accessing library databases, articles, and ebooks online 

Step 1: Ten "Interesting" Abstracts Assignment

  1. Go to Start Finding Sources and Search Psychology Databases to find peer-reviewed journal articles about your research area
  2. Go to Analyze Your Articles to find key information in your research articles
  3. Go to Cite in APA Style for help putting together your citations in APA Style (7th ed.)
    • follow the Journal Articles link for guidelines and templates 
  4. Go to Develop Your Hypothesis for helping developing your research question and building your study hypothesis

Step 2: Find Target Articles #1 & #2 & #3

  1. Go to Start Finding Sources and Search Psychology Databases to find peer-reviewed journal articles about your research area
  2. Go to Analyze Your Articles to find key information in your research articles
  3. Go to Cite in APA Style for help putting together your citations in APA Style (7th ed.)
    • follow the In-Text Citations and Journal Articles links for guidelines and templates 

Step 3: Literature Review

  1. Go to Start Finding Sources and Search Psychology Databases to find peer-reviewed journal articles about your research area
  2. Go to Analyze Your Articles to find key information in your research articles
  3. Go to Use Your Articles for guidelines and instructions on using your articles to build your arguments and justifications for your proposed research study
  4. Go to Write Your Literature Review for guidelines and instructions on writing a compelling literature review
  5. Go to Cite in APA Style for help putting together your citations and formatting your References List in APA style (7th ed.)
    • follow the 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

Step 4: Research Methods

  1. Go to Identify Methodologies to identify appropriate methodologies and populations for your research area
  2. Go to Identify & Find Tests to identify appropriate tests and measures for your research area

Step 5: Research Proposal

  1. Go to Start Finding Sources and Search Psychology Databases to find peer-reviewed journal articles about your research area
  2. Go to Analyze Your Articles to find key information in your research articles
  3. Go to Use Your Articles for guidelines and instructions on using your articles to build your arguments and justifications for your proposed research study and the methodologies, populations, and assessments you've chosen for it
  4. Go to Identify Methodologies to identify appropriate methodologies and populations for your research area and then find articles that justify the use of those methods and populations for your proposed research design
  5. Go to Identify & Find Tests to identify appropriate tests and measures for your research area, find articles that justify the use of those tests and measures for your research design, and then find these tests and measures for your write-up
  6. Go to Write Your Research Proposal for guidelines and instructions on putting together each section of your research proposal
  7. Go to Cite in APA Style for help putting together your citations and formatting your paper and References List in APA style (7th ed.)
    • follow the 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

Human Subjects Research & The IRB Application Process

You cannot collect data or run analyses without Institutional Research Board (IRB) approval for any planned research involving human subjects. Go to the eResearch Regulatory Management Human Subjects application page and click on the Human Subjects Study Application button in the upper left margin to start a new application.

Office Of Research Help Guides

For questions regarding IRB application requirements (e.g., policy, procedure, science), contact IRB Health Sciences and Behavioral Sciences, by email at irbhsbs@umich.edu or by phone at (734) 936-0933.

Research Project Design & Writing

Hover over the info "i" icon for the book's description

Print Books

  • Click on the book title link for info on the book's Call Number and library availability. 
  • If you need help finding a book on the library's shelves, feel free to ask for help at the Library Info Desk

Ebooks

  • Click on the title link to open the ebook (click on Access web version on the landing page)
  • Go to Online Library Access for instructions on how to access library ebooks and what to do when you can't
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