Advanced Psychology Research Guide

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.

This guide will show you how to:

• Access library databases, articles, and ebooks online
• Start finding books and articles on your research area
• Search APA PsycINFO/PsycARTICLES databases
• Identify and search Psychology databases
• Find and browse ebooks (including the online DSM-5-TR)
• Get books or articles that the library doesn't have through Interlibrary loan
• Find out what thesis projects involve
• Research and write your thesis proposal
• Identify research gaps in the literature
• Analyze and evaluate your sources and use them to build your evidence and arguments 
• Identify and justify methodologies and populations for your research design
• Identify, justify, and find tests and measures for your research design 
• Find datasets 
• Cite your sources and format your papers in APA style (7th ed.) 
• Keep track of your sources using citation management tools
• Apply for research funding and grants
• Publish your research
• Find information about the Master's of Science in Psychology program
• Browse Master's Theses
• Browse Honors Theses
• Browse Psychology journals using the Browzine app