LibGuides: Psychology: Research Help

Research Tips

Six Simple Steps to Writing a Research Paper
Use these helpful steps to guide you through the process of writing your paper.

How to Start a Research Paper
Get help writing a research paper from wikiHow.com.
Research: Where Do I Begin?
Start the research process with help from the Purdue OWL.
Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University

Evaluating Sources Using the CRAAP Test

Anyone can publish information on the Internet. Before using information you find on the Internet for assignments and research, it is important to judge its accuracy and to establish that the information comes from a reliable and appropriate source.

The CRAAP Test is a list of questions to help you determine if a source is credible. The acronym CRAAP stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose.

The CRAAP Test Worksheet
Determine whether your sources are reliable or crap by putting them through the CRAAP Test.

How to Write a Good Essay

Critiquing A Journal Article

BoltonUniLibrary. (2021, August 6). Critiquing a journal article [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svHk7xPEcrY

Get Formatting and Citation Help from the Purdue OWL

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.

Use the following links to go to the APA resources at the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

APA Formatting and Style Guide
APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.
APA Sample Paper

Use the following links to go to the MLA resources at the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

MLA Formatting and Style Guide
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
MLA Sample Paper

Citefast is an online citation generator that automatically formats citations in APA, MLA, and Chicago Styles.

Citefast
Citefast Tutorial
Watch this brief YouTube video (1:28) to learn how to use Citefast.

Citefast - APA Style
Use Citefast to create a citation in APA format.