Psychology Graduate Students: Psychology Graduate Students

Overview of UW Libraries services for Psychology grad students

Important Tools for Grad School & Beyond

Current Awareness Alerts and Journal Tables of Contents
o Set up automated searches to capture new articles on topics important to you.
o Monitor new issues of selected journals.
Citation Managers
o Organize your references and PDFs.
o Automatically format your citations when writing.
SAGE Research Methods Project Planner
o Guide for developing and managing a research project.
o Developing a researchable question; reviewing the literature; research design; data collection; data analysis; etc.

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Use links from the UW Libraries website to journal articles and databases so you're recognized as being affiliated with UW.
Consider installing the proxy bookmarklet or using Husky OnNet for those times when you didn't start with the UW Libraries website.

FULL TEXT ARTICLES

When searching UW Libraries databases look for the UW "Check for Full Text" icon. If it doesn't lead you to the full text, use the document delivery service to request a free copy.
Because PubMed and Google Scholar are freely accessible databases, you'll want to customize them to show links to UW full text articles.
- Customize PubMed to show UW journal full-text links.
- Customize Google Scholar to show UW journal full-text links.

MATCHING YOUR QUESTION TO A LITERATURE DATABASE

Human psychology, counseling, child development? Try PsycInfo.
Psychology/psychiatry clinical studies? Try PsycInfo and PubMed.
Animal behavior? Try PsycInfo.
Neuroscience studies? Try PubMed.
Citation chasing - determining who cited this paper or which papers are highly cited? Try Web of Science or Google Scholar. [Cited reference searching guide]

DATABASE SEARCHING TIPS

Tips for using Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), quotation marks, and other useful search syntax.
PsycInfo search strategies, including using thesaurus terms.

Get help with writing, giving presentations, designing posters, and using citation managers.
Take advantage of writing consultations for graduate students.
- The UW Psychology Writing Center (for undergrads) offers useful psychology writing guides.
Find out about upcoming events at the Research Commons blog

Use the Graduate Funding guide to find funding support or schedule an appointment for assistance.

Individual support and workshops on data visualization, publishing, research data management, open access, and research impact.