Psychology Graduate Students: Psychology Graduate Students

I'm happy to help you with things such as:

• Research Strategies and Database Searching
• Literature Reviews
• Strategies for Monitoring the Literature
• Citation Managers Like EndNote
• Tracking Down Difficult-to-Find Information or Publications

PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH GUIDE

• Your home for recommended resources for psychology research.
• Articles, books, psychological tests, research methods, and DSM-V.

OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS TO LIBRARY RESOURCES

• 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]

RESEARCH COMMONS

• 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

GRADUATE FUNDING INFORMATION SERVICE

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