Welcome to the PSY 2303 Foundations of Psychology Research Guide. In this guide, you will find library and online resources to help you with your research and course assignments. Scroll below to see the most used resources for getting started on your research. Click on the side navigation tabs on the left to see more in-depth and comprehensive resources.
This course will survey the fundamentals of research, the various areas of career specializations in psychology and psychology-related fields, the academic requirements for undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology, and basic information technology skills (including APA format) for psychology. This course is intended for psychology majors and psychology minors only.
Articles from 45 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations.
Includes the Thesaurus for Psychological Index Terms - click the link for the PDF version
Access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments.
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For additional articles databases, explore the "Articles" tab
Encyclopedia of Psychology by 
APA Dictionary of Psychology® by 
APA Dictionary of Statistics and Research Methods by ____
For additional books and ebooks, explore the "Books and eBooks" tab
Why Should I use Google Scholar?
Google Scholar includes journal and conference papers, theses and dissertations, academic books, pre-prints, abstracts, technical reports and other scholarly literature from all broad areas of research. You'll find works from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies and university repositories, as well as scholarly articles available anywhere across the web. Google Scholar also includes court opinions and patents.
How to set up Google Scholar So that it will retrieve articles available at the West Library:
