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Tutorials

Tutorial: Keyword Searching
A short tutorial providing background on how keyword searching works, with tips to improve your search results. Estimated reading time: 10 minutes.
Tutorial: Finding Articles
Learn the process for finding articles using indexes. This is essential background information for all students. Estimated reading time: 20 minutes.
Tutorial: Scholarly Articles
Scholarly articles: what they are, how to find, recognize, read, and use them. Includes exercises. Estimated reading time: 20 minutes.

Welcome to the Library Guide for Psychology

This guide provides resources to help with your research. Navigate using the menu on the left.

If you need help, check out a tutorial or send me a question.

Start your Research in Omni

Omni: Rediscover Discovery

Omni is the new academic search tool that locates your research material quickly and easily. Find Omni at the top of all our library webpages, or use the links below.

Search Omni
Link to the Omni search tool.
Omni Guide
A guide for using the Omni search tool.

APA Formatting Help

Here are some online resources to help you with your APA formatting.

Also, ProQuest databases and Scholars Portal offer the option to click on "Cite" for records you find to get an APA formatted citation you can paste into your References list.

APA Style (from the ebook, Research Methods in Psychology)
Defines APA style and list several of its most important characteristics.
APA Formatting & Style Guide
Online Writing Lab (OWL), Purdue University
APA style
Documentation Guide, Academic Skills Centre, Trent University

Formatting a Word Document for APA

This 91/2-minute video walks you through the settings in Word.

Watch this video on YouTube. There's a template there you can download.