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PSYC 121-06: Methods and Statistics in Psychological Research (Prof. David Giguere, Fall 2025)

Goals for Today

  1.  Introductions
  2. Some things to remember:
    1. Get to know your information environment
    2. Get to know some search strategies 
    3. Subject librarians are here to help you with your academic work.
  3. Graphic tool: Concept mapping (10 min. activity)
    1. Logic of online information tools: operators and symbols
  4. Work on your HW 3 assignment -- take note of the words/phrases you used to find the information sources
    1. Search for a scholarly article that works for your topic

Concept Mapping

Questions to ask yourself and things to notice while searching in online tools

Use a database listed in the Databases box under the Journal Articles tab of this research guide to locate a scholarly article relevant to your research topic & respond to the following questions: 

  • Which database did you search? What search terms did you use from your concept map? 

  • Based on the title, abstract, and any subject terms, what information does this article contribute to your topic? In other words, how is the article relevant?

  • List 2-3 additional keywords that you found from this article or other search results that you can add to your concept map.

  • Identify at least one challenge that you encountered while searching for articles on your topic. 
Last Updated: Sep 9, 2025 11:55 AM