LibGuides: PSY-4501: Week 1 Resources

Week 1 Resources

Google Scholar
Northcentral University Library. (2017, December 9). Google Scholar [Video]. YouTube.
Watching this video demonstration of how to use Google Scholar for academic research will provide you with specific tips for how to get the most out of Google Scholar, including linking Scholar to the Northcentral Library. This will make accessing scholarly resources easier.
Citing Articles
Northcentral University Library. (2017, October 24). Citing Articles [Video]. YouTube.
Google Scholar's “cited by” feature makes Scholar one of the best available tools for finding scholarly resources on the internet. This short video demonstrates how to use this valuable feature.
Scholarly vs. Peer Reviewed Journals
Northcentral University Library. (2018, June 12). Scholarly vs. peer reviewed journals [Video]. YouTube.
What's the difference between a scholarly journal and a peer-reviewed journal? This tutorial tackles this important question, along with demonstrating how to limit search results.

APA Style
by Ramon Daines Last Updated Mar 19, 2024 42226 views this year

Academic Success Center. Northcentral University.
For this week's assignment and all your future papers submitted in this course, use this overview as a reference; please be sure to include an APA-style title page and reference page. The Academic Success Center provides guidance on how to create these pages.

Writing Resources
by Ramon Daines Last Updated Apr 10, 2024 40563 views this year

Academic Success Center. Northcentral University.
Paraphrasing Tab.
When using sources of any kind to complete your assignments, keep in mind the importance of paraphrasing content (rather than copying and pasting it). The topic of paraphrasing is addressed in the Academic Success Center.

Outlining and Annotating Tab.
The longer the paper, the more valuable an outline often is. Since the signature paper is longer than the other papers you will write in this course, constructing an outline to help you organize your paper may prove quite useful. The topic of constructing an outline is addressed in the Academic Success Center.