Research Guides: PSYC 285: Cultural Psychology Lab (BMC): Home

Getting Started

A good place to start your research! Search within these reference books to gather background information on your topic.

Annual Review of Psychology
Annual Reviews critically reviews the most significant primary research literature to guide researchers to the principal contributions of their field and help them keep up to date in their area of research. Each article is its own search engine, providing a gateway to the essential primary research literature referenced within each topic.
Oxford Handbooks Online: Psychology
Provides thorough introductions to topics in psychology and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship in the field. Browse to the psychology subject and use the Quick Search Term box in the left column to find articles by keyword.

Google Scholar
Search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports in all disciplines. Linked to Tripod.
PsycINFO
Essential database of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations in psychology and related behavioral sciences from 1887 - present.
Includes PsycARTICLES journals.
Web of Science
Find multidisciplinary scholarly articles (sciences, social sciences, and humanities). Citation searching also allows search for highly cited articles and books.

The Literature Review by Diana Ridley
ISBN: 9781446201428
Publication Date: 2012-07-31
Outlines practical strategies for reading and note taking, and guidance on how to conduct a systematic search of the available literature, using cases and examples throughout to demonstrate best practice in writing and presenting the review.
Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review by Andrew Booth et. al.
ISBN: 9781473912458
Publication Date: 2016-08-15
Showing you how to take a structured and organized approach to a wide range of literature review types, this book helps you to choose which approach is right for your research.
Writing Literature Reviews: A guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences by Jose L. Galvan
ISBN: 9781936523030
Publication Date: 2013-05-01
Offers guidance in the preparation of literature reviews for term projects, theses, and dissertations. Numerous examples throughout the book will show you what should and should not be done when writing reviews.

Literature Review Form and Construction
Explains what literature reviews are and offers insights into the form and construction of literature reviews in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Literature Reviews (Purdue OWL)
A list of useful questions for revising your own literature review draft.