Research Guides: PSYC 354: Asian American Psychology (BMC): Empirical Research Articles

Empirical Research Databases & Search Engines

Google Scholar
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Search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports in all disciplines. Linked to Tripod.
PsycINFO
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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
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Find multidisciplinary scholarly articles (sciences, social sciences, and humanities). Citation searching also allows search for highly cited articles and books.

Guides on Reading and Comprehending Empirical Research

How to Read Empirical Articles (PDF)
Offers suggested questions one should ask oneself while reading empirical articles in order to improve comprehension. Describes the different sections of empirical articles and their functions.
How to Read a Research Article and Evaluate the Research
Tips for reading articles about social psychology research. Offers suggestions on how to approach empirical articles by focusing on the abstract, introduction, and description sections first.

Evaluating Sources

Evaluation of Resources - Benedictine University
This guide provides frameworks and checklists for evaluating different types of sources, including journal articles, books, and websites.

Additionally, I recommend consulting the guidebooks in the "Writing the Literature Review" section of this guide for detailed instructions on evaluating quantitative and qualitative studies.

Scholarly Conversation Activity

Google Doc (Article Reports)
Please post a brief report on your article here.
Google Slides (Article Maps)
Please use the slide that corresponds to your group number to draw draw a map of connections between articles. Don't forget to fill in the key so others can understand your map.