Master of Applied Psychology (Community): Getting started
Library Course Guide
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Resources to assist you with getting started with your assignment.
Steps to a successful assignment
- Collect all your information about the assignment.
- the handout on the assignment
- the type of resources required for your Reference List e.g. books, journal articles
- notes from classes on how to do the assignment
- Analyse and prepare
- identify the Required Reading
- identify keywords & search the Library for additional resources e.g. books, journal articles
- Read for Information
- read Required Reading and make notes
- read the additional articles etc for information not in the Required Reading
- prepare each Reference as you read it.
- Start writing
- collect notes from your reading and start to build your essay
- write the correct References for each of your readings for your Reference List
PsycINFO database
PsycINFO - contains citations, abstracts and full-text of articles from the world's top, peer-reviewed, psychology journals, plus book chapters, books, technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations.
Dictionaries
Use these to find the meaning of key terms in Psychology:
