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Psychology Research Basics

Learn to find credible, academically-appropriate resources for your psychology classes. Also, become an expert at citing them correctly

Research Tips & Tricks

You're busy, so any strategy that will make your work faster and produce better results is welcome.  Did you know that you can use different search strategies in library catalogs, article databases, and the Web to find just what you need quickly? 

Learn about the most common search strategies in these brief videos: 

Video from the Wellington Medical and Health Sciences Library. | Time - 1:56 min.

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YouTube video on effective search strategies from EmilyatChemLib. | Time - 3:03 mins.

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Using & Finding Books

Why Use Books:

Use books to read broad overviews and detailed discussions of your topic. You can also use books to find primary sources, which are often published together in collections.
 

Where Do I Find Books?

You'll use the library catalog to search for books, ebooks, articles, and more.
 

What if MJC Doesn't Have What I Need?

If you need materials (books, articles, recordings, videos, etc.) that you cannot find in the library catalog, use our interlibrary loan service.

Finding eBooks

If you need a book when the library is closed, no worries. The MJC Library owns thousands of eBooks that you can use at any time of the day or night.

Here is a little video showing you how to find eBooks @MJC:
 


Where to Find eBooks

  • You'll find eBooks in the MJC Library Catalog on the Library & Learning Center homepage, and
  • in some of our library databases

Library Databases for Finding eBooks

To connect to library databases from off campus you'll need to login just like you do for email or Canvas