Writing 101: Writing in the Disciplines - Psychology (Downey)

Organizing your research can help make the writing and citing process easier. Use tips from this page to guide you in this step. 

Why do we cite? Several reasons! 

1. It makes us look good. Seriously, it's ethical and responsible to help readers differentiate our ideas from those we are using from others.
2. It helps us point our readers to our sources where they can more deeply engage with the scholarly conversation.
3. It helps us to learn how to communicate formally within our discipline/major.
4. We avoid plagiarism by quoting the words or paraphrasing ideas of other scholars.

PsycInfo

1. Select the item(s) you want. 
2. Click Cite. 
3. Select the Citation Style from the drop down menu.
4. Click Change.
5. Copy the citation(s) or email to yourself etc.

Pause to Reflect 

First of all, congratulations on making it this far! You may still have some loose ends to tie up, and that is OK. Take a moment to think back through your research process. Did you learn any helpful tips along the way? Are there new strategies that you can use for future projects or papers?

Do you still need more information? You can go back to previous steps at any time to revisit your research question or look for more or different sources of information.

If you think you missed something, please feel free to reach out to a Research Librarian: