Writing 101-10: Writing in the Disciplines - Psychology (Sandoval, Fall 2024)

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.