PSYC 2030 Lecture 3: Detailed Notes from Lecture THREE!!!
16 Feb 2012
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Literature search, structure of a paper, apa format. Articles (focus on narrow aspect of a topic) The catalogue on the york site will not find articles! Peer reviewed or refereed- gone through a review by peers. Not everything peer reviewed are scholarly not everything scholarly is peer reviewed. Web of science asked to find article on a particular topic: asked to do a cited reference search: takes a reference and talks you into time and lets you see who has used the article before. Allows you to see how earlier it has been used for research and been improved. Read appendix a (p. 513) follow closely apa format very well ** (textbook) appendix a. Using apa style for writing reports that publishes an encyclopedia publication. Tendency to overuse passive voice, whenever possible, use active voice, which generally adds clarity and simplifies sentences. Passive: an investigation of sleep deprivation was done by smith (1992)
