Psychology Paper

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The Research Process

James L. Becker (your name here)

In partial Fulfillment of

Abnormal Psychology Class (section #)

James L. Becker, Instructor

Pulaski Technical College

Date

NOTE: PUT YOUR TITLE WHERE I HAVE MY TITLE - The Research Process. ALSO PUT In the

Running Head: SHORT TITLE (SHORT TITLE IN CAPS). Subsequent pages put

SHORT TITLE in upper left margin (1 inch) and page number in right margin.

USE NEW TIMES ROMAN 12 FONT.

Save your file as Word 97-2004 so I can open it.

In this brief tutorial I want to explain how to get underway with your research process. I also want your title page to be set up in a similar fashion, and the Reference page to be set up in exactly the same way. I will demonstrate how to cite some references that you will be using in your research process.

Begin your research process by selecting a disorder. After selection of your disorder, go to your textbook in order to research that particular disorder. Make thorough notes from the book. Write down your source so you can use that to make your reference properly. My advice is to put quotation marks around everything that is word for word from the book along with the page number. This will help to eliminate the possibility of plagiarism. Later, when you go to write your paper, you will know exactly what you copied word for word so you can try to put it in your own words, or if you need to quote something, you will have the page number at your fingertips. At the end of this discussion I have a sample of how to reference your textbook. As you read your textbook or any other source, if you read something that you want to look into more as a thesis, look that reference up in the back of the book. If it is a journal, we may have it at the library, and if not, you can access it through the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) program. If you wait until the last minute, this will eliminate this option.

The next step is to go to the DSM-IV-TR (2000) which we have in our library database. I will give you step by step instructions in order to do this.

Step I: Go to the Pulaski Technical College website at http://www.pulaskitech.edu

Step II: Click on “Library”

Step III: Find “Articles & More” Click on Databases by Subject.

Step IV: Click “Psychology”

Step V: Click on Psychiatry Online. At the top of this page you will find DSM-IV-TR. There are other sources to explore here, but go to DSM-IV-TR first. Click copyright, citation on your right and that will give you the information for the reference page. I will reference the DSM-IV-TR (2000) on the reference page of this document. Go to your disorder and again make notes that you will need to later write your paper.

After you have researched the DSM-IV-TR (2000), go back to the page where you first found the DSM-IV-TR (2000). Scroll down until you get to “Textbooks”. Notice that there are three books about Psychopharmacology. If you wish to later research medication treatment of a particular disorder, these are wonderful sources, but for now click “Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry (Hales ,Yudofsky, & Gabbard (Eds.) ,2003). Click the citation link to note how to cite this as a reference. I have listed this in the reference page so you can see how to do this. Go to the chapter with your disorder. Note that some Chapters have authors, so in your reference you would put the Chapter # and title and author of that particular chapter. I will put one in the reference so you can see how it is supposed to appear. I will cite Chapter 10, Mood Disorders to illustrate this.

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