Choosing a TopicThis is a featured page

  • No ideas of What to write about!!

Suggestions to get you started:

  • Pick a behavior that interests you
  • Start by browsing through your class readings and notes to get ideas
  • Read through journals or browse the library's reference and circulating collection
  • If your professor provided a list of topics, choose a topic from that list
  • Keep a Handle on Your Research by using the Research Strategies Worksheet to track your research. Refer back to it when compiling your work cited list or as a review of what you have done and need to do. Try it now!
Record your thoughts.

  • Write out what you are looking for. For example, Is obsessive compulsive behavior more prevalent in adult men than women? Your key words are men, women, and obsessive compulsive behavior.

  • Write down everything you know and want to know about your topic
  • You want to start with a broad topic and began to narrow your topic as you focus on the specific area you want to research. The best way to start narrowing a topic is to consult with reference materials to get an overview of your topic, names of important authors, and references to other useful sources. Refining your topic is an ongoing process. You may need to refine your topic several times.
  • Limit your resources to a time frame, geography etc. (if any)
  • Consider how much information you need
  • Above all, start early to have enough time to complete your project!

The Suggested Reference Sources are located on reference stacks on the 3rd floor of the library, which is also the entrance to the library.


Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Handbooks
Call Numbers
Dictionary of Psychology Ref BF 31 .C65 2006
APA Dictionary of Psychology Ref BF 698.4 .H28 2007
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science Ref BF 31 .E52 2001
Encyclopedia of Human Development Ref HM 626 .E53 2006
Handbook of Personality Psychology Ref BF 698 .H3345 1997
Handbook of Personality Disorders Ref RC 554 .H23 2001
Blackwell handbook of Social Psychology Ref HM 251 .B48 2001
Obesity in Childhood & Adolescence Ref RJ 399 .C6 O3352 2008

DVDs/Films
Against My Will Ref HV 6250.4 .A334 2002
Psychology, the Human Experience: Observational & Cognitive Approaches Ref BF 121 .P974 2001





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