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Conducting literature reviews

See the 'Search Strategies & Literature Reviews' page of the MRU Library Psychology guides to learn about

Critical questions to think about while reading psychology literature
Citation chaining
Advanced search strategies
Using subject headings

Choosing a method

Finding a method
Finding a test and measure

Sage Research Methods Online
Research methods instruction and training tool, covering quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods. Includes research methods cases, downloadable teaching datasets & video tutorials.

Custom Library Search
This search provides a list of physical and electronic research methods reference books available through MRU Library.

Check out the "Test and Measures" section of the MRU Library Psychology to find out

What tests and measures are
Where to find tests and measures
- Search terms and ways to narrow your search in the databases

Writing research proposals

Things to include

Significance/objective of the study
Literature review
Method
References

Example (Lynn Santelmann)
How to write your research proposal
From the University of Westminster
Ten tips for writing your research proposal
From McGill University

Synthesizing literature

Literature synthesis matrix
Make a copy of this template in Google Drive: Log into your MRU Gmail/Google account > open the template link > select 'File' > select 'Make a copy'

Download template into Microsoft Word format: Open the template link > select 'File' > select 'Download' > select 'Microsoft Word (.docx)'