Psychology Information Resources: Citing & Writing

Subject Specific Guides

• Making sense: a student guide to research and writing: psychology and the life sciences. BF 76.7 N67 2002            
• Psychological reports: a guide to report writing in professional psychology. BF 76.8 O86 2007

Citing

• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. BF 76.7 P83 2001
• APA Style for Research Reports. A guide to APA style for undergraduate papers prepared by the SFU Psychology Department.
• Formats for electronic references recommended by the American Psychological Association. This web site should be used in conjunction with the APA style guide to electronic resources.
• SFU Library guide to APA gives general information on writing citations in bibliographies and footnotes.
• RefWorks at SFU Library: A web-based bibliography and citation database manager. Free for all current SFU students, faculty, and staff. Store your references online and format bibliographies instantly. Librarians offer regular workshops to get you started with this software.
• SFU Library plagiarism guide: Discusses what plagiarism is and how you can avoid it. Includes a plagiarism tutorial to test yourself on the topic of plagiarism.

Writing

• Information on writing for university and two-page handouts about writing and are provided by the Student Learning Commons.
• Writing your thesis? Try the SFU Library guide to Preparing and Submitting your Thesis. Also search the catalogue under the SUBJECT "Dissertations, Academic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc" for resources held in the library.

Further Resources

• See the SFU Library's Writing and Style Guides for further information on citation styles and guides to writing.