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Citing
- SFU Library Writing & Style Guides
- APA / MLA / Chicago / Turabian
- Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. [print]
- The official APA Style Blog -6th edition (archived) -- Covers many citation problems not addressed in the print manual.
- Referencing and Citation Manager Software -- Zotero, Mendeley, and more
- 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.
- APA Style Tutorial (2019), by Kari Weaver & University of Waterloo Instructional Design Team
Copyright
Reading
- How to read a paper by S. Keshav
- How to read a book by Paul N. Edwards
Library research tutorials
- View the library's self-directed tutorials and guides. Popular tutorials include Start Your Research Here, What is a Scholarly Journal?, and What is Plagiarism?
Literature Reviews
- How to Do a Systematic Review: A Best Practice Guide for Conducting and Reporting Narrative Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and Meta-Syntheses Andy P. Siddaway, Alex M. Wood, Larry V. Hedges. Annual Review of Psychology 2019 70:1, 747-770. Written for Psychology researchers in particular.
- Research: Literature reviews for graduate students
Publishing
- SFU Library's Guide to Scholarly Publishing -- Funding for publishing, open access, metrics, author rights, repositories.
- APA Journal Acceptance Rates -- Acceptance rates, number of articles submitted, online to print time.
Workshops
Writing
- Student Learning Commons' handouts about writing for university.
- Writing your thesis or dissertation? See SFU Library Thesis Assistance.
- Psychology Theses and Dissertations -- authored by SFU students
- Finding Topics with an Issue for Effective Persuasive Writing -- Great video co-authored by an SFU Librarian on persuasive writing.