Education

Try doing a search on "educational psychology" in the FCC Library Catalog.

Browse the library stacks for educational psychology books in the LB1050.9-LB1091 section.

Here are some recommended titles:

Types of Psychology Journal Articles

Scholarly psychology journals usually feature two types of articles:

• REVIEWS look at other peoples' research and summarize research in a specific area of study.

• RESEARCH STUDIES report the original research being conducted by the authors of the article.

​Quick Indicators of Original Research Studies

Read the ABSTRACT of an article before diving into it completely and then give the article a quick once over. You are looking for keywords such as:

• PURPOSE or OBJECTIVE: Why the experiment is being done in the first place, the question that the researchers are attempting to address with their research.
• PARTICIPANTS, POPULATION, or SUBJECTS: In psychology, research is done on people or animals – a research article should discuss who participated in a study. If it DOES NOT talk about the people used in the research, it may be an analysis or review of research. It is likely NOT a research study.
• METHODS or METHODOLOGY: This explains how the research is done.
• RESULTS or FINDINGS: An explanation of what the researchers found within the scope of their experiment or research.
• CONCLUSIONS and/or DISCUSSION: A description of what the researchers’ findings entail or mean, and suggestions for future research informed by such findings.