PSYC-228: Abnormal Psychology

These articles report original research or studies (actual observations or experiments), rather than theoretical developments or methodological approaches. You can identify them in several ways:

• keywords: look for “study,” “empirical,” or mentions of participants, observations, methods/measurements
• structure: usually includes introduction, methods, results, and discussion sections
• publication: should be in an academic or professional journal, rather than in popular magazines or newspapers

PsycINFO is a good first place to check! This database contains scholarly journals that publish empirical research articles.

Peer-reviewed articles are:

• written by experts in the field
• assessed for validity and scholarly rigor by other experts in the field (peer review)
• published in scholarly journals

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On the Advanced Search page, you can scroll down to Methodology and select EMPIRICAL STUDY to narrow your search: