{"id":206,"date":"2015-01-06T01:03:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T01:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:14:22","slug":"links-for-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/links-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69efa25a11d45\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #5a5d5e;color:#5a5d5e\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" 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class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/links-for-students\/#College_Success\" >College Success<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/links-for-students\/#APA_Style_and_Understanding_Science_Writing\" >APA Style and Understanding Science Writing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/links-for-students\/#Research_Databases\" >Research Databases<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/links-for-students\/#Statistics\" >Statistics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/links-for-students\/#Research_Methods\" >Research Methods<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>As a student in psychology, the following pages may help you with some of your courses:<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"General_Psychology\"><\/span>General Psychology<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Discovering Psychology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.learner.org\/series\/discoveringpsychology\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discovering Psychology<\/a>: A series of professionally-done videos on numerous topics in psychology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"College_Success\"><\/span>College Success<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/psychology.ucsd.edu\/undergraduate-program\/undergraduate-resources\/academic-writing-resources\/effective-studying\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Effectively Study<\/a>: \u00a0This resource hosted by UCSD describes research-based methods of studying more efficiently. \u00a0It&#8217;s not always about finding more time to study, but HOW you study that matters.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL338ADF5641FE7711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Get the Most Out of Studying<\/a>: This series of brief videos by cognitive psychologist, Dr. Stephen Chew of Samford University provides great, evidence based tips on how to study. \u00a0Well worth the time to watch!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"APA_Style_and_Understanding_Science_Writing\"><\/span>APA Style and Understanding Science Writing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"OWL APA Style website\" href=\"https:\/\/owl.english.purdue.edu\/owl\/section\/2\/10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APA Format<\/a>: Purdue University&#8217;s OWL writing lab. \u00a0Provides excellent help with APA style.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Reading Science Papers\" href=\"http:\/\/violentmetaphors.com\/2013\/08\/25\/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper-2\/\">How to Read and Understand Science Papers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/psychology.ucsd.edu\/undergraduate-program\/undergraduate-resources\/academic-writing-resources\/writing-research-papers\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Writing Research Papers<\/a>: Another resources hosted by UCSD on how to write quality research papers. \u00a0Great for Psy 230 or really any class where science writing is needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Research_Databases\"><\/span>Research Databases<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Palomar Library\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/OnlineDatabases\/behavioral-sciences.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palomar&#8217;s Research Databases for the Social Sciences<\/a>: \u00a0This link will take you to Palomar Library&#8217;s web page listing research databases for the social sciences. \u00a0These will serve as a great starting point for class papers.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pubmed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PubMed<\/a>: \u00a0A database containing the vast majority scientific papers in the life sciences and biomed fields. \u00a0A good deal, but not all, psychology research is contained here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Statistics\"><\/span>Statistics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Hyperstat Lab website\" href=\"http:\/\/davidmlane.com\/hyperstat\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statistics Help<\/a>: David M. Lane has some great, easy to digest (well, relatively easy &#8211; it is still statistics!) primers on the majority of content you&#8217;ll encounter in your Behavioral Statistics course.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\"><a title=\"UCLA's SPSS Tutorials\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.idre.ucla.edu\/spss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCLA&#8217;s SPSS Tutorial<\/a>: Some great information for learning to use SPSS, one of the most commonly used statistics programs around.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\"><a title=\"Statistics Hell\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discoveringstatistics.com\/statistics-hell-p\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statistics Hell-p<\/a>: \u00a0 A tongue-in-cheek statistics resources for those who find statistics the work of evil! \u00a0Feel free to explore. \u00a0The site can seem a little disorganized, but there is some great stuff in there.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"G*Power Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mormonsandscience.com\/gpower-guide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">G*Power Guide<\/a>: An online resource for conducting power analyses in research using a downloadable program called &#8220;G*Power&#8221; (there is a link to the software on this site).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Research_Methods\"><\/span>Research Methods<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Research Methods knowledge base\" href=\"http:\/\/www.socialresearchmethods.net\/kb\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research Methods Knowledge Base<\/a>: A great overview of the major topics (including examples, definitions, etc.) covered in most Research Methods classes, including info on statistical analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a student in psychology, the following pages may help you with some of your courses: General Psychology Discovering Psychology: A series of professionally-done videos on numerous topics in psychology. 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