PSYC-452: Developmental Psycholinguistics

The library provides a number of tools to help students get started with research. A guide is available for psychology; it was designed to help you know where to start to look for information on psychology-related topics.

A good way to begin research is to look at information sources that deliver a basic or broad overview of your topic. The most common information sources are encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical dictionaries and almanacs. Use these background sources to:

• obtain background information on a topic;
• focus your topic;
• clarify concepts;
• identify relevant keywords that can be used when crafting your searches;
• identify experts related to the field;
• identify seminal research works in the field; and
• obtain recommended sources for further reading.

For example:

• Cambridge handbook of psycholinguistics / edited by Michael Spivey, Ken McRae, Marc F. Joanisse. 
• Oxford handbook of language and social psychology [electronic resource] / edited by Thomas M. Holtgraves. 
• Handbook of psycholinguistic and cognitive processes : perspectives in communication disorders / edited by Jackie Guendouzi, Filip Loncke, Mandy J. Williams. 
• Oxford Reference [collection]: Linguistics

The library's search tool: "Omni"

Search the library search tool, Omni, to find materials such as books, ebooks, videos, journals, newspapers and government documents that are available at Queen's University Library in print or electronic formats.

Please refer to Getting Started - Omni Search Tool for tips on how to get the most from Omni.