SJSU Research Guides: Child & Adolescent Development: Writing: Citations and Peer-Review

Assignment Calculator

The Assignment Calculator can help you develop a timeline fore researching, writing and submitting your papers.

Useful Tutorials

Finding Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed Articles

A quick introduction on how to find scholarly, peer-reviewed articles using SJSU's databases.

Plagiarism Graduate-Level Tutorial

16 minutes for all 3 modules. Learn strategies for avoiding plagiarism.

Note Taking

Quick advice on how to take notes as you research.

Art of Topic Development

Learn how to go from a vague idea of what you'd like to research to a strong, specific topic.

Customizing Google Scholar

Learn how to customize Google Scholar so you can use SJSU GetText.

Need help with your research topic or writing the paper?

Contact: Annina Wyss-Lockner

Email: annina.wyss-lockner@sjsu.edu for research help.

For writing help, make an appointment with the Writing Center

Verifying Peer Review

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory This link opens in a new window
Ulrich's™ is the authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information for 300,000+ periodicals (open access. peer reviewed, newsletters, etc). Includes active titles, suspended titles, ceased titles (from 1974), and forthcoming titles.

APA Citations

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) developed at Purdue University has online resources for planning a paper, organizing the paper, grammar and format assistance, etc.There is a major section on using APA style manual in writing papers.

Wake Forest University Library has a very easy to use tool for APA style questions.

Another very useful guide to using APA has been developed at Nova University.

Citation Managers

Citation Managers Overview
Confused about what a citation manager is and why you should use one? This guide explains it all!

Paperpile This link opens in a new window
Paperpile is a web-based reference citation management system, with emphasis on integration with Google apps.

Getting Started:
~Select the Start Free Trial option. You will need to login with your SJSU email address.
~Next, go to Settings > Account info and make sure it lists SJSU as your site license.
~Check your email for a welcome message from Paperpile.
Zotero This link opens in a new window
A free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.

Literature Review

A brief but very helpful commentary on how to do a Literature Review has been done by University of North Carolina.

Plagiarism

Does this paper have any statements that could be interpreted as plagiarism? Check out the brief tutorial on plagiarism to show the possible problems.