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Resources for Clinical Psychology: Research

Research resources for graduate students in the Clinical Psychology program.

Research Methods

Looking for help with your research process?  Or need to find help with quantitative  and qualitative methods, look in Sage Research Methods:

For Rowan's specifications for IRB protocol, look here:

Research Data

Engaging in research? Make sure to have a secure data management plan (DMP).  Rowan uses GoogleDrive as a storage option, which is HIPAA compliant.  Check out this guide for additional information: 

Why Libraries and Research Data?

Historically, libraries have served as institutions where information is collected, curated, preserved, described, discovered, and accessed. Putting these traditional library activities into data terms illustrates why academic libraries and librarians should be involved in the management of scholarly information and research data. As libraries we recognize research data as a scholarly asset that should be stored and made available for reuse, just as any publication is. This is particularly important as data has become more widely accessible in its digital form and its use for experimental validation and reuse in extending the boundaries of knowledge has become more practical.

As the majority of research data falls into the “long-tail” that encompasses the many disciplines that do not have dedicatedrepositories1, the role of academic libraries in making sure that these data are findable, accessible, interoperable & reusable becomes more prominent. There are a few reasons why this is a really excellent thing:

  • Libraries & universities are long-lived institutions that do not traditionally rely on short term funding cycles, unlike many disciplinary repositories
  • Libraries have demonstrated a sustainable model for collection of, preservation of, and access to information
  • Libraries are filled with people who are trained in and participate in already developed and well-characterized practices and principles of information management, from description to organization to access to rights management, and on, and on
  • Libraries are often already established partners in research, having provided guidance & resources at other stages of the research lifecycle
  • Libraries provide instruction in and distribute information about other areas of information management. By adding data to this instructional portfolio, libraries can train the next generation of researchers in data standards & standard practices

These are just a few of the many reasons why academic libraries should be engaged in the challenges of research data stewardship, curation, and management.

Credit: ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit http://acrl.libguides.com/scholcomm/toolkit/datamanagement Accessed 2014-09-13