European Psychology Students

As a pharmacist working as district manager for Rite Aid pharmacy

This week you will choose a title that determines your research topic for this course. Your research topic should have the following characteristics:

First, clearly determine the content of the research paper.

Second, a good title should be interesting to the reader.

Third, it should reflect the tone of the writing and the type of research (quantitative, qualitative, mix).

Fourth and finally, it should contain important keywords that will make it easier to be located during a keyword search.

Resources for Further Reading

In addition to the tips above, there are many resources online that you can use to help write your research title. Here is a list of links that you may find useful as you work on creating an excellent research title:

1. The University of Southern California has a guide specific to social science research papers: http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/title
2. The Journal of European Psychology Students has a blog article focusing on APA-compliant research paper titles: http://blog.efpsa.org/2012/09/01/how-to-write-a-good-title-for-journal-articles/
3. This article by Kristen Hamlin contains a step-by-step approach to writing titles: http://classroom.synonym.com/choose-title-research-paper-4332.html

References

1. Hairston, M., & Keene, M. 2003. Successful writing. 5th ed. New York: Norton.
2. University of Southern California. 2017. Organizing your social sciences research paper: choosing a title. [Online] Available at: http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/title