EDG LICI Research Seminars

Access your Library Account (VIDEO)

Read Ebooks (VIDEO)

1. Use books to learn more about your research topic, locate terms for searching, and find important researchers on the topic (inside the bibliography). 
2. Review our Literature Searching Tutorial for information on the types of resources recommended.
3.  Complete steps 2-5 on our Choosing Topics & Search Tips Tutorial to create a search plan.
4. Review the tips on finding Primary Research Articles in the tabs.
5. Review steps 1-4 in Using Databases and start searching Databases and Primo.
6. Use Interlibrary Loan to request items from other libraries. Doctoral students utilize this service often.
7. If you need more guidance, consider a research consultation with a CUW Librarian. We can even do video conferences with online students. 

Databases are organized by subject area. For additional options, see Databases A-Z List.

☆ Databases are the largest, and recommended as a place to start searching. If you are not finding your specific topic area, try one of the other database options within the subject area.  

Education Specific

☆Education Source (EBSCOhost) This database provides scholarly research. It covers all levels of education as well as all educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Content includes: full text and indexing for journals, books and monographs, conference papers, and book reviews.

Education Database (ProQuest) Literature and articles on primary, secondary, and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.

Educational Administration Abstracts (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.

☆ERIC (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Provides citation and abstract information for educational journals and related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center and educational symposium.  1967-present.

ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) Provides access to 80% of ERIC Documents (ED) from 1993 to the present. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the full documents.

☆Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost) extensive full-text coverage for a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines including anthropology, emotional and behavioral characteristics, mental processes, observational and experimental methods, psychiatry and psychology, child and adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling plus many more. Content Includes more than 530 full-text journals and nearly 350 full-text journals with citations in PsycINFO.

Psychology Database (ProQuest) Abstracts and indexing for more than 640 titles over 540 titles full text. Coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.

Health Care Specific

☆CINAHL Complete (EBSCOhost) 4,000 journals, and provides additional nursing and allied health research material including health care books, select conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheet and quick lesson disease overviews.

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Health Management Database (ProQuest) Includes key journals, dissertations and theses for a wide range of topics including hospitals, insurance, law, statistics, business management, personnel management, ethics, health economics, and public health administration plus reports from Business Monitor International.

Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest) Combines clinical research titles available in ProQuest Medical Library with hundreds of additional consumers and health administration titles.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) – Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

Business Specific

ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (Includes: ABI/INFORM Dateline; ABI/INFORM Global; ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry) – Also adds access to 65+ EIU Country Finance and Country Forecast Reports; Business Monitor International Reports, First Research Reports – 1,300+ more reports, EIU World Commodity reports, & 700 full text case studies. Includes full text access to The Wall Street Journal.

☆Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost) Comprehensive full-text coverage plus indexing  for  scholarly business journals covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, and more.

Use these search techniques to locate Primary Research inside databases and PRIMO.

1. Add the following row of keywords to your search: (methods AND results) OR methodology OR “case study” OR “this study” OR “a study”.

You will want to copy and paste this entire row of keywords into its own search box (see first example below).

IMPORTANT! From your list of results, you will still need to examine each article to see if it is primary research.

2. Filter by Document Type: on the Advanced Search page choose Case Study under Document Type or Publication Type. In ProQuest Education Journals, it looks like this:

All of these results are generally primary research articles, but not all primary research is a case study, so you will likely be missing some primary research articles on your topic by searching this way.

3. In ERIC database, you can choose “Reports – All” and/or “Reports – Research” under Publication Type. 

1. Don’t be afraid to try “link to full text” or “Check for Full Text” options in databases.  Items indexed in one database may be full-text in another.
2. Try searching the full title in PRIMO. The item should appear on the first page of results if we have it.
3. Try searching Google Scholar for the title. Look for a Full-Text @ CUW link.
4. Use Inter-library Loan. Online students can request articles and individual chapters of books from other libraries delivered via email. Use this form to request items. 
5. Ask a Librarian for help. We have extra options we can try or recommend.

Looking for other dissertations? References from recently published dissertations can provide the latest research and research methods. Authors are more and more sharing their dissertations online or are available through university online repositories. 

However, remember that dissertation quality can vary significantly.  

Open Access Search Tools

PQDT Open
ProQuest Open Access Search for Theses and Dissertations

OATD
Open Access Search for Theses and Dissertations 

ETHOs
UK Theses and Dissertations Search

NDLTD
Theses and Dissertations Search from Center for Research Libraries

Semantic Scholar
Academic Search engine which includes some dissertations

Search Primo for books on your research topic. For more information: Finding Books

Search for “Dissertations, Academic – Authorship” for books about writing dissertations.

Trying to determine if an article is published in a  peer- reviewed journal?

1. Click on the journal title in the database record to open the journal’s page (you may have to click a more or show all link to see peer-reviewed status):

Instructions for Finding Journal Articles By Journal Title in Primo

1. Open   Primo Journal Title Search
   
2. Search for the Journal’s Title
3. Click on the Journal Title in the search results.
4. Search inside the journal for keywords on the journal page.

Or click a database link that matches the year of the journal you need. Don’t see the year? Request the article via inter-library loan.

Writing Resources

Guide for academic writing: Writing With Sources

We recommend all graduate students use a citation manager like Zotero:

Guides for setting up and using Zotero

Zotero Getting Started Guide
Zotero Citations and Bibliographies

 APA Citation Style Resources

APA Citation Style Guide
U of Washington APA Guide