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Introduction
Course Description: "Understanding the nature of quantitative and qualitative research; reviewing the literature; developing research problems and questions; research designs; data collection and analysis issues; evaluating research studies."
Instructor: Roger A. Smith (rasmith@iastate.edu)
Office: N232B Lagomarcino Hall
Librarian: Christine King (cking1@iastate.edu)
Important Indexes and Abstracts
These resources help you find journal articles on your subject.
- ERIC
EBSCO version of ERIC - ERIC
CSA version of ERIC. ERIC is a major database for finding journal articles and documents in the field of education. Parks Library gets versions of ERIC from two different vendors, so although they look different they access the same content. - Education Abstracts
Accesses more than 400 English language periodicals and yearbooks in education from 1983 to the present. - Education Index Retrospective
Indexes about 500 periodicals and yearbooks from 1929 to 1983. Continued by Education Abstracts. - Professional Development Collection
Has full text coverage for over 300 periodicals and indexes 430 more across the field of education. - Dissertations and Theses
Database of dissertations dating back to 1861, with most published after 1997 available fulltext. - LexisNexis Academic
Major source of legal information. Also includes University Wire, a service which covers many college newspapers from around the country. - PsycInfo
Main index to articles and books in psychology. Includes materials in related areas including a lot in education.
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