Research Tools

 
 Indexes and Databases
 

 Journals
 

 Books
 


Use these subject headings to find books on qualitative and quantitative research methodologies in education.

  • Education -- Research
  • Education -- Research -- Methodology
  • Social sciences -- Research
  • Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
  • Action Research


 Directories
 


Red Book Online
(Directory of Services for the Lower Mainland by Information Services Vancouver)

Canadian Education Association Handbook Online


 Theses
 


Ph. D and M. Ed. Theses
Search the UBC Library catalogue by author or title. To see a list of theses by a particular department, do a simple Catalogue search by keyword, e. g. thesis and curriculum studies

Graduate Theses and Dissertations
in Circle https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/123456789/2  Includes theses from 2008 to present; retrospectively from 1974 to 1989, and 1992 to 2006.

Graduating Papers
These are not included in the UBC Library catalogue. A printed list is available at Education Library. Papers from 1997-1999 are listed here.

Theses and Dissertations :
Frequently Asked Questions

Theses Canada Portal
Indexes over 220,000 Canadian theses and dissertations and provides free access to 46,000 full text electronic Canadian theses and dissertations covering 1998-2002

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses - Full Text
Doctoral dissertations: 1861 - present;
Masters theses: 1988 - present (selective coverage).
The full text (pdf format) of dissertations added since 1997 - can be downloaded free of charge by UBC students, faculty, and staff.


EThOS Beta Electronic Theses Online
http://ethos.bl.uk/

Offers a 'single point of access' where researchers the world over can access ALL theses produced by UK Higher Education

NDLTD: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
http://www.ndltd.org/
An international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations


 Citation Manager
 

 Style Guides
 

 UBC Research Support
 

   
 Assessment/Test Reviews
 

 Associations
 

 Key Links
 


Canada

Action Research
Action Research activities in the Faculty of Education at Queen's University and related links.

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
AUCC administers scholarships, exchanges and research fellowships. Research higher education issues.

BC Teachers’ Federation Research Reports
BCTF Research Department reports on educational and labour issues.

Directory of Canadian Adult Literacy Research in English
A comprehensive database containing Canadian research in adult literacy from 1994, as well as research in progress.

Focus On
The Canadian Education Association series that links research, policy, and practice.

GERN: Government Education Research Network
Links to education research conducted by provincial/territorial governments.

ONTERIS (Ontario Education Resources Information System)
Material formerly included in the Onteris databases is now catalogued in the OISE/UT Library collection and may be located by searching the University of Toronto Libraries on-line catalogue.

International

ACER Research (Australia)
Click on links or Search: ACER's Cunningham Library online catalogue.

ADEA PRISME Database
The Program and Project Information System on Education (PRISME) is a database of all major externally-funded education projects in Africa.

CERUK: Current Educational Research in the UK
CERUK is a database of current or on-going research in education and related disciplines. It covers a wide range of studies including commissioned research and PhD theses, across all phases of education from early years to adults.

Database of Research on International Education
This searchable web database contains details of 5509 books, articles, conference papers and reports on various aspects of international education from publishers in Australia and overseas, published from 1990 onwards.

EdNA (Education Network Australia) Online
Australia's gateway to resources and services for education and training.

EdResearch Online (Australia)
A database of over 10 000 articles from more than 120 Australian education journals published since 2000. These records are from the Australian Education Index. PDFs of all indexed articles are available for purchase, download and printing through the ACER Cunningham Library's Complete Article Service.

Education-line: Electronic Texts in Education and Training (UK)
A freely accessible database of the full text of conference papers, working papers and electronic literature which supports educational research, policy and practice.

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) (US)
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to provide access to education literature and resources.

ERIC Digests (US)
over 3000 short reports on topics of prime current interest in education, plus references.

Eurydice
Information Network of education in Europe.

Global Education Database
International education statistics that can be searched for cross-country comparisons or time-series analysis.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)
Archive to 2002 only.

QualPage
A collection of resources for qualitative researchers.

Questia
Online library that provides access to an online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences.

Regional Educational Laboratory Network (US)
Summaries of research topics related to American education. Archived site and no longer maintained or updated (December 31, 2005).

Research Methods Resources on the WWW
Excellent compendium of links.


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