Writing Guides
Search the catalog for the subject:
Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. or
Dissertations, Academic--Authorship
Clark, Irene L. 2007. Writing the successful thesis and dissertation: entering the conversation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Harmon, Joseph E., and Alan G. Gross. 2010. The craft of scientific communication. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Murray, Rowena. 2011. How to write a thesis. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Wolcott, Harry F. 2001. Writing up qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications.(Floor 3 T11 .W65 2001)
Tips for success for graduate credential or degree
- Identification of core journals in your field
- Proper citation formats
- Value of annotated bibliographies
- Cited references searching
- Journal impact factors
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Establishing personal accounts on databases for:
- tracking articles
- setting up alerts
- search history
- Interlibrary Loan
- Borrowing priviledges
- Request purchase of titles
- Campus VPN
National Educational Association: Code of Ethics
Research Design
- Start with Research Question or hypothesis
- Descriptive: Who What When Why
- Compare or Correlate
- Explain
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Types
- Action Research
- Case Studies
- Surveys
- Observations
- Experiments