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MFT 8302: Principles of Educational Research

This is a guide to library resources in the course MFT 8302: Principles of Educational Research. Here you will find databases, electronic journals, tutorials, and other information.

Welcome

Welcome to the MFT 8302: Principles of Educational Research Research Guide. In this guide, you will find library and online resources to help you with your research and course assignments. Scroll below to see the most used resources for getting started on your research. Click on the side navigation tabs on the left to see more in-depth and comprehensive resources.

 

Illustration of people studying: a teacher on a screen, books, magnifying glass, clock, and lightbulb symbols for research and learning.

Course Description: The theoretical framework for original quantitative and qualitative research is developed in this course. Each component of the research procedures are developed for each individual's field of study. These will be constructed and defended in both oral and written form.

Most Used Resources

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For additional articles databases, explore the "Articles" tab

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For additional books and ebooks, explore the "Books and eBooks" tab

  • ERIC indexes a wide variety of non-journal sources, including work produced or funded by the U.S. Department of Education, other federal departments; state or local agencies; university affiliated programs; policy organizations; research and non-profit organizations, state and district research offices; federal technical assistance providers; professional associations; international or foreign organizations; book publishers; commercial publishers; institutional repositories; and user submissions.
  • Some of the dissertations available in ERIC are not found in ProQuest Dissertations.

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For additional dissertations resources, explore the "Dissertations" tab

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For additional statistics resources, explore the "Statistics" tab

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For additional videos, explore the "Videos" tab

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Why Should I use Google Scholar?

Google Scholar includes journal and conference papers, theses and dissertations, academic books, pre-prints, abstracts, technical reports and other scholarly literature from all broad areas of research. You'll find works from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies and university repositories, as well as scholarly articles available anywhere across the web. Google Scholar also includes court opinions and patents.

How to set up Google Scholar So that it will retrieve articles available at the West Library:

  1.  Go to Google Scholar   
  2.  Click on settings
  3.  Click on Library Links on the left
  4.  Type in Texas Wesleyan Library in the box

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