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Research in Education
Welcome to the research guide for Introduction to Research. This guide will help you find the resources you need to complete the class successfully.
See the course information below as well as a quick list of resources to get you started.
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Best Bets
The following can help you start your research.
See the Library Resources tab for more extensive lists of suggested materials.
Databases
- Education Source
- Why search here? This is one of our most important collections for the field of education.
- What’s included? This collection contains the full text of over 1,800 journals and 550 books. It also contains citations and abstracts for almost 3,000 additional journals and information on 100,000 educational tests.
- Professional Development Collection
- Why search here? This is one of the most important databases for the Division of Education. It includes full-text, peer-reviewed journals and educational reports.
- What’s included? Contents include over 200 full-text journals, 200 educational reports, and citations and abstracts for an additional 750 journals.
- Educational Technology Research & Development
Reviewed research primarily concerned with education technology; reviews and international reviews.
- Journal of Education
Articles aimed at students and educators on issues in contemporary education.
- Encyclopedia of Educational Research byCall Number: Ref. 370.78 En19 5th ed.ISBN: 0029004314Publication Date:
Sponsored by the American Educational Research Association, this encyclopedia provides a critical synthesis and interpretation of reported educational research on various issues from preschool to post-secondary education for 50 years.
- Research Methods in Education byCall Number: eBookISBN: 0203224345Publication Date:
The authors have thoroughly updated the fourth edition and included more text on current developments in research practice, action research, developments in ICT, questionnaire design, ethnographic research, conducting needs analysis, constructing and using tests, observational methods, reliability and validity, ethical issues, and curriculum research.
Education at Northwestern
These links will take you to official NWOSU university pages.
- School of Education
The School of Education offers a variety of undergraduate majors and a master of counseling psychology (MCP), a master of general psychology, and a master of education (M.Ed.) at the graduate level.
- Division of Education
The Division of Education is committed to helping teacher education candidates, students, and educators meet the high standards expected of higher education institutions and public/private schools today.
- Graduate Studies
If you are interested in furthering your higher education at Northwestern, we offer master’s degree programs in education, counseling psychology, general psychology, and American studies—and one doctorate program in Nursing Practice (BSN to DNP online).
- Master of Education
The master of education degrees are available to any individual who holds a baccalaureate degree in the field of education from an accredited institution and who has a current teaching certificate.