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Education Research

A guide to starting points in education research at Queen's University, Kingston.

Find Encyclopedias in Education

Sage Research Methods Online series

Sage Research Methods Online logoQueen's University Library has access to part of the Sage Research Methods online collection of more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos. Individual titles are searchable in QCAT, the Library Catalogue, or your can browse or search within Sage Research Methods Online.  A deep and comprehensive resource for those seeking information on research methodologies in the social sciences.

Find Handbooks in the Education Library

Picture of the Education library reference collection.Handbooks on both research methodologies and topics in education are generally shelved on Floor 3 in the Research stacks. A few encyclopedic titles are on the stair landing on Floor 2.

As with other research materials, handbooks circulate to graduate students and faculty on term loans.

Browse for handbooks by subject using the Library of Congress call number classification.

For a more systematic search of handbooks in the research stacks on Floor 3 or other campus libraries, do an advanced search in Summon to locate handbooks by keyword.  For example, to find a handbook that covers research on reading, I would change ALL FIELDS to TITLE and search for handbook reading:

Summon search for handbook reading

 
Next, select Books / e-Book as the Content Type on the left-sidebar.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
publication date limit
 
 
Then, limit by Publication Date range.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Finally, you may find it useful to RE-SORT your results to view the most titles at the top of your result list.
 

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