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Education Research

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

Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

When you need a definition, synonyms, or to take apart a word turn to the OED.

Encyclopedias

Queen's U also subscribes to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Communication

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Sage Research Methods Online

Sage Research Methods Online logoSage Research Methods is an online collection of more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos. Individual titles are searchable in Omni or your can browse or search within the collection.  A deep and comprehensive resource for those seeking information on research methodologies in the social sciences.

Find Research Handbooks

Picture of the Education library reference collection.Handbooks on research methodologies and topics in education are shelved in the Research Collection on Floor 3. A few high-use titles are in the Quick Reference collection on Floor 2.

The Research Collection circulates for 120 days.

Browse for handbooks on the shelves using the Library of Congress call number classification.

For a systematic search of handbooks available in Queen's Libraries do an advanced search in Omni to locate handbooks by keyword.  For example, to find a handbook on research on reading, change Any field to Title and use keywords handbook reading. Change Resource Type to Books and eBooks.

 
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.
 

Annual Reviews

Popular Handbooks

See the left sidebar or search Omni for more titles.