LibGuides: Doing Research in Education: Start here

Welcome!

I'm Anne Graf, Librarian for Education.

"Research" may be looking for that perfect article for your paper, or as extensive as designing a survey and conducting a literature review. Wherever your project falls on that spectrum, I can help you find what you need more quickly and make progress on your goals. If you are doing research for an education class or on an education-related topic, email me anytime, ajumonvi@trinity.edu.

Conducting Educational Research

"Research" in education can mean a lot of things. There are many methods and approaches to consider, and it can be overwhelming. Here are some good explanations of common approaches you may have heard of that can get you started on your own research path:

Action Research
A systematic inquiry process often used by teachers for the purpose of taking specific actions to improve their own practice, school context, and student experience/learning.
Designing Questionnaires & Surveys
If you only have time to read one article about survey design, this condenses a lot of good information efficiently.
Pages 468-469 offer concrete guidance and examples for survey questions if that's of particular interest to you.

Conducting Educational Research by Bruce W. Tuckman; Brian E. Harper
ISBN: 9781442209657
The library has many books about educational research methods. This ebook is just one example.

Tools

NVivo
NVivo 11 Pro is qualitative data analysis software produced by QSR International and designed for qualitative researchers working with rich text-based and/or multimedia information for which deep levels of analysis on volumes of data are required. This software will allow individuals to import and analyze images, video, emails, spreadsheets, online surveys, web data, and information from Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as imported survey data from Qualtrics.
Qualtrics
Qualtrics is a respected and powerful web-based survey system for building and distributing surveys for research. It also includes sophisticated data analysis tools for sifting through survey results.

FAQs

Interlibrary Loan
FAQs about Trinity's interlibrary loan service
Citing Sources
Templates for citation formatting
E-Books
Using library e-books (downloading, printing, etc.)
Managing References
Zotero is a free tool that can help you capture citations, organize them, and create bibliographies.