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EDUC 3088: Senior Research Seminar

Prof. Thea Abu El-Haj, Fall 2025

About this guide

""Welcome! This guide highlights key resources for conducting effective information research in education, including the following:

  • Reference sources to find background information on your topic
  • Examples of literature reviews and resources for writing them
  • Catalogs to search for books in print and online
  • Databases for locating scholarly journal articles, reviews, and newspaper articles
  • Ideas for locating primary sources including data and statistics 
  • Resources for citing your sources and writing in education
  • Tips to to help keep textbook costs down

If you need assistance identifying additional resources, search terms or strategies, please schedule a research consultation

Image: Barnard College Campus with Snow, circa 1960s, via Barnard Archives

 

Background information

Consult scholarly reference sources to get an overview of a topic, an introduction to a theory, definitions to discipline-specific terms, and more.