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Selected resources for EdD research
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Selected resources for EdD research
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Core Databases & Journals
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Core Databases & Journals
Core Databases
The databases listed here are among the most commonly used in education-related research. If your research interest takes you outside of the disciplines represented in this list, find many other options, grouped by subject, here.
Hover over a database's title to see a short description of what it contains.
Search for a Specific Journal When you need to see if Bethel has access
If the journal does not appear in the search below, or the available date range does not match the date you need, request the item via ILLiad.
Use CLICsearch to find specific journal titles. Search results will contain holdings and links for those we have access to. If it does not appear, check your spelling and then request via Illiad, our interlibrary loan service.
Core Education Journals A selected list available through BUL
To browse issues, click on the links below and choose an issue.
To find articles within these journals, you'll want a journal index like ERIC, where you can use search terms for your topic and limit the search to a journal name.
Note: For the Chronicle of Higher Ed, click on the small login link on this page and scroll through alpha list.
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Try CLICsearch for Bethel, Concordia-SP, Hamline, Northwestern, St. Thomas, and St. Kate's. Requests usually take only 1 business day.
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Try WorldCat for a search of nearly all libraries
Featured Titles
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Delivering on the Promise of Democracy: Visual Case Studies in Educational Equity and Transformation by Publication Date: 2019-01-08 -
Race, Equity, and Education by Publication Date: 2015 -
Leadership for Social Justice in Higher Education by Publication Date: 2014 -
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Becoming a School Principal: Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn by Call Number: 371.2012 F441b 2015Publication Date: 2015 -
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From the Ivory Tower to the Schoolhouse: how scholarship becomes common knowledge in education by Call Number: 370.72 S3591f 2014Publication Date: 2014 -
Governing at the Top: Building a Board-Superintendent Strategic Governing Team by Call Number: 379.1531 E115g 2014Publication Date: 2014 -
On Poverty and Learning by Publication Date: 2016
Find Reference Sources
For topic overviews and background information
Find Reference Sources
For topic overviews and background information
Electronic Reference Sources
Reference books are not intended to be read cover to cover. They're to be consulted for background, context, definition and outline, and they usually include brief but excellent bibliographies that point you to further research on the subject. They're a great place to get quick info, or to get a basic grounding in something with which you may not be overly familiar.
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The SAGE Handbook of Educational Leadership by Addresses the most fundamental and contested issues in the field, including culturally relevant and distributed leadership; critical policy and practice issues predicting the new centurys conflict; the paradox of changes; and the promises, paradoxes, and pitfalls of standards for educational leaders. -
Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration by Publication Date: 2006Presents theories, research, terms, concepts, ideas, and histories on educational leadership and school administration. -
Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy by Publication Date: 2014Examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them and presents them in the context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses. In addition to interpretations of long-established theories, this work offers essays on cutting-edge research and concise, to-the-point definitions of key concepts, ideas, schools, and figures. -
Educational Theories by offers an introduction to different philosophical and theoretical perspectives on education and their influence on academic performance and curriculum design. The essays look first at popular educational philosophies before moving on to discuss a number of theories on motivation and attitude and their application to the learning process. -
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation by Publication Date: 2018In addition to expected entries covering the basics of traditional theories and methods, other entries discuss important sociopolitical issues and trends influencing the future of that research and practice. -
Encyclopedia of Research Design by Publication Date: 2010Explains how to make decisions about research design, undertake research projects in an ethical manner, interpret and draw valid inferences from data, and evaluate experiment design strategies and results. Includes bibliographies and reviews of commonly used tools. -
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods by Offers readers an all-encompassing education in the ways of social science researchers.The Encyclopedia features two major types of entries: definitions, consisting of a paragraph or two, provide a quick explanation of a methodological term; and topical treatments or essays discussing the nature, history, application/example and implication of using a certain method. -
Encyclopedia of Case Study Research by Provides a compendium on the important methodological issues in conducting case study research and explores both the strengths and weaknesses of different paradigmatic approaches. The encyclopedia focuses on the distinctive characteristics of case study research and its place within and alongside other research methodologies. -
SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment by The handbook emphasizes theory, conceptual frameworks, and all varieties of research (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods) to provide an in-depth understanding of the knowledge base in each area of classroom assessment and how to conduct inquiry in the area. -
Encyclopedia of Christian Education by Explores the many facets of Christian education in terms of its impact on curriculum, literacy, teacher training, outcomes, and professional standards. This encyclopedia is the first reference work devoted exclusively to chronicling the unique history of Christian education across the globe, illustrating how Christian educators pioneered such educational institutions and reforms as universal literacy, home schooling, Sunday schools, women’s education, graded schools, compulsory education of the deaf and blind, and kindergarten. -
APA Handbook of Giftedness and Talent by Incorporates the most recent thinking and cutting-edge research from a wide range of fields related to gifted education, including developmental and social psychology, the neurosciences, cognitive science, and education. -
Encyclopedia of Disability by Improves the reader's understanding and appreciation of the world of disability. -
Encyclopedia of Special Education by Publication Date: 2014Offers a thoroughly revised, comprehensive A to Z compilation of authoritative information on the education of those with special needs. All articles are cross-referenced, and citations guiding you to related sources appear at the end of each entry. -
Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education by Publication Date: 2017Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and advances in the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. This research handbook provides higher education administrators, student affairs personnel, institutional researchers, and faculty with an integrated volume of theory, method, and application.
Find Tests & Measures
In print, through BUL databases, and on the open Web
Find Tests & Measures
In print, through BUL databases, and on the open Web
Find Tests/Measures Using PsycTESTS
PsycTESTS®, produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), serves as a repository for a growing selection of psychological tests and measures, including thousands of actual test instruments and test items that are available for immediate download and use in research and teaching.
The interface looks like PsycINFO, but the contents are restricted to tests. Use words associated with what you want to measure. You may want to search PsycINFO first, to get a sense for the best terminology to use.
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ERIC contains nearly 30,000 theses and dissertations, and most documents from 1996 to the present are available in full text online.
NOTE: In ERIC bachelor's, master's, and doctoral theses are all given the source type of "Dissertation/Thesis," so note the degree for which the thesis was completed in the item record as you browse.
One of the best ways to find tests (AKA measures, scales, instruments, surveys, questionnaires, assessment, evaluation) is to search the journal literature in your discipline. For Education research, the best place to look is ERIC. After ERIC, try PsycINFO, which indexes tests and measures of all kinds, and also has limiting features for both Methodology and Tests & Measures. Super helpful!
OK. But how? It's easy, really. Once you formulate your search (see the "Search Tips" section of this guide on the "Find Articles" tab), add a variety of terms commonly used to describe assessment or evaluation, like this:
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Among your results, you'll find various studies that use some kind of instrument. Sometimes these are reproduced within the article, and sometimes only mentioned. If you need to find a test that is mentioned in an article, check the reference list to see its source. You can also try searching the database using the name of the test. Not all of these will be available to students, but some will. Remember that professional ethics require that if the article does not explicitly grant permission to use a test reproduced in its entirety, you should attempt to contact the author for permission. Contact information is usually provided within the PsycINFO record. Or ask your friendly librarian for help!
Test Resources on the Web
Tests & Measurements Books in Print
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Directory of Psychological Tests in the Sport and Exercise Sciences by Call Number: 796.019 D59874 -
Mental Measurements Yearbooks by Call Number: Reference 155.28 B967mISBN: 091067468XMental Measurements Yearbooks are designed to assist professionals in selecting and using standardized tests. The series, initiated in 1938, provides factual information and critical reviews on the construction, use, and validity of commercially available tests published in English. -
Positive Psychological Assessment by Call Number: Main Collection 150.287 P8557 -
Tests in Print IX by Call Number: REF 150.287 T345 2016ISBN: 9780910674652Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. Now in its Ninth Edition, TIP provides vital information about tests to test users including test purpose, intended test population, administration times, scores generated, price, test publisher, in-print status, test acronym, publication date(s), and test author(s). A score index permits users to identify what is measured by each test. Tests in Print also guides readers to candid test reviews written by testing experts and published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series. -
Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes by Call Number: Reference 155.28 R662tProvides a comprehensive guide to the most promising and useful measures of important social science concepts. -
Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental MeasuresCall Number: Reference 156 G619dIntended "to provide researchers ready access to sources of recently developed experimental measures." For the most part, only American journals were used as sources. Entries arranged under categories, e.g., Achievement. Each entry gives test name, purpose, number of items, format, author, journal reference, and related research.
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Validity in Educational and Psychological Assessment by Publication Date: 2014 -
Major Psychological Assessment Instruments by Call Number: 150.287 N551m 2d -
The ABCs of Curriculum-Based Evaluation by Call Number: 371.264 H8281aThis book provides a practical guide to curriculum-based evaluation (CBE), which helps educators solve learning problems by making data-based decisions about what and how to teach. CBE offers clear procedures for analyzing PreK-12 students' academic skills, determining where instruction needs to focus, and evaluating progress.
Find Theses & Dissertations
Find Theses & Dissertations
Library Search--Dissertations
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PQDT OpenLarge collection of freely available dissertations and theses.
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Open Access Theses & Dissertations (OATD)A large collection of open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world.
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EBSCO Open DissertationsEBSCO Open Dissertations™ is a new, free electronic theses and dissertations database offering access to more than 800,000 ETDs.
How do I Track Down a Specific Thesis?
What if you need a particular thesis and it’s NOT freely available online? You may use interlibrary loan to request a copy
Request a copy via ILL (Interlibrary Loan)
Note: In many cases we can acquire an electronic version, but some theses are often physically owned by only one library at the degree-granting institution. Some libraries will loan their copy, some will not. It’s always OK to try, but it’s not a sure thing that you’ll get it.
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Find a record for the thesis in the WorldCat catalog. From there you can click on the Request Item button, log in with your Bethel account, and submit the form.
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Find a record for the thesis in a Bethel database like ERIC or PsycINFO. Click on the link to Search for Bethel Libraries Full Text. Look for the link to request.
See how to do this here.
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Fill out a blank ILL form. Find a link to ILLiad, our requesting system, on the library’s website (Library Accounts link). Login with your Bethel account. Click on the link for Dissertation/Thesis requests. Fill out the form and submit it.
And Last But Not Least
It's always worth trying a search engine--Google, Bing, or your favorite--using quotation marks around the title and perhaps the author's last name, if the title isn't unique--to see if the author has posted the dissertation on the web somewhere. It's surprising how often this is the case.
And for cases where you can't find a free copy, but you CAN find contact info for the author, try to get in touch with the author and ask if they'd be willing to share a copy of their thesis with you. Many people are thrilled that someone is interested in their blood-sweat-and-tears project, and would happily oblige.
Find Statistics, Reports & Assessment Resources
Find Statistics, Reports & Assessment Resources
Statistics & Assessment Resources
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StatistaStatista.com provides direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.
Reports & Other Government Resources
Federal Govt. & Other National
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