EDUC779

READ Program

Resources for the Action Research Essay
UCLA Library. (2017). A literature review is more than a summary. [video] YouTube. https://youtu.be/ZDhHkKO3urg
Research Proposal Components

Primary sources (at least 4-5) commonly are journal articles, mongraphs, and papers presented at conferences.

Recommended article databases on the Education Subject Guide.
  1. Watch the video to be sure you are finding new research (primary sources).
  2. Video tutorial: Finding Scholarly Articles in EBSCO
  3. Video tutorial: Finding Research Literature

Secondary sources (at least 4-5) are those sources that do not provide firsthand or eyewitness accounts of research. Rather, they provide expert compilations, analyses, and interpretation of primary information.

Data Tools

If you want to search for a validated, published tool, use the database Health and Psychological Instruments from the Psychology subject guide. Look under "Selected Databases."

Note: this database provides a summary and publication information, but NOT the full text of the tools.

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