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This guide provides suggested resources and search strategies for research methods, methodologies, and research design. It is relevant to EDUC 864, EDUC 222, as well as graduate students working on their thesis or dissertation.
If you need help, please contact Adena Brons, Education Librarian at 778 782 7419 or abrons@sfu.ca or Ask a librarian
Top resource
Sage Research Methods Online is the most comprehensive resource available through the library for learning about research methods. Use the Discipline Quick Filter in the left side menu to limit your search results to Education.
- Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series (Little Green Books)
- Qualitative Research Methods series (Little Blue Books)
- Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias
- Case studies of real research projects
- Sample datasets for hands-on practice
- Streaming video to see research in action
Search Tip: use the Methods Map under the Tools menu to explore how different methods are related to each other.
Theses and dissertations
Learn from other graduate students through reading the methodology chapters of theses and dissertations in your area.
SFU Education theses & dissertations in Summit
SFU theses and final research projects by Education graduate students, dating back to the 1960's.
Theses Canada
References to citations, abstracts, and full text (where available) for theses and dissertations from Canadian universities.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Abstracts and Index
Historic and ongoing coverage of theses and dissertations, including indexes, abstracts, and full text.
Search Tip: Use the red Get@SFU link to search for full-text or request theses & dissertations using Interlibrary Loan.
Books and reference sources
Use the Library Catalogue to find books, handbooks, and encyclopedia entries about specific methods.
- "topic word" AND "research method*"
- "qualitative research" AND method*
- indigen* AND "research method*"
Search Tip: use subject headings for precise searches, such as Social Sciences--Research--Methodology.
Indigenous research methods
- Indigenous Research Methods in Action speaker series: This series hosted by the Research Commons showcases SFU researchers who use Indigenous Research Methods and highlight how these methods have been used in practice.
- Respectful Research: Learn about doing research in a respectful way, covering copyright and Indigenous Knowledge, data sovereignty, information literacy, research methods, and writing and citing. (Indigenous Curriculum Resource Centre at SFU)
- Indigenous knowledge and pedagogy: Indigenous approaches to knowledge and pedagogy, including research methods. (Indigenous Curriculum Resource Centre at SFU)
- Indigenous research methodologies: Strategies for finding resources about and exemplars of Indigenous research methodologies. (X̱wi7x̱wa Library at UBC)