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EDSU 918: Research Literature: Home

Books of Interest

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF 76.7 .P83 2020 Reference Desk (1st floor)
Publication Date: 2019
They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff & Cathy Birkenstein
Call Number: PE 1431 .G73 2021 New Book Display Shelf (1st floor)
Publication Date: 2021
Elements of Inquiry by Peter J. Burke
Call Number: Online ebook
Publication Date: 2018
Research Design by John W. Creswell; J. David Creswell
Call Number: H 62 .C6963 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Destination Dissertation by Sonja K. Foss; William Waters
Call Number: LB 2369 .F59 2016
ISBN: 1442246138
Publication Date: 2015
Succeeding with Your Doctorate by Jerry Wellington; Gary McCulloch; Ann-Marie Bathmaker; Cheryl Hunt; Pat Sikes
Call Number: Online ebook
Publication Date: 2005
How to Prepare a Dissertation Proposal by David R. Krathwohl; Nick L. Smith
Call Number: LB 2369 .K725 2005
Publication Date: 2005
Getting It Right: the Essential Elements of the Dissertation by Raymond L. Calabrese
Call Number: Online ebook
Publication Date: 2012
Dissertation Solutions by Bradley N. Axelrod; James Windell
Call Number: Online ebook
Publication Date: 2012
Writing the Doctoral Dissertation by Gordon B. Davis; Clyde A. Parker; Detmar W. Straub
Call Number: Online ebook
Publication Date: 2012
The Faculty Mentor's Wisdom by Raymond L. Calabrese (Editor);
Call Number: Online ebook
Publication Date: 2010

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Seven Steps to a Comprehensive Literature Review: A Multimodal and Cultural Approach by Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie & Rebecca Frels
Publication Date: 2016
Not available at UWSP Text Rental

A Step-By-Step Guide for APA Style Student Papers

A webinar sponsored by Choice and the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)

Online APA assistance

Finding Dissertations online

Search@UW
For online dissertations use the Resource Type = Dissertation facet; for UWSP theses use the Location=Thesis Collection
Worldcat.org
Use Advanced Search and limit to Content Thesis / Dissertations
Open Dissertations (Ebsco)
An open access index to dissertations and theses from the early 20th century to the present.

Open Access Theses & Dissertations
A worldwide database of OA dissertations
NDLTD
A very large free database of dissertations and masters theses worldwide. Often there is a link to the full text.
PQDT Open
PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. You can locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline and view the complete text in PDF format.

Search for Dissertations in Google Scholar

Link Google Scholar to UWSP Libraries
Follow these directions to link Google Scholar to the UWSP Libraries for finding full-text scholarly articles for free.