Subject Guides: Research Resources for Education, Health & Human Services (CEHHS): Graduate Student Resources

Links to Useful Grad Studies Guides

EDK 500/700: Introduction to Research in Education
by Raya Samet Last Updated Feb 3, 2025 25 views this year
EDD 536: Graduate Seminar In Early Childhood Education
by Raya Samet Last Updated Feb 3, 2025 1 views this year
EDK 850 Research Design & Proposal Development
by Raya Samet Last Updated Sep 17, 2024 404 views this year
EDC 620: Survey Research & Design
by Raya Samet Last Updated Sep 17, 2024 1 views this year
Formatting Your Thesis or Dissertation with Microsoft Word
by Holly Sorscher Last Updated Sep 19, 2024 4360 views this year

Raya's Graduate Studies Presentations (2019)

Literature Reviews
Zotero

Raya's Presentation about Literature Reviews (2019)
Appx. 45-minute presentation that Raya Samet (CEHHS Librarian) made for UM-Dearborn Graduate Studies Professional Development series in 2019.
Raya's slide deck about Lit Reviews (2019)
Slides that correspond to the above presentation.

Raya's Zotero presentation (2019)
1-hour presentation/workshop that Raya Samet (CEHHS Librarian) presented for the Graduate Studies Professional Development series in 2019.
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Accompanying handout is available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x6TeUhsUrlPUsoI5rYR0W-xL2QKinxzI/view?usp=sharing

Sage Research Methods

Sage Research Methods
Sage Research Methods includes books, reference books, journal articles, and videos on all aspects of social science research methodology and analysis. Includes both the Little Green Books (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) and the Little Blue Books (Qualitative Research Methods). Also includes a Research Planner to help you plan your research process, and a Which Stats Test tool to help you select the correct statistical test to use.
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Books about writing dissertations

APA Style 7th edition Formatting for Professional Papers (including Dissertations)

APA Style Website: Sample Annotated Professional Paper
This is the official sample professional paper from the APA Style website, and includes annotations illustrating the usage of each element.
APA Style Website: Paper Format
The APA Style website's paper format page includes all of the elements of paper format that you need to follow, including information about the title page, margins and spacing, fonts and headings. Sample papers are included.

Synthesis Matrix for comparing and contrasting ideas/theories

A synthesis matrix helps you record the main points of each source and document how sources relate to each other. After summarizing and evaluating your sources, arrange them in a matrix to help you see how they relate to each other, and apply to each of your themes or variables. By arranging your sources in a matrix by theme or variable, you can see how your sources relate to each other, and can start thinking about how you weave them together to create a narrative.

Synthesis matrix template with examples (Excel)
This excel synthesis matrix shows you how you could set up your own.
Blank Synthesis Matrix Template (Word)
This simple chart-type synthesis matrix in word is a helpful template to get you started.
Blank Synthesis Matrix Template (Excel)
This blank spreadsheet-style matrix is a nice template to help you get started.