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SPED 8100: Pro Seminar I: Finding Empirical Research

Peer Review Journals in Special Education

Finding Empirical Research

The following databases will help you find empirical research on education topics:

Google Scholar

Associations & Research Centers

Professional associations and research centers are good sites to find research-based information outside of the typical publication stream. Look to these organizations for conference proceedings, white papers, news from the field and scholars to know.

Managing Your Research

As you embark on your research career, you will need to find an efficient way to manage the library of readings you are building. The Vanderbilt Libraries provides workshops on the EndNote software package. The guide listed below will provide more information.

Wikipedia has a comparison of bibliographic management software packages.