Welcome: How to use this guide
Welcome to the starting point for discovering the amazing resources and powerful tools available for your research from the Vanderbilt University Libraries. On this page, you will see a menu of links out to curated research guides for each program in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations. If you have questions, please use the contact box on the right to email or schedule and appointment with Sarah Stevenson, Librarian for Education.
Program Research Guides
Course-Specific Research Guides
Research Guides for Leadership, Policy, & Organizations
International Education Policy & Management (IEPM)
Guide to resources and tools for research on international education policy & management topics.
Leading Organizations (MLO)
Guide to resources and tools for research on leading organizations.
Independent School Leadership (ISL)
Guide to resources and tools for research on independent school leadership.
Education Policy Research (MPP)
Guide to resources and tools for research on education policy topics.
Leadership & Organizational Performance (LOP)
Guide to resources and tools for research on leadership and organizational performance topics.
Higher Education Administration (HEA)
Guide to resources and tools for research on higher education administration topics.
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
Guide to resources and tools for Humphrey Fellowship research projects.
Explore Popular Library Webinars for LPO
Literature Reviews Webinar
This webinar provides an overview of the literature review process discusses creating a research strategy. Topics include structuring a literature review, choosing databases, selecting keywords, and forming search strings to strategically locate scholarship on a given topic.
Organizing Research with Zotero
This webinar discusses the basics of using Zotero to manage your citations while conducting research. Sarah demonstrates how to add materials to your Zotero library and how to use Zotero to generate citations and a bibliography within Microsoft Word and Google Docs.
