Research Help
Watch these short videos about how to find library materials.
We are happy to help you with your search strategy, including where to search and what keywords might work best. It is up to you to evaluate materials to determine if they fit your needs for research or a class assignment. We do not evaluate materials for quality, relevance, type of study (qualitative/quantitative), etc. If you are looking specifically for a qualitative or quantitative article, try using sample keywords below for each type of study:
- 禄&苍产蝉辫;蚕耻补濒颈迟补迟颈惫别
Qualitative research usually contains descriptive judgment words based on observable
experiments, behavior, or studies. Words to add to keyword searches that may help identify the study as qualitative:- phenomenology (or phenomenological)
- 鈥渓ived experience鈥�
- 鈥済rounded theory鈥�
- 鈥渓ife experience鈥�
- experience
- 鈥渇ocus group鈥�
- interview
- 鈥渃ase study鈥�
- ethnography (or ethnographic)
- narrative
- observation/observing/observe
- ethic/ethical
- credible/credibility/trustworthy/trustworthiness
- 鈥渃ontent analysis鈥�
- participant
- discourse analysis
- 禄&苍产蝉辫;蚕耻补苍迟颈迟补迟颈惫别
Quantitative research usually consists of gathering and statistically analyzing information
measured by instruments, not people, and is quantifiable numerically. Words to add to keyword searches that may help identify the study as quantitative:- correlation
- empirical research
- experiment
- hypothesis
- reliability
- sample
- validity
- variable/variance/variation
- Chi-Square test
- analysis of variance
- confidence intervals
- statistic/statistically
- distribution
- validation
- mathematical
- ANOVA/ANCOVA
- trial/clinical trial
- randomized
- controlled
- survey
Please contact Holly Mills for research help with EagleSearch, Google Scholar, or databases.