Using books in education research
Traditional books/monographs hold an important place in the research process alongside journal literature.
- Books are an excellent source of information on education and psychological theorists.
- Both circulating and reference books provide valuable background information on a topic of interest and their cited references are an efficient way to locate related research literature.
- Current reference books can be used to access statistical data in education.
Searching for books
CONSULS (CSU Online Catalog)
- Use CONSULS, the WCSU Libraries online catalog, to locate books and other materials relevant to the conducting of education research and the study of research methodologies.
- You may search CONSULS by author, title, subject, or keyword.
- If you do not retrieve enough items using subject search, be sure to run a keyword search as well.
- In the keyword search option, make sure to put phrases in quotes ("action research")
- Books at CCSU, ECSU, SCSU can be delivered to WCSU using the CONSULS "Request Book" feature (accessible from book record display screen, using your library PIN code).
Other Library Catalogs
Browsing for books
- The education circulating book collection is housed on the 4th floor of Haas Library in the Library of Congress "L" Class.
- The education reference book collection is housed on the 1st floor of Haas Library in the same class.
- For educational psychology topics, browse in the "BF" class as well.
- The Curriculum Room on the 4th floor of Haas Library houses a strong collection of instructional guides, handbooks and teaching kits.
Selected Books on Action Research
- The SAGE handbook of action research : participative inquiry and practice. Edited by Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury. Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2008. HAAS HM 571 .H36 2008
- Sagor, Richard. The action research guidebook : a four-step process for educators and school teams / Richard Sagor. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2005. HAAS LB 1028.24 .S33 2005
- Benton, Jean. Using action research to foster positive social values / Jean Benton. Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2005. HAAS LC 311 .B46 2005
- Action research in education / Ernie Stringer. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall, c2004. HAAS LB 1028.24 .S86 2004
- Tomal, Daniel R. Action research for educators / Daniel R. Tomal. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003. HAAS LB 1028.24 T66 2006
- Sagor, Richard. Guiding school improvement with action research / Richard Sagor. Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2000. HAAS LB 1028.24 .S34 2000
- Guiding school improvement with action research [videorecording]. Alexandria, Va. : ASCD, 2000. HAAS VIDEO LB 1028.24 .G85 2000
- Stringer, Ernest T. Action research / Ernest T. Stringer. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1999. HAAS HV 11 .S835 1999
- A teacher's guide to classroom research / David Hopkins. Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2002. HAAS LB 1028.24 .H67 2002
- Handbook of qualitative research / Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, editors. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2000. REF H62 .H2455 2000
- What works in schools : translating research into action / Robert J. Marzano. Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2003. CURRIC LAB LB2822.82 .M37 2003
