SERP 603 - Equity and Justice in Special Education

Use the resources below to help you successfully complete your research in SERP 603.

Things to do:

• Select a citation manager,
  • We recommend Zotero or Endnote
• Learn how to use the citation manager you select 
  • Get started with EndNote
  • Get started with Zotero
• Develop a structure for capturing annotation data
  • This guide can help you identify potential categories 
  • Test your structure in your selected citation manager and make adjustments as needed
• Input data into your citation management tool

Connect to Scholarship:

Identify library databases in your research areas

• Use the dropdown under All Subjects to locate databases in different disciplinary areas.

Connect to Journals:

Explore academic journals in your research area.

• Tips for identifying journals
  • Note the journal titles from the articles that you locate in your database searches
  • Ask your professor for recommended journal titles
  • Use a tool like Journal Citation Reports to identify journals in your area of research. Follow these steps to locate specific categories including Special Education:
    • Select the Categories tab in the navigation bar
    • Click the See All 254 Categories link
    • In the search box type education, special to see a list of journals

Use the Sage Project Planner to help you get started. 

• Identify your topic 
• Develop your research question

Use the information below to help you differentiate between different types of scholarly research.

• Identify empirical scholarship
• Identify conceptual scholarship
• Identify theoretical scholarship

Use the information below to help you select the research that will be the most useful you you

• Evaluate and select resources