Spalding University Library: EDD-901: Leadership Theory & Academic Writing: Getting Started

Schedule an Appointment

Meet with a librarian for one-on-one research assistance.

Welcome

This guide is intended to serve as a landing page for some of the basic resources and services that you'll likely use during your research in the EDD program. Use the yellow tabs on the left sidebar to navigate between different pages.

Research process - an overview of the research process, including a how-to guide for each of the five steps
How Do I Find... a guide to finding specific types of sources
Annotated Bibliography - an overview of purpose and process of writing annotated bibliographies
Interlibrary Loan - information on borrowing items from other libraries and the Metroversity consortium
Citing Information - an overview of various citation styles and citation management software (i.e. Zotero)
Copyright Basics - an overview of copyright law

Recommended Databases

Multi-Disciplinary

See also Databases A-Z

EBSCO Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. EBSCO Academic Search Complete includes full-text access to peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for magazines, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features some PDF content going back as far as 1867, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals.

Education

Chronicle of Higher Education Campuswide This link opens in a new window
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Education Research Complete covers the areas of curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) This link opens in a new window
The Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides access to educational literature and resources. This database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
Educator's Reference Complete (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator--from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Educator's Reference Complete seeks to provide full text for titles in the Eric database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty--such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. It also provides insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy.

Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Teacher Reference Center covers a variety of topics of interest to teachers, including assessment, best practices, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, elementary education, higher education, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, school administration, science & mathematics, and teacher education.

Business

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Business research database features full text and searchable cited references for top journals covering a variety of business disciplines. In addition, it includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
Business (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive business resource for the undergraduate researcher seeking company news, the public library patron making personal investment decisions, or the high school student looking to major in business administration, Business Collection provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily. Complementing these titles is a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications, all available on the state-of-the-art InfoTrac platform.

Writing Center Appointments

The Spalding University Writing Center is located on the 2nd floor of the University Library in the PNC Center for Student Success.

Hours: 8 am-6 pm Monday-Friday

Consultations are usually 45 minutes. Please bring your assignment sheet and any other supporting materials.

Our goal is to help you in the writing process; we usually focus on two or three areas of revision opportunity in your work.

You can schedule an appointment by calling us at (502) 873-4494 or by emailing us at [email protected].

You can also submit your work for online feedback via the link below: