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Education - GED 500

Research Methods in Education

Meet your Subject Librarian

Wei Ma

I work with all students, faculty, and staff of College of Education.

Email: wma@csudh.edu
Call: (310) 243-2085
My Office: LIB South, Librarian Faculty Offices 2037-G

Meet me online via Zoom! (Schedule a meeting here)

GED 500: Class Outline & Tutorials:

Outline of the Library Presentation:

It is highly recommended that you view all the videos below if you are a first time learner to access and research for primary research articles. However, if you have some experience on the area, you can selectively view the sections/videos below.

Section 1: Things to do before starting your Library research (to save your time and be more productive):

To learn the difference between Scholarly articles vs. Magazine articles (Video: 7:05 minutes)
To help you understand your topic and to do a more effective search for articles, please follow this video: Analyzing the topic before starting research, and Identifying the keyword (Video: 7:02 minutes)
- Click here to get a copy of the "Topic Analysis" Worksheet (PDF)

Section 2: Search Education related Articles:

Option1: A step-by-step guide on How to search Education article video, including searching techniques, APA format and more, Video: 8:49 minutes)
Option 2: Hands-on practice on search Education articles - you can do the search together with me(Video: 24:17 minutes)

Section 3: How to read a scholarly article - to help you better understand and save time:

Effective way to read a scholarly article (Video: 4:08 minutes)

Section 4: How to write a journal article critique:

Information on how to write a journal article critique: https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/writing-article-critique