Research Guides: TESOL at NYU Shanghai: Reference Sources

Reference Resources

Reference resources are a great way to get started with your research. They can help you gather fast facts about a topic, focus your argument, and find lists of further readings written by experts in the field. Use the indexes and tables of contents to understand what you will find in each and go from there.

Research Methods & Learning

SAGE Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
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SAGE Research Methods Online aggregates materials from SAGE's journal and reference content, including dictionaries, datasets, case studies, and books. Researchers can explore methods with the Methods Map tool and gather context (including sample data sets) to help design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct research, and write up findings.
LinkedIn Learning This link opens in a new window
LinkedIn Learning is an online video training library with over one hundred thousand expert-led videos and thousands of courses. NYU community members can use LinkedIn Learning in connection with their LinkedIn account to learn the latest tools, software, and techniques in business, digital media, design, photography, animation, development, and more. Access to LinkedIn Learning is available in the Academics and Worktabs of NYUHome as well as through this link.
Formerly Lynda.com, LinkedIn Learning provides the same services and access to resources via the LinkedIn platform.

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The Sage Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
This encyclopedia covers the basics of traditional research theories and methods, and also discusses important sociopolitical issues and trends influencing the future of education research and practice.
The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry
The Oxford Handbook of Multi and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry offers a range of innovative knowledge- building perspectives and methods tools with the goal of enhancing new ways of asking and addressing complex research questions. The Handbook offers multiple quantitative and qualitative theoretical and interdisciplinary visions and practice.
Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods
The Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods presents information and methodological examples from the field of survey research. This resource uses a Total Survey Error perspective that considers all aspects of possible survey error from a cost-benefit standpoint.

Literature Review

How to do a Literature Review
Guide developed by Kent University Library
Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students
Video by NCSU library
Writing the Literature Review (Part One): Step-by-Step Tutorial for Graduate Students
Video by University of Maryland
Writing the Literature Review Part 2 Step by Step Tutorial for Graduate Students YouTube
Video by University of Maryland

Encyclopedia Resources

There are numerous encyclopedias that provide an overview and background information on every education topic imaginable. These entries are citeable and can provide useful perspectives on how topics might be organized and/or keywords/phrases to use in more in-depth searching.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition
This encyclopedia surveys terms and constructs that are important to understanding research in second language acquisition (SLA) and its applications. Examples of topics covered include: development in SLA, discourse and pragmatics in SLA, individual differences in SLA, instructed SLA, language and the lexicon in SLA, measuring and researching SLA, psycholingustics of SLA, social and sociocultural approaches to SLA, theoretical constructs in SLA. Available as an ebook.
Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education, 2008
A compendium of information on bilingual education and related topics in the United States, with select international contributors providing global insight into the field. Covers the effect of this topic on schools, research centers, legislative bodies, advocacy organizations, and families. Available as an ebook.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning
This encyclopedia covers a range of articles on contemporary language teaching and its history. Themes covered include: methods and materials assessment and testing contexts and concepts influential figures related disciplines, such as psychology, anthropology and sociolinguistics. Available as an ebook and in print.
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
Available as an ebook.
International Encyclopedia of Education
The International Encyclopedia of Education captures the extraordinary technological, societal, and institutional change in education recent years. It aims to encapsulate research in this vibrant field for students and researchers. Available as an ebook.
Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development
This encyclopedia provides comprehensive coverage of educational theory and practice from the primary grades through higher education, including both historical and contemporary perspectives. It integrates numerous theoretical frameworks with field-based applications from many areas in educational research, and features contributions from respected specialists in education, psychology, sociology, philosophy, law, and medicine. Available as an ebook.
International Handbook of Comparative Education
This handbook examines old and new epistemic motifs and theoretical strands that have characterized the interdisciplinary field of comparative and international education in the last 50 years. It analyses the shifting agendas of scholarly research, the different intellectual and ideological perspectives and the changing methodological approaches used to examine and interpret education and pedagogy across different political formations, societies and cultures. Available as an ebook.