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- Credo ReferenceSearch and access over 460 high-quality encyclopedias and dictionaries in a wide variety of subject areas.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new windowAccess to standard and academic reference sources on a wide range of topics, including business, law, literature, medicine, technology, and more.
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The WSU Library has a modest collection of research materials. For most research topics, you will be able to locate credible books within our collection. Use the WSU Library Catalog (linked below) to locate books in our library.
- WorldCat FirstSearch This link opens in a new windowCombined catalog of over 72,000 libraries, including the Library of Congress. WSU access. Use WorldCat FirstSearch to search for items and submit Resource Sharing requests.
- WSU Library CatalogContains all WSU titles for books, ebooks, videos, government documents, and print journal titles (no individual articles).
- Multicultural Education - WSU Library CatalogBrowse a virtual shelf of 1980-present library books related to and with the Multicultural Education subject heading.
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- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection This link opens in a new windowMillions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from around the world (1861-). Over a million full text dissertations are available for download in PDF format. More than 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies.
- WorldCat FirstSearch This link opens in a new windowCombined catalog of over 72,000 libraries, including the Library of Congress. WSU access. Use WorldCat FirstSearch to search for items and submit Resource Sharing requests.
- OpenDissertations (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
EBSCO Open Dissertations is a free database with records for more than 1.4 million electronic theses and dissertations from more than 320 universities around the world. Strong in education, chemistry, and psychology, but weak in nursing, social work, and business.
- ProQuest Social Sciences Databases This link opens in a new windowAll of the social science databases available from ProQuest including Sociological Abstracts, Criminal Justice Abstracts, and ERIC searchable at one access point.
Reference Books: Qualitative Analysis
The Oxford handbook of qualitative research by ISBN: 0190847409Publication Date: 2020"The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research, second edition, presents a comprehensive retrospective and prospective review of the field of qualitative research..."
This handbook is full of information, and there are several chapters on critical methodologies and ethics. Anthony Kwame Harrison's chapter addresses ethnography. Helen Simmons discusses case study research.
Qualitative Data Analysis by ISBN: 9781506353074Publication Date: 2019-01-22Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña's Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook is the authoritative text for analyzing and displaying qualitative research data.
Reference Books: Multicultural Education
Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education by Call Number: Reference Book- LC1099 .E53 2012 - 1st floorISBN: 9781412981521Publication Date: 2012-05-24With about 700 signed entries with cross-references and recommended readings, the Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education (4 volumes, in both print and electronic formats) will present research and statistics, case studies, and best practices, policies, and programs at pre- and postsecondary levels.
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education by ISBN: 9780313300295Publication Date: 1999-05-30This reference includes more than 400 entries from a broad range of topics related to multicultural education, which the authors define as education geared toward reducing bias, ensuring equity, and promoting understanding of the self and others.
