Comparative Education: A Library Research Guide  

If you need a copy of a issertation that is not available online full text, you can use the Library's free Interlibrary Loan Service to try and obtain a copy.

In addition to the databases below, you can also locate dissertations that are distributed as open access dissertations by searching Google using the the title, author. or keyword although identifying a dissertation from the retrieved results is a bit challenging due to the lack of meta tagging.. 

The CLIC has a collection of more than 300 handbooks. BE sure to check here as new handbooks are added periodically. Handbooks are a great resource for locating best practices, research theories, names of authors, background material, overviews of topics, and good keyword terminology to use when you search databases for journal articles and other materials to inform and support your research.

The handbooks are located to the right of the door as you enter the CLIC. You cannot check out handbooks; however you can scan (free if you use the digital sender in the CLIC) or photocopy them for 8 cents per page using the public printer in the CLIC and your Cavalier debit card

Sample Handbooks

You may be asked to find articles in peer-reviewed (or refereed) journals. You can click on the link for each journal and search within that journal for your topic.

Or you can look for articles in these journals when you're conducting searches in the research databases. To do so, go to a database listed on the left and type in the name of the journal and press SEARCH. If articles from that journal appear, you can start a new search and this time, you could enter the journal title in the first box and then enter keywords or authors in the second search box.

If you are using these resources off-Grounds, you will need to authenticate with Netbadge.

Below are a few examples of associations that are related to comparative education.  The web sites for associations frequently have links to the journals and other publications they produced.  They often post useful sources of information on policies, reforms and research within their areas of interest. They may also provide career information, have blogs, post videos, promote conferences, and provide information about student memberships in their associations. They also provide instructions for authors who wish to submit articles to their journals for publications.

The link below is just one sample of the many resources you can use to find information about olagiarism.

You will need to write your research paper using a consistent bibliographic style.  Curry students usually are assigned to use APA style. However, other styles are also available.

You can learn to use RefWorks citation software by contacting a CLIC librarian at 434-924-7040. RefWorks automatically generates, for example, APA formatted citations. You can also elect to write the citations in the style you have been assigned to use, In either case, the links below should prove useful.

Need help finding information for a research project or have questions about borrowing library books?  Contact us.  We are happy to help with any questions about research or library services.

CALL: Kay Buchanan 434-982-2664
CALL: Carole Lohman 434-924-7040
EMAIL: Email the Curry Librarians   

The librarians have created many research guides to help you find resources for your research papers, journal articles you are writing, etc.

This guide was developed by the CLIC librarians to support Comparative Education classes at the U.Va. Curry School of Education.

Updated 1/18/2013

Please give us suggestions to improve this guide!