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Robertson Library provides students with different printing and scanning options
3D Printing - The Library's 3D printing is no longer available at this time, email 3dlibrary@upei.ca for questions.
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Check out our 2022 Library Tour! Discover the study spaces and services and resources available at the Library.
Our 2022 Library Tour is also available in Bengali, French, Hindi, Mandarin, and Persian.
Group Study Rooms: 260-261 (in Collaboratory), upstairs: 306, 330, 341-350
Group size: 2-8 people (306 can hold larger groups, ask at the Service Desk)
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The following are valid subject headings for some of the most important databases within OneSearch, and which databases they are most prominent in.
Combine these terms with your keywords to help find examples of particular kinds of studies relating to your topic.
(BSC = Business Source Complete)
SU “Research methodology” - ERIC, SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline
Qualitative
SU interviews - ERIC, Medline, CINAHL, BSC, SocIndex, CAB
SU surveys - ERIC, SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline
SU “qualitative research” - BSC, Medline, ERIC, SocIndex, PsycINFO
SU “action research” - ERIC, CINAHL, PsycINFO, SocIndex
SU “case stud*” - ERIC, CAB, PsycINFO
SU interviewing - SocIndex, BSC
SU ethnography - ERIC, PsycINFO, CAB, Medline
SU questionnaires - ERIC, SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline, CAB
SU “focus groups” - ERIC, SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline
SU ”mixed methods research” - ERIC, BSC, PsycINFO, SocIndex
SU “grounded theory” - ERIC, SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline
SU ethnology - ERIC, SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline
SU phenomenology - ERIC, SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline
Quantitative
SU “quantitative research” - SocIndex, BSC, PsycINFO
SU “analysis of variance” - ERIC, SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline, CAB
SU “chi-squared test” - SocIndex, BSC
SU sampling - ERIC, SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline, CAB
SU “descriptive statistics” - SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline, CAB
SU inferential - CINAHL, PsycINFO, BSC
SU “double-blind” - Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO
SU randomized - SocIndex, PsycINFO, CINAHL, BSC, Medline, CAB