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Educational Leadership Subject Guide

This resource is designed to support doctoral candidates in their educational journey, providing a curated collection of tools, resources, and research strategies tailored to your needs.

Welcome to our Educational Leadership Subject Guide

This guide aims to help you navigate the various resources available through the Wahlstrom Library to support you in your research and assignments for educational leadership.

Explore Your Topic

1. Explore Your Topic

Before you settle on a topic, it's a good idea to do some background research first. The library is a great source for background information!

Refine Your Topic

2. Refine Your Topic

Now that you've done some background research, it's time to narrow your topic. Remember: the shorter your final paper, the narrower your topic needs to be.

Search for Sources

3. Search For Sources

After you've refined your topic, it's time to start searching for sources. Do you need books, articles, or something else?

Evaluate Your Sources

4. Evaluate Your Sources

It's always a good idea to evaluate sources before using them in your assignment. Do you need to have scholarly sources or the most recent research?

Writing Center

5. Write

Pull everything together to share your argument and your evidence. Tie ideas from your sources together with your own thoughts and analysis to make a compelling case.