Welcome!
Welcome to the Research Guide for Delaware Valley University's graduate education resources. Please use the menu to navigate. Contact Elise Georgulis, Graduate Instruction and Research Librarian, with any questions.
Research Assistance
Library staff members are always willing and eager to help you with your assignments. Please contact us by email, phone, or text message, and we will respond to your questions as soon as possible.
General Email: library@delval.edu
Call or Text: 215-948-4171
Elise's Email: elise.georgulis@delval.edu
The library now uses Zoom phones. Please email Elise to schedule a Zoom call.
Password Problems?
When prompted to login to library databases, your username and password are the same as your myDelVal credentials. If your credentials are not working, contact the Help Desk by selecting "Technology Services Support" in the DVU Hub (link below).
- Interlibrary LoanIf a book or article you want is not available, use Interlibrary Loan (ILL). The Library can order books and articles from other libraries. This process takes few days but is completely free for DelVal students, faculty, and staff.
Before you submit an ILL, check Google Scholar or Summon to see if we have immediate access or if it is freely available online.
Try these Databases first:
- Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Contains the index and full-text for over 2 million doctoral and master's theses completed at accredited North American and select European universities, from 1743 onwards. - ERIC: Education Resources Information Center This link opens in a new window
Contains journal articles, conference proceedings, government documents, theses, dissertations, books, in the area of education. Maintained by the U.S. Department of Education. - Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
A free research tool that searches across many disciplines and sources. Click more link to learn how to link the Library's resources into Google Scholar. - SAGE Journals This link opens in a new window
Articles in education and psychology covering topics such as educational administration and counseling psychology. - Summon This link opens in a new window
A research tool that searches all DelVal databases simultaneously. Contains books, ebooks, dvds, online videos, journals, magazines, newspapers, conference proceedings, and more. - PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full-text journal articles in subject areas such as applied psychology, health, theory, research, social/personality, and more.
Law and Court Resources
- Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
A collection of thousands of law, news, and business publications. It is especially useful for legal research, and it is regularly updated with the most recent news and legal information.
Dissertation Examples
Websites
Check out these web resources:
- American Counseling AssociationSource: ACS
Promoting counselors through work in advocacy, research and professional standards. - American School Counselor AssociationSource: ASCA
Provides professional development, publications and other resources, research and advocacy to professional school counselors around the globe. - National Alliance of Specialized Instructional Support PersonelSource: NASISP
Provide and support school-based prevention and intervention services to address barriers to educational success. - National Association of School PsychologistsSource: NASP
Represents and supports the profession of school psychology by advancing effective practices to improve students' learning, behavior, and mental health. - National Association of Social WorkersSource: NASW
Largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world. - Center for Mental Health in SchoolsSource: UCLA
Seeks to improve outcomes for young people by enhancing the field of mental health in schools. - Pennsylvania Association of Student Assistance ProfessionalsSource: PASAP
Association of school and community-based program specialists organized to meet the needs of Pennsylvania youth for education. - Pennsylvania Association of Private School AdministratorsSource: PAPSA
Workshops, seminars, and conferences. - Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance NetworkSource: PA Department of Education
Support the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of Special Education, and to build the capacity of local educational agencies to serve students who receive special education services.
Education Journals & Newspapers
You can browse through education journals and newspapers for topic ideas, or go straight to journals if you are looking for an article that you know was published in a specific journal. Go to our journal list here to search for specific journals/newspapers and find out if we subscribe to them!
Some journals/newspapers you might find useful that we do subscribe to:
- Education Leadership
- Education Week
- Bulletin of Education & Research
- Action in Teacher Education
- Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice, and Research
- Advances in Education
- International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
- Education and The Law
- Journal of Law & Education