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Library – Coast Capital Savings Library

Resources to Support Research & Scholarship

This is a very brief list of Kwantlen library resources that may be useful for your research and scholarship. It is intended only as a starting place. Please ask a librarian if you don't find what you need; we're here to help!

If you would like to consult with a librarian on your research, or would like to receive training on any of our resources or services, please contact your department's liaison librarian .

Grants & funding

Grant sources

Kwantlen's Office of Research & Scholarship (ORS) has information about both internal and external funding sources. The library has a number of additional resources to help you locate funding. They are all listed in the library catalogue. Here are a few sample titles:

To find more grant source books, check the library catalogue using subject keywords such as :

Grant writing

The library has books to help you write successful grant applications. Some titles are general, and others are specific to one discipline. They are all listed in the library catalogue. Here are a few sample titles:

To find more books on grant writing, check the library catalogue using the subject keywords
Proposal writing for grants or just Proposal writing

 

Research Methods

To find a wide range of material on research methods, check the library catalogue using the subject keywords Research methodology . You can also search for specific types of research or by discipline.

Types of research

By discipline

To look for books on research methods in your field, do a keyword search in the library catalogue using the name of your discipline and the words "research methods" or "research methodology". Here are a few examples:

Datasets and Statistical analysis

For information on the datasets available to Kwantlen scholars, please see our Data Services webpage. The library has a number of statistical software guides (including videos) and many books and videos on statistical analysis.

Research ethics

Kwantlen's Office of Research & Scholarship (ORS) website has links to several resources on research ethics in Canada, including the Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS): Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (2nd edition).

The library has a number of books and videos on this topic which you can find by searching under the following subject keywords:

Here are a few sample titles:

Getting Published

The library has numerous manuals on scholarly writing, and resources to help you get published. Some are general in nature, and others are particular to one field. You can find most of these titles using the following subject keywords:

Open access publishing

  • Directory of Open Access Journals
    Lists over 3000 free, full text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals, of which half are searchable at the article level. It includes Postcolonial Text , a journal which Ranjini Mendis (English faculty, Kwantlen) co-founded and managed with John Willinsky, and of which she is now Associate Editor.

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  • SHERPA/ROMEO : Publishers' copyright and self-archiving policies.
    Use this site to find a summary of permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher's copyright transfer agreement.

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  • SHERPA/JULIET : Granting agencies' open-access publishing and archiving policies.
    Sort list by country to find Canadian granting agencies.

More authors' tools

Kwantlen authors

To find works by Kwantlen faculty, employees and administrators, search in the library catalogue using the keywords "Kwantlen author" .

If your work isn't listed, please let us know !
 

Updated:30/01/2012

By: Chris Burns, Research Support & Data Services Librarian (604) 599-3198