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Research guides

Research guides are topic-specific online tools that include research tips, subject information, and useful resources compiled by librarians at the University of Toronto Libraries. Below is a list of some of the guides designed for students, instructors, researchers, and practitioners in the field of education.

• Children's Literature
• Data and Statistics in Education
• Equity Focused Digital Pedagogy and Learning
• Education Studies Research
• Infusing Indigenous Perspectives in K-12 Teaching
• K-12 Teaching Resources
• OISE's Ontario Historical Education Collections
• Paulo Freire Resources at the OISE Library
• Teaching the Holocaust - Elementary to Secondary
• Teaching History with Online Primary Documents
• Virtual Reality in the Classroom

List of all University of Toronto research guides

Legal Research Guides

• The Comprehensive Guide to Legal Research, Writing & Analysis, 3rd ed. by Moira McCarney et al Call Number: KE250 .C66 2019 Course Reserves
• La Recherche Documentaire en Droit, 5th ed. by Denis Le May et Dominique Goubau avec la collaboration de Nathalie Giguère Call Number: KEQ140 .L45 2002 Course Reserves
• The Law Workbook: Developing Skills for Legal Research and Writing, 2nd ed. by Shelley Kierstead, Suzanne Gordon, & Sherifa Elkhadem Call Number: KE250 .G67 2012 Course Reserves
• Legal Problem Solving: Reasoning, Research & Writing, 8th ed. by Maureen F. Fitzgerald with Susan Barker Call Number: KE250 .F57 2019 Course Reserves
• Legal Research and Writing, 4th ed. by Ted Tjaden Call Number: KE250 .T52 2016 Course Reserves Also available online to the U of T community
• Legal Research Handbook, 6th ed. by D.T. MacEllven Call Number: KE250 .M33 2013 Course Reserves
• Legal Writing and Research Manual, 8th ed. by Philip W. Whitehead & Anne Matthewman Call Number: KE265 .Y64 2019 Course Reserves
• The Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research, 4th ed. by Nancy McCormack, John Papadopoulos, & Catherine Cotter Call Number: KE250 .C37 2015 Course Reserves
• Last Updated: Nov 8, 2023 2:36 PM
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The Library is your partner for every step of the research cycle and can help you navigate available services at the campus and institutional level, and beyond. You can also collaborate with the Library for dimensions of your research and knowledge mobilization. 

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Finding Library Resources

LibrarySearch  is a tool you can use to find resources to support your learning, teaching, and research. Start your search or review a guide for tips in using LibrarySearch effectively . You can also visit Subjects A-Z to find primary sources by topic or by title.

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Research guides.

Explore guides by subject specialist librarians to recommend resources and search strategies by course, subject, and resource format.

Scarborough Storytelling

This U of T Scarborough based collection can host your digital interviews and stories for re-use in education and research. Contact [email protected] to find out how to contribute your stories.

T-Space - University of Toronto Research Repository

TSpace is a free and secure research repository established by University of Toronto Libraries to disseminate and preserve the scholarly record of the University of Toronto community, including faculty and graduate student research.

Journal Production Services

Journal Production Services at the University of Toronto Libraries support open access publishing at U of T by providing free hosting for academic faculty and student journals.

U of T Dataverse in Borealis

Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository (formerly Dataverse), is a research data portal hosted by Scholars Portal on behalf of Ontario universities.

Pressbooks is an online book and document formatting system that you can use to create books that are accessible on all platforms. It is a key part of eCampusOntario's Open Library Publishing Platform.

Computing Resources

Find server space through the Digital Research Alliance of Canada or contact Information & Instructional Technology Services to learn about Hosted Services . You can also learn more about computing resources at the Library.

Knowledge Synthesis

Gerstein Library makes available a comprehensive Guide on Knowledge Synthesis . Librarians at U of T Scarborough can also be contacted regarding knowledge synthesis collaborations.

InfoExpress

InfoExpress  is a premium document delivery service, available exclusively to UofT Scarborough faculty, staff and graduate students. InfoExpress retrieves books, articles and other primary materials from the UofT Scarborough library, other U of T campuses or from institutions across Canada and around the world, then delivers them right to your office or inbox.

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Our growing web archives collection preserves at-risk websites published by the U of T Scarborough community as part of our commitment to continuity in the scholarly record, and to telling the story of our campus over time. Reach out to your liaison librarian to see if your website can be archived . 

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Faculty members and graduate students may use this form to request a browsing appointment in Highland Hall storage space.

Research Data Management

The University of Toronto Libraries provide research data management (RDM) resources and services related to Data management plans (DMPs), Working with research data, Data deposit and sharing and the U of T Dataverse in Borealis. Explore more resources available online, or contact your liaison librarian to access local help.

Digital Scholarship

U of T Scarborough’s Digital Scholarship Unit collaborates on the creation of unique research projects and special collections and can consult on data manipulation and visualization and computational approaches in research.

Research Impact & Researcher Identity

Measuring how your research impacts a field or discipline and how it impacts the world around you can support your application for tenure or promotion, strengthen your grant application, and identify collaborators. This guide provides an overview of resources and methods for scholars to measure their research impact. 

Peer Review and Ulrich's

Peer Review is the process by which scholars critically appraise each other's work to ensure a high level of scholarship in a journal and to improve the quality and readability of a manuscript. Visit this Guide to understand more about Peer Review.

Library Support for Grant-Funded Research

Many of the library’s services can be named as in-kind contributions in research grant proposals, and the library is also a resource for learning what extended costs you may incur because of specific needs in your research project.  Contact your Liaison Librarian to learn more. 

Research in Library Spaces

Research in the makerspace.

Makerspace staff are available to support integration of the Makerspace resources into your research.

Research in the Classroom

Our Liaison Librarians regularly teach research and information literacy skills in the classroom. The library can also collaborate on multi-year research projects that involve student researchers. Contact your Liaison Librarian to learn more.

Research Guides and Tools

Starting points.

Explore these research guides for recommended databases, citation resources, and more. We have guides supporting every program at UTM, and more for selected courses and subjects!

• Art History
• Classical Civilization
• Language Studies
• History of Religions
• Visual Studies
• Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Anthropology
• Biotechnology
• Biomedical Communications
• Computer Science
• Earth Science
• Forensic Science
• Geography, Geomatics & Environment
• Mathematics
• Occupational Therapy

Social Sciences

• Institute for Management & Innovation
• Political Science

General Resources

• Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy
• Anti-Black Racism Pedagogical Collection
• Data & Statistics
• UTM Graduate Students
• Citing Sources / Create Your Bibliography
• Understanding Peer Review
• Research Posters: Creation, Design, & Best Practices
• Assignment Planner

Citation Help

Feeling mystified by citations? We have some great resources to help you make sense of your citation style, or you can check your subject Starting Point for more information on citations in your discipline.

Citation Guide

Visit this guide for an overview of what citations are, why they matter, and some of the best resources to get you started.

Citation Management

There are many tools available to help you manage your citations and generate reference lists. Take a look and explore some of our recommended options!

Other resources

Understanding peer review guide.

Do you need to find peer-reviewed articles for your assignments? Read more about the peer review process here and learn how to make sure your research comes from trustworthy sources.

UTM Graduate Student Guide

Explore the many resources the Library offers graduate students, including advanced workshops, information on working with research data, and details on publishing your thesis or dissertation.

UTSC Assignment Planner

This tool helps you succeed on your assignments by breaking them down into manageable parts and recommending services for additional information and support.

Better Note-taking on Screen

Explore these presentations to learn how to build your own note-taking system for online journal articles and e-books.

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Research Guides by Course Code

Master of Accounting and Finance

MAF1002: Strategy, Governance and Management Accounting

MAF4002: Advanced Seminar in Accounting and Finance II

Management Co-op Research Guides

COPB10/12/14: Advancing your Career Exploration

Management Research Guides

Core courses.

MGTA05: Foundations of Business Management

MGTA38: Management Communications

MGAB02: Introductory Financial Accounting II

MGAC02: Intermediate Financial Accounting II

MGAD40: Management Control Systems

MGAD45: Corporate Governance & Strategy

MGEC40: Economics of Organization and Management

MGEC45: Sports Data, Analysis and Economics

MGEC51: Labour Economics

MGEC54: Economics and Training

MGED50: Workshop in Economic Research

MGFB10: Principles of Finance

MGFC30: Introduction to Derivative Markets

MGTC28: Computer Programming Applications for Business

MGFD25: Financial Technologies and Applications (Fintech)

MGFD60: Financial Modeling and Trading Strategies

MGFD40: Investor Psychology and Behavioural Finance

Human Resources

MGHB02: Managing People & Groups in Organizations

MGHB12: Human Resource Management

MGHC02: Management Skills  v.1 | MGHC02 v.2

MGHC23: Diversity in the Workplace

MGHD25: Human Resources Recruitment and Selection

MGHD28: Compensation

International Business

MGHA12: Human Resource Management

MGIB02: International Organizational Behaviour

MGIC02: International Leadership Skills

MGMA01: Principles of Marketing

MGMB01: Marketing Management

MGMC01: Market Research

MGMC13: Pricing Strategy

MGMD01: Applied Marketing Models

MGOD30: Business Data Analytics

Strategic Management

MGSB22: Entrepreneurship

MGSC20: Consulting & Contracting: New Ways of Work

MGSD24: New Venture Creation and Planning

See a complete list of University of Toronto Libraries' research guides . 

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• Bridge the Gap by Literacy Resources ISBN: 9781947260283 Publication Date: 2020-10-08 Bridge the Gap is a series of systematic phonemic awareness intervention lessons for students in 2nd grade and above. The lessons can be used in small groups or with individual students who struggle to decode words automatically. Phonemic awareness, especially when working with older learners, is something that is not often part of classroom instruction or intervention. Yet, it is often the missing piece for students who struggle to decode and encode words. The lessons in Bridge the Gap were written to provide teachers, reading specialists, and interventionists with a simplified curriculum for teaching phonological and phonemic awareness with targeted instruction, based on student needs.
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• PsycINFO This link opens in a new window APA PsycINFO is a comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature. Journals, articles, books, dissertations, etc. Subjects include: applied psychology, communication systems, developmental psychology, educational psychology, experimental human and animal psychology, personality, psychological and physical disorders, physiological psychology and neuroscience, professional personnel and issues, psychometrics and statistics, social psychology, social processes and issues, sports psychology and leisure, treatment and prevention. more... less... Coverage: 1800s to present.

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Google Scholar is a helpful research tool, but it searches many subjects at once.  Consider using it along with a subject specific database.

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