LibGuides: Design: 51-705/51-805: Thesis Prep / Progress: START

This Guide

Topic Research research databases, subject guides, business & industry research, Google Scholar, Keenious & other tools
Demographics & Data data research guide, statistics, data resources, data management
Images citing images, image resources, Creative Commons, digital collections
Citing Sources citation managers, citation styles, copyright & fair use, iThenticate
Thesis & Dissertation Deposit KiltHub, ProQuest, copyright, embargoes, FAQ

Using the Libraries

Metrics

Measuring Your Research Impact
Emerging/Alternative Metrics
Metrics Databases Altmetric Explorer, Journal Citation Reports, SciVal

SciVal This link opens in a new window SciVal uses the data of the Scopus database to allow researchers, labs or departments to quickly explore the impact of their work. You'll need to register for use. When off-campus, connect to Full VPN access.
Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new window Size, citation count and impact factor for scholarly journals in science and social science.

Theses & Dissertations

Research Methods

The Routledge Companion to Design Research
Second edition
Research for Designers: A Guides to Methods and Practices
Call Number: TS171.4 .M873 2022
The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods
In/Search RE/Search: Imagining Scenarios Through Art and Design
Call Number: N70 .I57 2020
Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches
Call Number: H62 .C6963 2018
Design Thinking Research: Translation, Prototyping, and Measurement
Navigating the Research Lifecycle for the Modern Researcher

Research and Writing

Conducting Your Literature Review
Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Research Imagination
Call Number: H62 .H2566 2018
The Craft of Research
How to Write a Thesis
Writing a Graduate Thesis or Dissertation

Contact

Jill Chisnell

she/her

Contact:

413 Hunt Library
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
4909 Frew Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

(412) 268-6330

Subjects: Architecture, Art, Design

Featured Resources & Tools

Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window
Source for research methods in all fields: design research projects, identify methods, conduct research, and write up findings.
Sage Campus This link opens in a new window
Sage Campus provides access to a growing collection of online courses on introductory skills and research methods including critical thinking, data literacy, research design, R and Python, statistical methods and more. NOTE: You must create an account using your CMU email address. If you are an instructor, please contact Sarah Young to upgrade your account in order to manage student cohorts.
ProQuest TDM Studio This link opens in a new window
A web-based text mining platform that allows you to access and analyze large amounts of text data. Using content retrieved from ProQuest database, you can build your corpus and conduct data analysis, text mining, and visualization using your preferred methods to uncover relationships, patterns, and connections within and between datasets while collaborating with colleagues in real-time on one platform. To access a workbench, you must submit a request.To find information on how to do this, visit this guide.
Constellate This link opens in a new window
Constellate is a comprehensive service that combines the educational materials, data, and tools needed to teach, learn, and perform text analysis, helping faculty advance their own scholarship and develop the data skills their students need for success in their education and employment.
Digital Scholar Lab This link opens in a new window
Apply natural language processing tools to raw text data (OCR) from Gale Primary Sources in a single research platform. By integrating an unmatched depth and breadth of digital primary source matter with the most popular Digital Humanities (DH) tools, Gale Digital Scholar Lab provides a new lens to explore history and empowers researchers to generate world-altering conclusions and outcomes. The Digital Scholar Lab offers advanced humanities computing tools that make natural language processing (NLP) for historical texts accessible, more efficient, and impactful, thus expanding the footprint of digital humanities across campus.