Research Guides: Education: Graduate Student Resources

Guides to Help in the Research Process

Graduate Student Resources
Chester Fritz Library resources for graduate students. Included in this guide is information on the research process, publishing support, teaching assistance, and other services such as distance assistance and graduate school workshops.
Best Practices for Communicating Your Research
To learn about different kinds of research, manuscripts, and research transparency
Data Management
Addresses how to find, organize, preserve, and share data. The library offers data storage through the UND Scholarly Commons.
Journal Impact
To learn about how to assess research impact and altmetrics

To learn how to identify and avoid publishing with predatory journals

Conceptual & Theoretical Frameworks

Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks

Conceptual "is often described as a system of concepts, assumptions, expectations, beliefs and theories that support and inform one’s research" (Hughes, 2019, p. 28).
Theoretical "consists of the selected theory (or theories) that undergirds your thinking with regards to how you understand and plan to research your topic, as well as the concepts and definitions from that theory that are relevant to your topic" (Grant & Osanloo, 2014, p. 13). You can think of the theoretical framework as the structure that supports your research.
According to Kivunja (2018), while "the conceptual framework could be the product of your own thinking about your research study, the theoretical framework comprises other people’s theoretical perspectives that you interpret as relevant to your research, and in particular, helpful in your data analysis and interpretation" (p. 47)

Suggested articles on Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks:

Annotated Bibliographies

For the best help on creating annotated bibliographies, you'll want to make an appointment with UND's Writing Center. Otherwise, these resources will help you get started: