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MSL 680 Leadership Theory and Practice

MSL 680 Leadership Theory and Practice

This library guide lists databases and resources that will help you with your class assignments.

Assignment 1: Leadership Skills

This assignment requires students to research a leadership skill they themselves would like to cultivate. The assignment requires a minimum of 4 scholarly sources. The databases listed below will provide insights into leadership from various fields: Business, Education, and Psychology.

Assignment 2: Individual Research Paper

The assignment requires students use at least 10 different scholarly sources, in addition to the textbooks. Be sure to use published journal articles as your sources, not less-reliable Internet web sites. Your syllabus lists suggested topics, here are great library databases to use to search for articles.

Identifying Key Concepts and Synonyms on Topic

Before you can search for appropriate articles for your bibliography, you need to identify the key concepts in your research topic, and identify any synonyms or alternative terms. Let's look at the first five topics in your syllabus:

Step 1: Identify the key concepts in your research topic.

For example: Problem solving skills of kindergarten children

  Alternative terms or      
synonyms
OR  Alternative terms or      
synonyms
OR  Alternative terms or      
synonyms
Concept 1 problem solving OR critical thinking OR brainstorming
AND
Concept 2 skills OR skill OR ability
AND
Concept 3 kindergarten OR early childhood OR preschool

NOTE: Use ERIC descriptors to narrow your search results.