PSV-7100

Grant, C., & Osanloo, A. (2015). Understanding, selecting, and integrating a theoretical framework in dissertation research: Creating the blueprint for your house. Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 4(2).
This article helps make sense of how a framework is used to form the foundation of a research study. The article is written using the analogy of developing a blueprint to build a house.

National University Library (formerly NCU). (2022, September 2). Finding seminal works. National University Library (formerly NCU).
Seminal works are pieces of literature that are considered landmark documents or studies that have initiated influential information or ideas. Theories and conceptual models are typically historic in nature. In searching for theories and conceptual models, it is important to include the seminal works.

National University Library (formerly NCU). (2022, September 2). Researching Theoretical Frameworks. National University Library (formerly NCU).
This section of the university Library contains valuable information on theoretical and conceptual frameworks. Be sure to watch the workshop video that will guide you through techniques for searching both conceptual and theoretical frameworks.

National University Library (formerly NCU). (2022, August). The conceptual framework. National University Library (formerly NCU) Center for Teaching and Learning.
This two-page flyer provides information around the conceptual framework.

This short video series provides a very helpful overview of frameworks and will also help with identifying, locating, and retrieving theoretical or conceptual frameworks.

Mills, A. J., Durepos, G., & Wiebe, E. (2010). Conceptual model in a qualitative research project. In Encyclopedia of case study research (pp. 206-208). SAGE Publications, Inc.
This source provides a very brief overview of a conceptual model for a qualitative research project through expectations of the assumed relationships between the phenomena of interest.

National University Library (formerly NCU). (2022, September 9). Defining critical thinking. National University Library (formerly NCU). Center for Teaching and Learning.

National University Library (formerly NCU). (2022, November 9). Differentiating between doctorate degrees. National University Library (formerly NCU) Dissertation Center.