Education Studies Research

University of Toronto Libraries offers an Essential Research Skills series of four workshops, which can be taken individually or together for Co-Curricular Record (CCR) credit. The workshops run several times a year and University of Toronto students may sign up on an ongoing basis. An accompanying Essential Research Skills guide covers the content of all four workshops. These workshops cover:

• Locating background information
• Locating scholarly resources
• Managing sources
• Applying sources effectively 

The University of Toronto's Centre for Research & Innovation Support offers many asynchronous and synchronous research workshops and resources. 

At OISE we are happy to assist you with your questions. Please find contact information below: 

If you are working on interdisciplinary research, consider reaching out to the liaison librarian in the discipline(s) of interest: 

• Directory of faculty library liaisons

For immediate text-based support see Ask Chat

• Email: oise.library@utoronto.ca
• Drop-in Virtual Reference Hours on Zoom
• Consultation with an OISE Librarian: Book using the OISE Library calendar
• Phone (Main Library Desk): +1 416-978-1850

A librarian can help you define or narrow your research topic and locate relevant search terms and resources, but they cannot assist with writing and editing your papers. There are a number of supports at the University of Toronto for academic writing, and many opportunities for students who speak and write English as an additional language.

• OISE Student Success Centre (OSSC)

  The OISE Student Success Centre (OSSC) is an academic skills and support centre that offers OISE graduate students the opportunity to book one-on-one appointments with an OSSC advisor to improve their abilities in a wide-range of areas. Book a one-on-one appointment for support with academic writing or English language development.

• University of Toronto Writing Advice

  Provides support for all stages of the writing process, including organization, revision, and English language grammar and mechanics.

• University of Toronto's Graduate Centre for Academic Communication

  UofT's GCAC offers targeted workshops organized into different series; each series includes three to five individual workshops designed for a specific audience. Boot Camps and Intensive Courses are designed to give U of T graduate students a blend of expert guidance and dedicated writing time. GCAC offers support in dissertation writing, proposal writing, and research article writing at different points throughout the year.