Research/Writing Resources for Students

Guidelines for working in a lab in the department

• Departmental Research Guidelines (pdf)

Research with Human Subjects

• Institutional Review Board (IRB) Information on obtaining approval to conduct research with human subjects
  • Statement on Student Research Projects
  • IRB Application Process
  • IRB/PAS Graduate Student Manual (pdf)
  • Online IRB Submission (requires login using Directory ID)
• NIH Training Course on Use of Human Subjects in Research

Writing/Research Design

• Writing
• A Writing Manual for HESP students
• University Libraries Online Writing Resources
• Graduate School Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Style Guide
• APA Style for reference citing
• Strunk & White's Rules of Writing
• Avoiding Plagiarism
• UM Libraries: Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
• Georgetown University Honor Council: What is Plagiarism
• UC Davis Student Judicial Affairs: Avoiding Plagiarism
• Indiana University Instructional Support Services: Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
• Oregon State University Office of Student Conduct: Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab: Avoiding Plagiarism
• Faculty Book Recommendation: Lipson, Charles (2004). Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (ISBN: 0-226-48473-4)
• Research Design
  • Introduction to Research Design by David Abrahams
  • Writing the Empirical Journal Article by Daryl Bem, Cornell U. (pdf)

Resources

• Libraries/Search Engines
  • UMCP Library Main Page (gives access to the Catalog and Research Port)
  • UMCP Libraries Hearing and Speech Sciences Graduate Student Orientation
  • D.C. Area Health/Medical Libraries
  • PubMed (Article search engine and database for Medical and related sciences)
  • Librarian Subject Specialist
• Research Institutes
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)