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Can the Library assist me with my problem statement?

The Library cannot assist you with writing your problem statement. However, the Academic Success Center (ASC) provides several group sessions, including one on problem statements. The ASC has a group session guide that provides a description of all the sessions as well as a link to register for that session and a link to assistance with scheduling.

Use the Academic Success Center website to learn about coaching and access writing, statistics, editing, and APA Style resources. For questions about academic coaching services, please contact the Academic Success Center via their Ask a Coach page. On this page, you can search their FAQs, ask a question, or chat live with a coach via ASC Chat.

To locate the Dissertation template that has a checklist for how what to include in your problem statement, go to the Dissertation Center's Essentials page.

If you need help conducting research for your problem statement, we suggest first viewing our Searching 101 and Searching 102 Workshops to gain a better understanding of how to effectively conduct searches using the Library's databases. You may access the live workshop schedule here or view the recorded workshops here.

When you begin to notice research articles in your topic area, skim through the full text of the articles for their Discussion, Conclusion, or Future Research sections. Many scholarly articles will include a section near the end where the authors discuss avenues for future research. This can help to justify the need for your particular dissertation project.

You may try limiting your search to articles with future research sections by adding the phrase as a search term, as shown below in the Advanced NavigatorSearch (formerly Roadrunner).

 

The resulting articles are likely to include a future research section, as shown below.

Screenshot of full-text article with future research section highlighted.

 




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