Case Studies

This guide provides instructors for locating, reading, and responding to case studies. The contents include the following:
 

• Locating Case Studies
  Find case studies in the library's resources.
   
• Reading Case Studies
  Provides tips for reading comprehension.
   
• Writing Case Studies
  Provides guidance for situations where you may be asked to write your own case study.
   
• Help
  Provides links to additional resources that were not otherwise mentioned.

View a previously recorded library instructional webinar about locating case study resources in the library:

Case studies are in-depth examinations of a specific topic through the collection of data.

The following Research Starter further defines the concept of the "case study":

Case studies:

• Explore new concepts
• Generate new ideas or new ways of thinking about a specific concept
• Illustrate theories
• Identify new relationships or connections with other concepts