Contact your graduate department's administration office if you are a prospective student seeking a current graduate student for guidance about the program. The administration can provide you with the contact information of students in the program interested in speaking to prospective students. Schedule a time to speak with the graduate student on the phone or meet in person, if possible.
Search your college directory online or in person if you are a current graduate student or faculty member seeking graduate students. Many online college student directories allow you to limit your search to graduate or Ph.D. students exclusively. Narrow your search based on areas of study or dissertation topics, making it easier for professors to locate students for research opportunities.
Consult online communities for graduate students including topic-message boards, social-networking websites and college-affiliated networking sites. Many of these sites are open to prospective and current students as well as faculty.
Perform a dissertation search on the topic which you are trying to research to locate graduate students also involved in this topic. Most universities offer interactive websites where students post portions of their research or dissertations which is searchable by members of the general public.