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Library Research Fundamentals for Education Students

Library Research Fundamentals for Education Students. Laura L. Ramirez, Director of North Miami Beach Library Services. Learning Outcomes. Connecting to the Library How to get assistance Searching for articles in databases Using FIND IT! and Journal Finder

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Library Research Fundamentals for Education Students

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  1. Library Research Fundamentals for Education Students Laura L. Ramirez, Director of North Miami Beach Library Services

  2. Learning Outcomes • Connecting to the Library • How to get assistance • Searching for articles in databases • Using FIND IT! and Journal Finder • Using Doc Del/ILLiad to request items • Citing in APA style

  3. http://www.nova.edu/library/main

  4. Find books, search for articles, request items, get help, all from the home page.

  5. Contact us for assistance, or set up an individual consultation with a librarian

  6. Finding articles: Quick Search vs. Specialized Databases

  7. Log in using Sharklink ID(same as NSU email)

  8. Notice that it brings up Academic Journals

  9. Limit to peer-reviewed articles

  10. Comparing full-text HTML vs. full-text PDF HTML PDF

  11. Full-text HTML: special features

  12. Full-text HTML: disadvantages See p. 172 of APA Manual to quote without page numbers

  13. Same article in PDF version

  14. If quoting, page numbers make APA citing easier All graphics are included

  15. Using the ERIC database

  16. For more in-depth research articles, go to Databases by Subject

  17. Over 300 databases are available to students

  18. ERIC is the most comprehensive education database

  19. Search in ERIC latin* searches latina latino latinos

  20. Better results in ERIC: limited and sorted by relevance

  21. Using FindIt!

  22. When to use Find It! FindIt! has several possibilities: Item is easily available, Item has to be located, or… Item has to be ordered

  23. Option #1 Find IT! provides direct link to full text

  24. If you land on HTML version, switch to PDF

  25. Option if no full text in FindIt!

  26. If no direct link is available, try Journal Finder first

  27. If Journal Finder returns zero resultsand you really want the item…

  28. …order through ILLiad

  29. Link will open Article Request form and fill it outfor you; scroll down to submit the request

  30. Email notification that the item is ready; 2 business days to 2 weeks, depending on availability

  31. Item should be downloaded & saved and/or printed out

  32. Using Journal Finder

  33. If you need to find a specific article, search for the name of the journal, not the title of the article, first. Swearer, S. M., Espelage, D. L., Vaillancourt, T., & Hymel, S. (2010). What can be done about school bullying? Linking research to educational practice. Educational Researcher, 39(1), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622

  34. Swearer, S. M., Espelage, D. L., Vaillancourt, T., & Hymel, S. (2010). What can be done about school bullying? Linking research to educational practice. Educational Researcher, 39(1), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622 Choose a database with the year you need

  35. Swearer, S. M., Espelage, D. L., Vaillancourt, T., & Hymel, S. (2010). What can be done about school bullying? Linking research to educational practice. Educational Researcher, 39(1), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622 Look for exact volume & issue

  36. Swearer, S. M., Espelage, D. L., Vaillancourt, T., & Hymel, S. (2010). What can be done about school bullying? Linking research to educational practice. Educational Researcher, 39(1), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622

  37. Sometimes FindIt! doesn’t link directly,but takes you to the right source

  38. Browse to article, similar to Journal Finder Note which year/volume/issue you need

  39. Scroll through the table of contents to find item

  40. Journal Finder within FindIT

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