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Using Internet for Literature Review

Using Internet for Literature Review . January 2011. Doing education research. Include but not limit to the following steps: Literature Search e.g. Journal articles, reference texts, news, etc. Design Research The experimental design or methodology. Data Collection

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Using Internet for Literature Review

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  1. Using Internet for Literature Review January 2011

  2. Doing education research Include but not limit to the following steps: • Literature Search • e.g. Journal articles, reference texts, news, etc. • Design Research • The experimental design or methodology. • Data Collection • e.g. Questionnaire and interview. • Data Analysis and Interpretation • Critical analysis of the issue from multiple perspectives. • Writing Research Proposal and Report

  3. How to do a literature search? • Define your Topic • Search Electronic Databases • Search Library Catalogue • Search E-journals • Search the Web • Search for News

  4. Define your topic • What am I looking to find out with my research? • e.g. The impact of principal leadership behaviors on instructional practice and student engagement. • What is the focus of my research? • What are the principal leadership behaviors? • Local or international context?

  5. Search electronic databases • Use electronic databases to search for local and international literature. • Electronic databases contain recent information from book reviews, journal articles, conference papers, and other materials. • Some databases provide the complete full text articles or papers. • Other databases will just provide abstracts of the journal papers.

  6. Search electronic databases Some examples of international electronic databases: • ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) • ProQuest Education Journals • PsycINFO & PsycArticles • Scopus • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Some examples of local electronic databases: • Hong Kong Journals Online • Dissertations and Theses Collection (DTC) Tips: • Available via Library Website (http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk) → E-Resources Tab

  7. Search electronic databases Identify your keywords • Keywords are words or phrases that should appear in the information you are searching for. • Keywords are used to do search in the e-databases. For example, your topic is : Study the development of inclusive education under education reform Keywords are : inclusive education education reform • Use Boolean Operators (AND/OR/NOT), Wildcards (*), etc, where appropriate, e.g. inclusive educationANDeducation reform

  8. Search electronic databases ERIC database • Provides access to education literature and resources and to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. It contains full text with citation and abstracts from educational and education-related journals.

  9. Demonstration • Tentative topic: Study the development of inclusive education under education reform • Keywords: • Inclusive education AND education reform • Limit your search to full text articles • Use thesaurus function where necessary • e.g. (Inclusive Education) use (Inclusive Schools) How many records retrieved?

  10. Access to ERIC database

  11. Search in ERIC database Keywords Limit your search

  12. Search Results in ERIC database Article title Abstract

  13. Access to Full-text in ERIC database Full text can be accessed via EdLINK or PDF Full Text

  14. Refine Search in ERIC database Additional criteria to refine the search, e.g. peer reviewed

  15. Refine Search in ERIC database Reduced from over 480 results to 100 by selecting peer reviewed

  16. Can I search across multiple EBSCOhost databases?

  17. Yes, you can …

  18. Searching tips: Expand your search • Use “Expanders” from the database search screen to expand your search • Use boolean operator “OR” to include more search terms • e.g. youth OR adolescent OR teenager • Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in alternative way • e.g. adolescen* to search for adolescent, adolescence, etc.

  19. Searching tips: Narrow your search • Use “Limiter” from the database search screen to limit your search results in various way • Consider the suggested “Narrow Search Results by Subject” from the search result screen • Use boolean operator “AND” to limit search results to a narrower scene • e.g. youth AND hong kong

  20. Try it yourself • Tentative topics: • Hong Kong beginning teachers • Hong Kong student teachers • School attachment/ practicum/teaching practice and student teacher learning • Learning, formal and informal learning experience, service learning • Beginning teachers’ workplace learning • Culture and learning experience/ learning style • Chinese learner/ Chinese teacher learning • Teacher morale/ teacher engagement and learning in education reform context • Teacher learning and emotional well being How many records retrieved in ERIC?

  21. How can I export my search results?

  22. Export search results You may export your search results to: • An email account • Bibliographic management software such as RefWorks (available from Library Website) • http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/refworks/index.html

  23. Export search results - Email Click “Add to folder” to save the citation and then go to “Folder”

  24. Export search results - Email Select all citations and click E-mail

  25. Export search results - Email Your email address Select APA style

  26. Export search results - Email Citations in APA style

  27. About RefWorks • Web-based Bibliographic Management Tool • Create your own reference databases • Import references from library catalogues & databases • Manage & organize your references in folders • Search your references • Adding your own keywords & comments • Can be integrated with MS-Word to create in-text citations & reference list in preferred style • Accessible by computers connected to Internet

  28. Export search results - RefWorks Click “Add to folder” to save the citation and go to “Folder”

  29. Export search results - RefWorks Select all citations and click Export

  30. Export search results - RefWorks Select “Direct Export to RefWorks”

  31. Export search results - RefWorks Require user login

  32. Export search results - RefWorks 1. Click “Bibliography” 2. Select “APA 5th” 3. Select file type: MS Word 4. Select source folder 5. Click “Create Bibliography”

  33. Export search results - RefWorks Citations output in APA style

  34. Search electronic databases ProQuest Education Journals database • Covers almost 400 leading journals in education and related fields.

  35. Access to ProQuest Education Journals database

  36. Access to ProQuest Education Journals database Select all databases and click “Continue”

  37. Search in ProQuest Education Journals database Use Advanced Search and Enter Keywords Limit to Full Text

  38. Search Results in ProQuest Full text can be accessed via EdLINK or PDF Full Text

  39. Export search results - RefWorks • Mark records • Go to “My Research” tab

  40. Export search results - RefWorks

  41. Try it yourself • Tentative topics: • Hong Kong beginning teachers • Hong Kong student teachers • School attachment/ practicum/teaching practice and student teacher learning • Learning, formal and informal learning experience, service learning • Beginning teachers’ workplace learning • Culture and learning experience/ learning style • Chinese learner/ Chinese teacher learning • Teacher morale/ teacher engagement and learning in education reform context • Teacher learning and emotional well being How many records retrieved in ProQuest? Try to compare the search result with ERIC in terms of the relevancy, quantity and coverage.

  42. Search library catalogue

  43. Search library catalogue You will be able to find: • Books, journals and media resources • Export Library Catalogue records to RefWorks

  44. Search library catalogue Keywords, e.g. small class

  45. Search library catalogue Record with descriptions

  46. Search library catalogue Export to RefWorks

  47. Library CatalogueSearch Tips Truncation: e.g. adolescen* = adolescence, adolescent Boolean operators: e.g. AND, OR, NOT Keywords: e.g. (youth) and (hong kong) Source: http://library.ied.edu.hk/search/X#Tips

  48. Search E-journals Journal title, e.g. American Journal of Education

  49. Search E-journals Select the database to access the journal articles

  50. Try it yourself • Use the Library e-journal function to find the following articles: • Odafe, V. U. (2006). Oral examination in college mathematics: An alternative assessment technique. PRIMUS, 16(3), 243-256. doi:10.1080/10511970608984149 • Jonsson, A, Baartman, L. K. J., & Lennung, S. A. (2009). Estimating the quality of performance assessments: The case of an ‘interactive examination’ for teacher competencies. Learning Environments Research, 12(3), 225-241. doi:10.1007/s10984-009-9061-z

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