Academic Resources: Play Methods & Materials ECED - 4423

1. Academic Resources:Play Methods & MaterialsECED - 4423 Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu

2. Your Research Environment

3. How do you search this?

4. Or This…

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6. Research • Approach as the hunt for a right answer…. OR • Process of evaluating different resources & coming up with your own interpretation…..

7. Internet Internet –  global system of interconnected computer networks using protocol suite (TCP/IP)  World Wide Web- Content found therein Search Engines-Applications

8. Wisdom Knowledge Information Data • Process of Academic Research • Tools of Scholarship

9. Terms of Understanding • Data comes about through research, creation, gathering, and discovery. • Information has context. Data is turned into information by organizing it so that we can easily draw conclusions. Data is also turned into information by "presenting" it, such as making it visual or auditory. • Knowledge has the complexity of experience, which come about by seeing it from different perspectives. This is why training and education is difficult - one cannot count on one person's knowledge transferring to another. Knowledge is built from scratch by the learner through experience. Information is static, but knowledge is dynamic as it lives within us. • Wisdom is the ultimate level of understanding. As with knowledge, wisdom operates within us. We can share our experiences that create the building blocks for wisdom, however, it need to be communicated with even more understanding of the personal contexts of our audience than with knowledge sharing. Cleveland H. "Information as Resource", The Futurist, December 1982 p. 34-39

10. “Often, the distinctions between data, information, knowledge, and wisdom continuum are not very discrete, thus the distinctions between each term often seem more like shades of gray, rather than black and white.” Shedroff, N. (2001). "An overview of understanding" in Information Anxiety 2 by Richard Saul Wurman. Indianapolis: Que.

11. Tools of Scholarship Content Tools Catalogs Databases Lists Indexes Search Engines • Books • Articles • Journals • Citations • WWW

12. Database • Resource for full text/citation journal articles

13. Peer Reviewed

14. Education Databases • Education Research Complete • ERIC (EBSCOhost) • ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center • Family and Society Studies Worldwide

15. Interlibrary Loan • ILL gives all SWOSU students, faculty, and staff members a fast and convenient way to obtain materials that are not available in the SWOSU Libraries' collection. • Services: Document Delivery: ILL: Articles

16. Search Fundamentals • Boolean • And • OR • Not • Keywords • i.e. • Play Methods • Education • Early Education • Childhood • Development

17. AND = Narrow OR = Expand Boolean • NOT = Exclude

18. Boolean Operators • Connect keywords only • Must be placedbetween keywords • AND • Narrows your search • OR • Expands your search with synonymous terms • NOT • Excludes words from your search • If used too much, it can work against you!

19. Identifying Keywords • Identify the significant terms and concepts that describe your topic from your thesis statement or research question. • These terms will become the key for searching catalogs, databases and search engines for information about your subject.

20. Keywords • Play Methods • Education • Early Education • Childhood • Development • Outcomes • Classroom Materials • Special Education • Games

21. Class Exercise: Create Search String Synonyms / Antonyms Boolean: And/Or/Not Create a search string using synonyms or antonyms from the key word list. Write it on the board ! • Play Methods • Education • Early Education • Childhood • Development • Outcomes • Classroom Materials • Special Education • Games • Curriculum

22. Potential Search Strings • Play Methods • Early Education and Curriculum • Education and Children and Play • Play Methods and Early Education and Outcomes

23. Databases Journals 145 Databases 27,000 Online 12,000 Physical

24. Education Databases • Education Research Complete • ERIC (EBSCOhost) • ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center • Family and Society Studies Worldwide

25. Database Tools • Full Text • Peer Review • Folders • Alerts • Email • Citations • Cited References • Times Cited in Database

26. Databases Journals 145 Databases 27,000 Online 12,000 Physical

27. Periodical List – Early Childhood Journals • Phi Delta Kappan • Academic Search Complete • Early Childhood Education Journal • Education Research Complete   • Early Childhood Research & Practice • DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals • Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education • - Education Research Complete • Journal of Early Intervention • CINAHL Complete Remember: We have 39,000 Journals in the Library! Can you find/search/use these..?

28. Class Exercise • Locate the journal Early Childhood Education Journal in the Periodical List • Identify Database • Search the journal using these terms: Education and Children and Play

29. Class Exercise • Locate a full text article using the search terms Education and Childhood and Play. Use the database ERIC • Create a Folder for this Class • Play Methods & Materials • Archive article in Folder • Email article to yourself

30. Review • Develop a good search query/string • Use the Relevant Databases • Use the Periodicals List to find Relevant/Specific Journals

31. Review • Full Text • Keywords in Abstracts • Bibliographies/Reference Lists * • Create Personal Accounts Ebsco/Ovid • Use Interlibrary Loan (if needed) • RefWorks

32. Questions? • Contact me: • Frederic Murray • 774-7113 • frederic.murray@swosu.edu

33. Thanks!