Academic Resources: Play Methods & Materials ECED - 4423
description
Transcript of Academic Resources: Play Methods & Materials ECED - 4423
Academic Resources:
Play Methods & MaterialsECED - 4423
Frederic Murray Assistant ProfessorMLIS, University of British ColumbiaBA, Political Science, University of Iowa
Instructional Services LibrarianAl Harris Library [email protected]
Your Research Environment
How do you search this?
Or This…
Or This…
Research• Approach as the hunt for a right
answer….OR
• Process of evaluating different resources & coming up with your own interpretation…..
Internet Internet – global system of interconnected computer networks using protocol suite (TCP/IP)
World Wide Web- Content found therein
Search Engines-Applications
• Process of Academic Research• Tools of Scholarship
DataInformation
Knowledge
Wisdom
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
“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.
Tools of Scholarship Content• Books• Articles• Journals• Citations• WWW
Tools• Catalogs• Databases• Lists• Indexes• Search Engines
Database• Resource for full text/citation
journal articles
Peer Reviewed
Education Databases • Education Research Complete
• ERIC (EBSCOhost)
• ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
• Family and Society Studies Worldwide
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
Search Fundamentals• Boolean
– And– OR– Not
• Keywords• i.e.
– Play Methods– Education– Early Education– Childhood– Development
Boolean Operators• Connect keywords only• Must be placed between 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!
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.
Keywords– Play Methods– Education– Early Education– Childhood– Development– Outcomes– Classroom Materials– Special Education– Games
Class Exercise: Create Search StringSynonyms / Antonyms
– Play Methods– Education– Early Education– Childhood– Development– Outcomes– Classroom Materials– Special Education– Games– Curriculum
Boolean: And/Or/NotCreate a search string using synonyms or antonyms from the key word list.
Write it on the board !
Potential Search Strings• Play Methods• Early Education and Curriculum • Education and Children and Play • Play Methods and Early Education
and Outcomes
Databases Journals 145 Databases 27,000
Online 12,000
Physical
Education Databases • Education Research Complete
• ERIC (EBSCOhost)
• ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
• Family and Society Studies Worldwide
Database Tools• Full Text• Peer Review• Folders• Alerts• Email• Citations
– Cited References – Times Cited in Database
Databases Journals 145 Databases 27,000
Online 12,000
Physical
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..?
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
•
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
Review• Develop a good search
query/string
• Use the Relevant Databases
• Use the Periodicals List to find Relevant/Specific Journals
Review• Full Text• Keywords in Abstracts• Bibliographies/Reference Lists *
• Create Personal Accounts Ebsco/Ovid
• Use Interlibrary Loan (if needed) • RefWorks
Questions?• Contact me:
• Frederic Murray• 774-7113• [email protected]
Thanks!