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Today we’re talking about:
How to recognize and locate scholarly resourcesHow to effectively search the library’s databasesHow to evaluate resourcesHow to distinguish between different citationsHow to use a bibliography (or works cited) to
identify potential sources
Scholarly Resources
Scholarly Resources
AKA “peer reviewed”, “refereed”, “journal articles”discipline-specificpeer-reviewedwritten on a higher reading levelwritten by a credentialed authorcite their sources
Where can you find scholarly articles?
InternetGoogle?Google Scholar?Wikipedia? – References list?
LibraryCatalog?Databases?
Library Catalog
Provides access to everything the library owns or has access toBooksJournalsE-booksE-journalsDatabasesMedia
Database
Collection of newspaper, magazine and journal articles
Can include dissertations, reports and other resources
http://library.belmont.eduClick on Get ResourcesClick on Research GuidesClick on Education to see all of the education resources
Effective Searching
Search Strategies
Keyword searchingBoolean Searching
• AND• OR
Subject searchingThesaurus
Boolean Café
And , Or, and Not stop in at the Boolean Café for dessert.
And knows exactly what she wants. She orders chocolate AND strawberries.
Or is a big eater with a sweet tooth. He orders chocolate OR strawberries.
Not has to be a bit more careful. He is allergic to strawberries, so he orders chocolate NOT strawberries.
AND
Supreme Court education
Supreme Court AND education
OR
inclusion
special educationmainstreaming
inclusion OR mainstreaming OR special education
Search strategies
Supreme Court AND educationinclusion OR special education OR mainstreaming
public schools AND (inclusion OR mainstreaming OR special education)
“special education”
Thesaurus
list of subjects and related terms used to standardize the descriptions of articles in the database.
You can select and search for synonyms, related, and preferred terms.
Other resources
Government DocumentsDepartment of Education (state & federal)
StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsNational Assessment of Educational ProgressNation’s Report CardCensus Bureau
http://delicious.com/library_chic/belmontedu
Evaluate it!
Great! I found some stuff! Now what?
Evaluate it!
AccuracyAuthorityCurrencyObjectivityCoverage/Purpose
Reading Citations
Reading citations
Is it a…BookBook chapterArticleDissertationReport
Book
Torp, Linda, & Sage, S. Problems as possibilities: Problem-based learning for K-12 education. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 1998.
How do I find books?
Torp, Linda, & Sage, S. Problems as possibilities: Problem-based learning for K-12 education. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 1998.
Library’s catalogTitle search
Article
Sterling, Donna R., and Hargrove, Dori L. "Is Your Soil Sick?."Science & Children 49.8 (2012): 51-55.
How do I find articles?
Sterling, Donna R., and Hargrove, Dori L. "Is Your Soil Sick?."Science & Children 49.8 (2012): 51-55.
Library’s catalogJournal Title
Dissertation
Tsoukalas, Jillian M. "Exploring Problem Based Learning to Promote 21st Century Learning Skills in Full Day Kindergarten." Walden University, 2012.
How do I find dissertations?
Usually availably only through InterLibrary LoanProQuest lists many dissertations (ProQuest
Dissertations & Abstracts)Library catalog of the publishing universityWorldCat (http://worldcat.org)
Tsoukalas, Jillian M. "Exploring Problem Based Learning to Promote 21st Century Learning Skills in Full Day Kindergarten." Walden University, 2012.
Report
Johnson, L and Adams, S. "Challenge Based Learning: The Report from the Implementation Project". New Media Consortium (2011).
Reports?
Johnson, L and Adams, S. "Challenge Based Learning: The Report from the Implementation Project". New Media Consortium (2011).
Try the publishing agency’s websiteTry Google or Google ScholarTry a subject-specific database (ERIC)
Reports?
King, Martha L., and Rentel, Victor M. How children learn to write: A longitudinal study. Report to the National Institute of Education, Washington, D. C. 1981.
Try the publishing agency’s websiteTry Google or Google ScholarTry a subject-specific database
POP QUIZ!
Eisenhard, Margaret and Borko, Hilda. Designing Classroom Research: Themes, Issues, and Struggles. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. 1993.
Saul, Wendy, and J. Carrie Launius. "Making the Case for ACTION Research." Science Scope 34.1 (2010): 24-29.
Turner, Susan A. "Teaching research to teachers: A self-study of course design, student outcomes, and instructor learning." Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning 10.2 (2010): 60-77.
Stumped?
In person – 3rd floorOffice hours: M-F 8am-4:30pm
(other times available by appointment)Via email – [email protected] By phone – 615-460-5492Online – http://belmont.libguides.com/education
Important Links:
Library Home page: http://library.belmont.edu
Education Resources -
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