FIRST SEARCH Research DatabasesWorldCat and ERIC

Use WorldCat To Find Books In DHS LibraryIn Other Area Libraries… Such asSauk Valley Community College

Dixon Public LibraryUse ERIC for FULL TEXT of articles

Power Point created for Dixon High School by Lucy Chamberlain on May 7, 2013

Avoid Frustration …

• Use Library Codes to search in local libraries Dixon High School… LG6 Dixon Public Library…JY3 Sauk Valley College…IVG Sterling Public Library…LB8• Learn some powerful searching techniques• Use the best Database for your purpose…• When searching ERIC documents use CTRL + F

Frustration Factors …

• You do a search to find the perfect source - but the item is located in a distant library and you can’t borrow it in time for your project.

SOLUTION: Use Library Codes for Local Libraries

• You find something interesting periodical title in a FIRST SEARCH database like ARTICLE FIRST and then realize you can only get a summary of the article, and not FULL TEXT.

SOLUTION: Use ERIC in FIRST SEARCH, SIRS, or OmniFile FULL TEXT SELECT for “FULL TEXT”

FIRST SEARCH: Opening Screen

Go to “Jump to Advanced Search” and Select “WorldCat” as your Database.

FIRST SEARCH: Advanced Searchphase in quotation marks, NOT (as a filter)LIBRARY CODES for local libraries

“cell phones in school” NOT Fiction

LIBRARY CODES: JY3 - Dixon Public IVG - Sauk Valley College LG6 -DHS

IL Catalog -- 5 or more librariesDATE RANGE: 2009-2013

FIRST SEARCH: Advanced SearchNote that you can also check box to “Limit availability to items in my library”

Note that your library code LG6 is given on the form.

Boolean FILTERS:ANDORNOT

You can also limit you search by format – or leave it open to search all formats.

FIRST SEARCH: Book Found: Click “Cite This Item” for Citation. Click “Libraries that own item… to see which local libraries have the book.

FIRST SEARCH: Book Found at Sauk Valley College (Code IVG) You can get a free library card for Sauk Valley College Library and check out this book, or you can ask the DHS Library staff to get you this book.

FIRST SEARCH: Searching a string of CODES for Local Library Codes…If you had a long string of codes to search through you could put codes in alphabetical order by double clicking on “CODE”.

FIRST SEARCH: Book Found at Sauk Valley College (Code IVG)Now click on “Sauk Valley Community Col” to see if the book is available, to get the call # and to get an RSS Feed, if you want that.

FIRST SEARCH: Details of Sauk Valley College Record: Availability, Call #, RSS Feed

FIRST SEARCH: When searching put checks by titles that interest you. You can then go back to refer to those items at any time of your work session and you can email this list to yourself.

Let’s say I want this book and I have time for the DHS Library staff to borrow it from another library for me. In that case, I do not have to limit my search to local libraries. But often, time is short, and it is helpful to know that the book is in local libraries - particularly as the end of the school year approaches.

So, I clicked on “Libraries with Item” and then clicked on “Sauk Valley Community Col” and found that it is available, and here is the call #…

Now I want to end my research session by sending my results – my 5 “Marked Records” to myself with an email note. Experiment with brief records and detailed records. Probably brief records would have been fine if I just wanted a list to take with me to Sauk Valley College.

FIRST SEARCH - WorldCat will give you Citations in various styles.Use MLA (7th ed.) for DHS projects.

Say you found a book listed for DHS Library. Now you need to see if the book is available. Go to “DHS Library” from the Dixon Public Schools website. Follow this path: STUDENTS -> DPS Library -> DHS Library

Here is a visual of the current “DHS Library” online catalog screen.

ERIC DatabaseFrom FIRST SEARCH selected ERIC as your database.Check for Limit to “FULL TEXT”

This 38 page report about teaching Japanese students speaking skills might have something worth looking at, because I can tell by the abstract that the teachers used cell phones as an instructional tool. But I don’t have time to read all 38 pages now. What should I do? Click on Full Text and use CTRL +f.

CTRL + f pops up a search box. I enter “cell phones” and use arrow keys to search the document quickly for those key words. After a few clicks I find what want on page 21. There is actually a sample lesson using cell phones. I can email this to myself now.

Avoid Frustration …

• Use Library Codes to search in local libraries Dixon High School - LG6 Dixon Public Library - JY3 Sauk Valley College - IVG Sterling Public Library - LB8• Learn some powerful searching techniques• Use the best Database for your purpose…• When searching ERIC documents use CTRL + F• Ask your DHS Librarian for help anytime…