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Foundations of Educational Research

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Library Resources

Find Articles (Databases) Search for articles in periodicals (journals,

magazines and newspapers)

Find Books (UCO Catalog) Search for materials located in our library

(books, DVD’s, government publications, etc.)

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Trade Journals

Written for professionals in a specific field

Written by staff, free lance or contributing professional

Little documentation No original research –

secondary literature

Scholarly Journals

Written for academia Written by an expert or

credentialed researcher Full documentation Original or primary research

Peer Reviewed vs. Non-peer reviewed

Peer-reviewed or refereed journals articles have been reviewed by other experts

in the field before publication Non-peer reviewed

Articles have NOT been reviewed by experts Reviewed by journal editors and publishers

ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) Find Articles (Databases) >Database by Subject > Education

Articles from education related journals ERIC documents – non-journal resources

such as lesson plans, technical reports, case studies and conference proceedings

Effective Searching

Topic: What are the characteristics of PDD? Keywords & Synonyms

PDD or pervasive developmental disorders Characteristics or symptoms or diagnosis

Nested search (PDD or pervasive developmental disorders) and (Characteristic* or symptom* or diagnos*)

Find Additional Keywords

Descriptors on citation page Narrow by results on results page ERIC – utilize thesaurus

Note: Descriptors or subject headings may be different in different databases

Not all databases have subject headings

Ulrich’s Periodical Directory Find Articles (Databases) > Ulrich’s

Publishing information on serials Does not have articles Check for type of publication Type in journal name not article name

Journal Academic/Scholarly Trade

Newsletters, magazines, proceedings, etc.

Additional EBSCOhost DatabasesFind Articles (Databases) >Database by Subject > Education Professional Development Collection

Full-text of 500 journals in education, 300 peer reviewed

PsychInfo Full-text, citations and abstracts to articles, books,

and other materials related to psychology

SocIndex Full-text and citations to articles, books, and

conference papers in sociology

Speech/Language Databases

Medline Find Articles (Databases) > Database by Subject >

Health and Medicine Largest medical database – over six million

citations Communication & Mass Media

Find Articles (Databases) > Database by Subject> Communication

Communication, journalism and mass media