Chambers Library

Second LanguageAcquisition

Tonya Holt Reference & Instruction Librarian

Library Resources

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magazines and newspapers)

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

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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 How do teacher attitudes affect second language

learning? Keywords and synonyms

Teacher attitudes Second language Learning - acquisition

Find additional keywords Descriptors on citation page Narrow by subject on results page ERIC – utilize ERIC’s thesaurus

Boolean Operators

Combine keywords using and to narrow your search Teacher attitudes and second language and learning Teacher attitudes and second language and

acquisition Combine synonyms using or to broaden your search

learning or acquisition Nest terms in parentheses for specific results

Teacher attitude* and second language and (learn* or acqui*)

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

Communication & Mass Media Find Articles (Databases) > Comm & Mass Media

Journalism database that covers communication

Contains information on second language topics

Possible to search multiple EBSCOhost databases at the same time Find Articles (Databases) > Choose a Vendor > EBSCOhost

Catalogs

Catalog does not search for articles UCO Library Catalog

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WorldCat Search for materials in 54,000 libraries worldwide

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