Library Research Fundamentals for Education StudentsLaura L. Ramirez, Director of North Miami Beach Library Services

Learning Outcomes

Connecting to the Library

How to get assistance

Searching for articles in databases

Using FIND IT! and Journal Finder

Using Doc Del/ILLiad to request items

Citing in APA style

http://www.nova.edu/library/main

Find books, search for articles, request items, get help, all from the home page.

Contact us for assistance, or set up an individual consultation with a librarian

Finding articles: Quick Search vs. Specialized Databases

Log in using Sharklink ID(same as NSU email)

Notice that it brings up Academic Journals

Limit to peer-reviewed articles

Comparing full-text HTML vs. full-text PDF

HTML

PDF

Full-text HTML: special features

Full-text HTML: disadvantages

See p. 172 of APA Manualto quote without page numbers

Same article in PDF version

If quoting, page numbers make APA citing easier

All graphics are included

Using the ERIC database

For more in-depth research articles, go to Databases by Subject

Over 300 databases are available to students

ERIC is the most comprehensive education database

Search in ERIC

latin* searcheslatinalatinolatinos

Better results in ERIC: limited and sorted by relevance

Using FindIt!

When to use Find It!

FindIt! has several possibilities:Item is easily available, Item has to be located, or…Item has to be ordered

Option #1 Find IT! provides direct link to full text

If you land on HTML version, switch to PDF

Option if no full text in FindIt!

If no direct link is available, try Journal Finder first

If Journal Finder returns zero resultsand you really want the item…

…order through ILLiad

Link will open Article Request form and fill it outfor you; scroll down to submit the request

Email notification that the item is ready;2 business days to 2 weeks, depending on availability

Item should be downloaded & saved and/or printed out

Using Journal Finder

Swearer, S. M., Espelage, D. L., Vaillancourt, T., & Hymel, S. (2010). What can be done about school bullying? Linking research to educational practice. Educational Researcher, 39(1), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622

If you need to find a specific article, search for the name of the journal, not the title of the article, first.

Swearer, S. M., Espelage, D. L., Vaillancourt, T., & Hymel, S. (2010). What can be done about school bullying? Linking research to educational practice. Educational Researcher, 39(1), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622

Choose a database withthe year you need

Swearer, S. M., Espelage, D. L., Vaillancourt, T., & Hymel, S. (2010). What can be done about school bullying? Linking research to educational practice. Educational Researcher, 39(1), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622

Look for exactvolume & issue

Swearer, S. M., Espelage, D. L., Vaillancourt, T., & Hymel, S. (2010). What can be done about school bullying? Linking research to educational practice. Educational Researcher, 39(1), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622

Sometimes FindIt! doesn’t link directly,but takes you to the right source

Browse to article, similar to Journal Finder

Note which year/volume/issue you need

Scroll through the table of contents to find item

Journal Finder within FindIT

Follow the steps previously demonstrated for Journal Finder

APA citation style

APA Resources Publication Manual of the

American Psychological Association (6th ed.)

APA help / tutorials: http://www.apastyle.org/ http://blog.apastyle.org/ http://nova.campusguides.com/apa

Fischler School of Education doctoral students must also see:http://www.fischlerschool.nova.edu/applied-research/writing-and-preparing-the-dissertation

Citing Journals and Web pages

Citation of an article:

Citation of a Youtube video::

University of Chicago. (2007, December 12). European cartographers and the Ottoman world, 1500-1750 [Video file]. Retrieved

from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xax5d4IKqrQ

Ingham, R., Warner, A., Byrd, A., & Cotton, J. (2006). Speech effort measurement and stuttering: Investigating the chorus reading effect. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research,

49(3), 660-670. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2006/048)

Example of a DOI

The library has a DOI lookup tool

Use article title & first author’s last name

Copy the DOI and paste to the end of a citation

Correct article citation with DOI (do not bold, hyperlink or add color)

Ingham, R., Warner, A., Byrd, A., & Cotton, J. (2006). Speech effort measurement and stuttering: Investigating the chorus reading effect. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research,

49(3), 660-670. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2006/048)

What is the purpose of the DOI?

The DOI is used to link to full text

The DOI serves as a quick link to full text

Software citation helpers: Beware of errors

APA citation assistance in ProQuest: Checkmark, then use Cite

Spot check and fix any errorsSee next screen for corrections

APA citations with Fischler School modifications:Single spaced but double between citations / Nothing at the end if no DOI

Questions? Contact us for assistance