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Developing a Topic
• Topic should not be too broad or too narrow• Use a thesaurus in a research database, such
as ERIC, to look up synonyms of your search terms
• Define the scope of your topic-who are your subjects? Example: adolescent male readers
Evaluating Sources
• Credibility- what are the author’s credentials?• Accuracy-are there errors? Disproven
theories?• Currency-outmoded information• Bias-is the author affiliated with a corporation
or political organization?
• Online access to thousands of scholarly journal articles, magazines, and newspapers
• 380,000 items in the library’s collection• Access to books and eBooks• Online subject guides• Interlibrary loan (to borrow items from other
libraries)
Library Home Pagehttp://libraries.umw.edu/
Research by Subject
Education-Stafford Subject Guide
Education Research Complete•Place words in quotation marks to search for an exact phrase
•From the drop-down menu, you can search within the abstract or entire text of an article
•Use an * to search for multiple word endings
•Limit to “full text” and “scholarly peer-reviewed journals”
•limit by date and language
Education Research Complete: Search Results Click on the PDF or HTML Full Text link to read the article
Education Research Complete: Search Results
•You can email, save and print articles
•View the reference citation by clicking on the yellow paper icon
Education Full Text
•Use “Advanced Search”
•Select “full text” and “Scholarly (Peer Reviewed)”
•Limit search by publication type
Journal Finder
• Search for the Journal Title
Links to DatabaseLinks to Catalog
Getting to an Article
• Click on “Locate Article” within a database to search all of our other databases for that article
• Search the Journal Finder for the Journal Title
Searching the Library Catalog: Advanced Search
Limit search to books available at the Stafford Campus-“Stafford Stacks”
Search by subject, title, author, etc.
UMW Libraries Catalog
What if my materials are at the main campus Library? What if UMW doesn’t have what I need?
• Use ILLiad to request materials not located at the Stafford Library– Create an online ILLiad Account– Submit requests through Library’s website– Request books, articles, dissertations – Books are free– $2 fee for articles located at Simpson Library– Delivered to Stafford Library
Searching the Web
• Search by domain: site:.edu, site:.gov or site:.org for educational, government, and NGO websites
• In Google Scholar, you can search for items in UMW Libraries’ collection by going to “Preferences” and typing “University of Mary Washington” in the Library Links search box
• Click “Save Preferences”
Need help? Have Questions?• Come to the Library
– Mondays – Thursdays: 1 p.m. - 9 p.m. – Fridays: 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.– Saturdays: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• Contact the Library Staff– [email protected]– 540-286-8025– IM: cgpslibrary
• Set up a Research Appointment– [email protected]– 540-286-8057– IM: staffordlibrarian
