1. Alvin Sherman Library, NSU Resources and Services for Distance Students Nora Quinlan, nora@nova.edu Reference Department, Alvin Sherman Library, NSU Shanghai, China May, 2012

2. Part 1: Locating Books and E-books In NovaCat

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

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

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

6. Lets search for a book on bullying

11. Log in using Sharklink ID (same as NSU email)

12. Click here to see book

16. Locating Books and E-books In NovaCat Books are usually a great reference for research and papers. 1.Open a browser and navigate to NovaCat. 2.Run a keyword search on the topic of your choice. 3.What is the material type of the first result? Is it a print book, e- book, or a web resource? What is a quick way to tell? 4.Find the first print book in your results. 5.Is it available? 6.If available, would you be able to check it out or order it? Why or why not?

17. Part 2: Using The Databases To Search For Dissertations

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

19. Go to Databases by Subject

21. Use the MARPs database for FSE dissertations

22. First see

26. Dissertations and Theses from ProQuest: Contains over 1.4 million full-text dissertations

30. Search tricks! * and “ “

32. Using The Databases To Search For Dissertations Dissertations can be a resource to learn about other people’s research. 1.Open a browser and navigate to Databases. 2.Find dissertation databases. 3.Select a dissertation database and log in with your SharkLink account. 4.Run a keyword search on the topic of your choice. 5.Find the first dissertation in your results. 6.If full-text available? 7.If available, would you be able to view it online or order it? Why or why not?

33. Part 3: Searching for Scholarly Articles

34. Finding articles: Quick Search vs. Specialized Databases

37. FYI: http://www.eric.ed.gov

57. The library has over 300 databases available to help find research information. 1.Open a new browser and navigate to the database pages. 2.If you were looking for education articles, what link would you click on? 3.Click on the subject “Education." Then, click and open the ERIC Thesaurus database. 4.Search a term you use to describe a research topic in Education. 5.What are your results? 6.Can you use your term as a subject or is there a better term? 7.Search your term in the ERIC database from Proquest. 8.How many results did you get? 9.Can you modify your search? Searching for Scholarly Articles

58. Part 4: Using Journal Finder

59. 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.

60. 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 with the year you need

61. 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

64. Click on Document Delivery/ILLiad to begin your request

65. Part 5: Using FindIt!

66. When to use Find It! FindIt! has several possibilities: Item is easily available, Item has to be located, or… Item has to be ordered

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

68. If you land on HTML version, switch to PDF

70. Option #2: Sometimes FindIt! knows article is available, but doesn’t link to it directly

71. Browse to article, similar to Journal Finder

73. Scroll through the table of contents to find item

74. Option #3 in FindIt!: Use Journal Finder

75. Follow the steps previous demonstrated for Journal Finder

76. Option #4 no full text in FindIt!

77. If no direct link is available, try Journal Finder first

78. If Journal Finder returns zero results and you really want item…

79. …order through ILLiad Local students may want to see if library carries the print version of the journal

80. Link will open Article Request form and fill it out for you; scroll down to submit the request

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

82. Item should be downloaded & saved and/or printed out

83. Part 6: APA citation style

84. APA Resources  Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6 th 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

85. 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)

86. Example of a DOI

87. The library has a DOI lookup tool

88. Use article title & first author’s last name

89. Copy the DOI and paste to the end of a citation

90. 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?

91. The DOI is used to link to full text

92. The DOI serves as a quick link to full text

94. Software citation helpers: Beware of errors

95. APA citation assistance in ProQuest: Checkmark, then use Cite

96. Spot check and fix any errors See next screen for corrections

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

98. Part 7: Citation tracking/landmark studies: Using Web of Science

103. Part 8: “Theoretical Perspective”

104. Doesn’t happen often, but sometimes the title mentions the framework

105. Sometimes it is clearly mentioned in a subheading

106. There should always be a citation to help you track down the theory used.

107. Sometime the theory is from another discipline but the authors explain why it is relevant to THIS research – a student may to have to do this step.

108. Try theor / or framework / or conceptual / or perspective Use the FIND feature to search within the article (do NOT truncate with asterisk!)

109. Sometimes the theory was mentioned earlier, but not necessarily labeled. In other words, sometimes it is clearly stated, other times it is inferred.

110. Questions? Contact us for assistance