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1 Library Research Fundamentals for Education Students Laura L. Ramirez, Director of North Miami Beach Library Services

2 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

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

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

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

6 Finding articles: Quick Search vs. Specialized Databases

7 Log in using Sharklink ID (same as NSU email)

8 Notice that it brings up Academic Journals

9 Limit to peer-reviewed articles

10 Comparing full-text HTML vs. full-text PDF HTML PDF

11 Full-text HTML: special features

12 Full-text HTML: disadvantages See p. 172 of APA Manual to quote without page numbers

13 Same article in PDF version

14 If quoting, page numbers make APA citing easier All graphics are included

15 Using the ERIC database

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

17 Over 300 databases are available to students

18 ERIC is the most comprehensive education database

19 Search in ERIC latin* searches latina latino latinos

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25 Better results in ERIC: limited and sorted by relevance

26 Using FindIt!

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

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

29 If you land on HTML version, switch to PDF

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31 Option if no full text in FindIt!

32 If no direct link is available, try Journal Finder first

33 If Journal Finder returns zero results and you really want the item…

34 …order through ILLiad

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

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

37 Item should be downloaded & saved and/or printed out

38 Using Journal Finder

39 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.

40 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

41 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 exact volume & issue

42 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

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

45 Browse to article, similar to Journal Finder Note which year/volume/issue you need

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48 Scroll through the table of contents to find item

49 Journal Finder within FindIT

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51 Follow the steps previously demonstrated for Journal Finder

52 APA citation style

53 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

54 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)

55 Example of a DOI

56 The library has a DOI lookup tool

57 Use article title & first author’s last name

58 Copy the DOI and paste to the end of a citation

59 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?

60 The DOI is used to link to full text

61 The DOI serves as a quick link to full text

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63 Software citation helpers: Beware of errors

64 APA citation assistance in ProQuest: Checkmark, then use Cite

65 Spot check and fix any errors See next screen for corrections

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

67 Questions? Contact us for assistance


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