Chapter 4 Locating Published Research Introduction to Educational Research (7th ed.) Craig A. Mertler & C.M. Charles Chapter 4 Locating Published Research This ppt has been adapted by Anne René Elsbree to meet the needs for EDUC 622 students. Use this ppt to help you understand the concepts in Chapter 4. This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: any public performance or display including transmission of any image over a network; preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; any rental, lease, or lending of the program. Mertler & Charles Intro. to Ed'l. Research -- Chapter 1

Why Explore Existing Literature? To see what has already been done To profit from the experiences of others Findings Cautions Suggestions Recommendations

Secondary Sources Of Information In The Library Not firsthand accounts (primary sources); analyses, compilations, interpretations, summaries of primary information Begin a literature search by examining secondary sources Specific secondary sources: The Encyclopedia of Educational Research The NSSE Yearbooks The Handbooks of Research Review of Research in Education Review of Educational Research Educational Leadership Scholarly books Magazines and newspaper articles

Secondary Sources Of Information In The Library (cont’d.) Locating secondary sources Library’s main on-line catalog Reference section Newspaper Abstracts Periodical Abstracts

Primary Sources Of Information In The Library Original research and other information Abstracts can be found in publications such as: Psychological Abstracts ERIC’s Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) Specific directories of primary sources: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) -- 16 clearinghouses that abstract and index research articles and other papers Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) Resources in Education (RIE) Mertler & Charles Intro. to Ed'l. Research -- Chapter 4

Primary Sources Of Information In The Library (cont’d.) Abstracts publications: Psychological Abstracts Dissertations Abstracts International (DAI)…also known as Digital Dissertations Social Science Citation Index Digest of Educational Statistics

Locating Primary Sources Manual searching of ERIC’s CIJE and RIE -- Computer searching -- Using it is a learning experience -- “trial-and-error”! Many databases are available via the Web ERIC PsycINFO Education Research Complete Mertler & Charles Intro. to Ed'l. Research -- Chapter 4

Applying Technology… Searching ERIC online… http://www.eric.ed.gov