Searching for ELT research n Purposes of searching –While setting up research: General overview of topic Methodological concerns –Finding literature to support specific points

Key sources for ELT research n KMUTT Library – n ERIC database – n BALD database –mercury.kmutt.ac.th/books/main.asp

KMUTT library resources n 2 useful databases of full-text articles –H.W. (e.g. ELT Journal) –ScienceDirect (e.g. System, Journal of EAP)

Link to H. W. database

Choose the database

Just type here

Using ERIC n Mostly returns abstracts only n Largest collection for education n Need to decide on age of articles

Choose the dates of articles

Results for: inductive deductive

Be careful about the database

Using BALD n Searches for both articles and books n All available in the Resource Centre n Exact match searches only n Can be used as a directory as well as a search engine

Use Search by Information

Number of records found Gives details of contents Results contain “teacher” or “teachers”

Only 5 records returned

Move the mouse over “More like this” Look at the status bar for the topic

Notice the different topic

More hits returned now All results concern error treatment