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

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

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

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

Finding articles: Quick Search vs. Specialized Databases

Log in using Sharklink ID (same as NSU )

Notice that it brings up Academic Journals

Limit to peer-reviewed articles

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

Full-text HTML: special features

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

Same article in PDF version

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

Using the ERIC database

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

Over 300 databases are available to students

ERIC is the most comprehensive education database

Search in ERIC latin* searches latina latino latinos

Better results in ERIC: limited and sorted by relevance

Using FindIt!

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

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

If you land on HTML version, switch to PDF

Option if no full text in FindIt!

If no direct link is available, try Journal Finder first

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

…order through ILLiad

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

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

Item should be downloaded & saved and/or printed out

Using Journal Finder

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), doi: / X If you need to find a specific article, search for the name of the journal, not the title of the article, first.

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), doi: / X Choose a database with the year you need

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), doi: / X Look for exact volume & issue

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), doi: / X

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

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

Scroll through the table of contents to find item

Journal Finder within FindIT

Follow the steps previously demonstrated for Journal Finder

APA citation style

APA Resources  Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6 th ed.)  APA help / tutorials:    Fischler School of Education doctoral students must also see:

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, [Video file]. Retrieved from 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), doi: / (2006/048)

Example of a DOI

The library has a DOI lookup tool

Use article title & first author’s last name

Copy the DOI and paste to the end of a citation

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), doi: / (2006/048) What is the purpose of the DOI?

The DOI is used to link to full text

The DOI serves as a quick link to full text

Software citation helpers: Beware of errors

APA citation assistance in ProQuest: Checkmark, then use Cite

Spot check and fix any errors See next screen for corrections

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

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