1. Education Literature Searching Finding the information you need

2. Where to start searching Durham Library Catalogue Books Journal titles (not journal articles) Other library catalogues Journal databases (indexes) list records of: Articles in journals Papers in conference proceedings Other items such as reports, theses

3. How to conduct a search Purpose of search? Decide on your keywords Do your search Display and review your results Modify search if quantity or quality of hits is suitable for your needs Mark and save relevant records

4. Choosing keywords Decide which words describe it Synonyms eg. mentoring, teacher development Northern American / British terminology Alternative spellings (and wildcards) Different endings (truncation) Eg. ment* (mentors, mentoring, mentees) Broader and narrower terms Combining your terms

5. Effective searching Boolean operators: AND, OR & AND NOT Child development AND NOT Piaget Child development AND Piaget Child development OR Piaget

6. Modifying your results Broader and narrower terms Combining your terms Eg. (dyslexia OR dyspraxia) AND primary Limit your search by: Date of publication Type of material (eg. book, journal, report) Language

7. What to do with your results Display Mark relevant records Save your results By email Print Save to disc / file

8. Journal databases Education Subject databases British Education Index ERIC Multi-disciplinary databases Eg. Web of Knowledge

9. Newspapers News archives Eg. Infotrac Library home page | Resources | Online Resources | News monitoring services & archives

10. Internet resources Search engines “Google is the fast food of the information world” (David Tebbut in Information World Review, Issue 1999, February 2004, p13) Subject gateways Accessible via Library home page Subject information | Education Resources | Online resources | Search engines & gateways

11. References and Bibliographies ALWAYS keep a full and accurate record of your information sources (examples below) Barnett, R. (1997) Higher Education: A Critical Business, Buckingham: SRHE/Open University Press. DFES (2006) ‘A new approach to school leadership: independent report’ Press Notice 2007/0011, 18 January 2007, http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=200 7_0011 [Accessed: 17 November 2007] http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=200 7_0011

12. Where to get help In person (IRC at Queen’s and libraries in Durham) Online enquiry services http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries/ http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries/ Academic Support Team Suzie Kitchin suzie.kitchin@durham.ac.uksuzie.kitchin@durham.ac.uk Christine Purcell c.w.purcell@durham.ac.ukc.w.purcell@durham.ac.uk

13. Evaluation form Before logging off your PC at the end of the session, please complete the online evaluation form: http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/durham/mich2007