1. 1 Using Internet for Literature Review January 2011

2. 2 Doing education research Include but not limit to the following steps:  Literature Search  e.g. Journal articles, reference texts, news, etc.  Design Research  The experimental design or methodology.  Data Collection  e.g. Questionnaire and interview.  Data Analysis and Interpretation  Critical analysis of the issue from multiple perspectives.  Writing Research Proposal and Report

3. 3 How to do a literature search?  Define your Topic ‚ Search Electronic Databases ƒ Search Library Catalogue „ Search E-journals … Search the Web † Search for News

4. 4  Define your topic  What am I looking to find out with my research?  e.g. The impact of principal leadership behaviors on instructional practice and student engagement.  What is the focus of my research?  What are the principal leadership behaviors?  Local or international context?

5. 5 ‚ Search electronic databases  Use electronic databases to search for local and international literature.  Electronic databases contain recent information from book reviews, journal articles, conference papers, and other materials.  Some databases provide the complete full text articles or papers.  Other databases will just provide abstracts of the journal papers.

6. 6 ‚ Search electronic databases Some examples of international electronic databases:  ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)  ProQuest Education Journals  PsycINFO & PsycArticles  Scopus  ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Some examples of local electronic databases:  Hong Kong Journals Online  Dissertations and Theses Collection (DTC) Tips:  Available via Library Website (http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk) → E-Resources Tabhttp://www.lib.ied.edu.hk

7. 7 ‚ Search electronic databases Identify your keywords  Keywords are words or phrases that should appear in the information you are searching for.  Keywords are used to do search in the e-databases. For example, your topic is : Study the development of inclusive education under education reform Keywords are : inclusive education education reform  Use Boolean Operators (AND/OR/NOT), Wildcards (*), etc, where appropriate, e.g. inclusive education AND education reform

8. 8 ‚ Search electronic databases ERIC database  Provides access to education literature and resources and to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. It contains full text with citation and abstracts from educational and education-related journals.

9. 9 Demonstration  Tentative topic: Study the development of inclusive education under education reform  Keywords:  Inclusive education AND education reform  Limit your search to full text articles  Use thesaurus function where necessary  e.g. (Inclusive Education) use (Inclusive Schools) How many records retrieved?

10. 10 Access to ERIC database

11. 11 Search in ERIC database Keywords Limit your search

12. 12 Search Results in ERIC database Article title Abstract

13. 13 Access to Full-text in ERIC database Full text can be accessed via EdLINK or PDF Full Text

14. 14 Refine Search in ERIC database Additional criteria to refine the search, e.g. peer reviewed

15. 15 Refine Search in ERIC database Reduced from over 480 results to 100 by selecting peer reviewed

16. 16 Can I search across multiple EBSCOhost databases?

17. 17 Yes, you can …

18. 18 Searching tips: Expand your search  Use “Expanders” from the database search screen to expand your search  Use boolean operator “OR” to include more search terms  e.g. youth OR adolescent OR teenager  Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in alternative way  e.g. adolescen* to search for adolescent, adolescence, etc.

19. 19 Searching tips: Narrow your search  Use “Limiter” from the database search screen to limit your search results in various way  Consider the suggested “Narrow Search Results by Subject” from the search result screen  Use boolean operator “AND” to limit search results to a narrower scene  e.g. youth AND hong kong

20. 20 Try it yourself  Tentative topics:  Hong Kong beginning teachers  Hong Kong student teachers  School attachment/ practicum/teaching practice and student teacher learning  Learning, formal and informal learning experience, service learning  Beginning teachers’ workplace learning  Culture and learning experience/ learning style  Chinese learner/ Chinese teacher learning  Teacher morale/ teacher engagement and learning in education reform context  Teacher learning and emotional well being How many records retrieved in ERIC?

21. 21 How can I export my search results?

22. 22 Export search results You may export your search results to:  An email account  Bibliographic management software such as RefWorks (available from Library Website)  http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/refworks/index.html http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/refworks/index.html

23. 23 Export search results - Email Click “Add to folder” to save the citation and then go to “Folder”

24. 24 Export search results - Email Select all citations and click E-mail

25. 25 Export search results - Email Your email address Select APA style

26. 26 Export search results - Email Citations in APA style

27. 27 About RefWorks  Web-based Bibliographic Management Tool  Create your own reference databases  Import references from library catalogues & databases  Manage & organize your references in folders  Search your references  Adding your own keywords & comments  Can be integrated with MS-Word to create in-text citations & reference list in preferred style  Accessible by computers connected to Internet

28. 28 Export search results - RefWorks Click “Add to folder” to save the citation and go to “Folder”

29. 29 Export search results - RefWorks Select all citations and click Export

30. 30 Export search results - RefWorks Select “Direct Export to RefWorks”

31. 31 Export search results - RefWorks Require user login

32. 32 Export search results - RefWorks 2. Select “APA 5th” 3. Select file type: MS Word 4. Select source folder 5. Click “Create Bibliography” 1. Click “Bibliography”

33. 33 Export search results - RefWorks Citations output in APA style

34. 34 ‚ Search electronic databases ProQuest Education Journals database  Covers almost 400 leading journals in education and related fields.

35. 35 Access to ProQuest Education Journals database

36. 36 Access to ProQuest Education Journals database Select all databases and click “Continue”

37. 37 Search in ProQuest Education Journals database Use Advanced Search and Enter Keywords Limit to Full Text

38. 38 Search Results in ProQuest Full text can be accessed via EdLINK or PDF Full Text

39. 39 Export search results - RefWorks 1.Mark records 2.Go to “My Research” tab

40. 40 Export search results - RefWorks

41. 41 Try it yourself  Tentative topics:  Hong Kong beginning teachers  Hong Kong student teachers  School attachment/ practicum/teaching practice and student teacher learning  Learning, formal and informal learning experience, service learning  Beginning teachers’ workplace learning  Culture and learning experience/ learning style  Chinese learner/ Chinese teacher learning  Teacher morale/ teacher engagement and learning in education reform context  Teacher learning and emotional well being How many records retrieved in ProQuest? Try to compare the search result with ERIC in terms of the relevancy, quantity and coverage.

42. 42 ƒ Search library catalogue

43. 43 ƒ Search library catalogue You will be able to find:  Books, journals and media resources  Export Library Catalogue records to RefWorks

44. 44 ƒ Search library catalogue Keywords, e.g. small class

45. 45 ƒ Search library catalogue Record with descriptions

46. 46 ƒ Search library catalogue Export to RefWorks

47. 47 Library Catalogue Search Tips Source: http://library.ied.edu.hk/search/X#Tips Truncation: e.g. adolescen* = adolescence, adolescent Boolean operators: e.g. AND, OR, NOT Keywords: e.g. (youth) and (hong kong)

48. 48 „ Search E-journals Journal title, e.g. American Journal of Education

49. 49 „ Search E-journals Select the database to access the journal articles

50. 50 Try it yourself  Use the Library e-journal function to find the following articles:  Odafe, V. U. (2006). Oral examination in college mathematics: An alternative assessment technique. PRIMUS, 16(3), 243-256. doi:10.1080/10511970608984149  Jonsson, A, Baartman, L. K. J., & Lennung, S. A. (2009). Estimating the quality of performance assessments: The case of an ‘interactive examination’ for teacher competencies. Learning Environments Research, 12(3), 225-241. doi:10.1007/s10984-009-9061-z

51. 51 … Search the Web

52. 52 … Search the Web (Internet Resources)

53. 53 … Search the Web Google Scholar  http://scholar.google.com/ http://scholar.google.com/  Google Scholar allows you to search only the more "academic" / "scholarly" contents of Google – books, journal articles, conference papers, public domain research databases with options suited for academic purposes not offered in standard Google like:  Search by Article Title / Author / Journal Title  Limit by Publication Years / Subject Areas  Citation Searches, Related Articles  Linking to HKIEd Library-Subscribed Online Resources by EdLink  Direct Export to RefWorks

54. 54 … Search the Web Google Scholar  To look for a specific article, simply enter the article title. If the article title is very general and it does not show up immediately, enclose the article title with double quotes, add the author's name and / or journal title / publication year  e.g. Crisp, Victoria (2008) "Exploring the nature of examiner thinking during the process of examination marking". Cambridge Journal of Education. 38(2):247 - 264.

55. 55 … Search the Web Google Scholar Customize settings to link library resources with Google Scholar

56. 56 … Search the Web Google Scholar For computers on campus: EdLINK@HKIEd is activated by default. For computers off campus: search “hong kong” at “Library Links” and activate EdLINK; then Save Preferences You can also choose to export the citation to RefWorks or EndNote

57. 57 … Search the Web Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search Options Advanced Search function

58. 58 Try it yourself – Google Scholar  Use the Advanced Search function to find articles by:  Author Search (author:) – use the surname and initial of the given name and / or Christian name  e.g. citizenship education author:"ja banks"  Journal / publication title search  e.g. citizenship education (publication = moral education)  Dates (year) – can be a specific year or a range of years, e.g. citizenship education (year: 2005 – 2007)

59. 59 † Search for News

60. 60 † Search for News WiseNews

61. 61 † Search for News WiseNews Search for Local News Articles Using “WiseSearch”

62. 62 † Search for News WiseNews 2. Specify the date (Search limited to 3 years) 3. Choose newspaper titles by region, or type in the name of newspaper to search 1. Type in keywords, (Chinese keywords for Chinese articles, English keywords for English articles, e.g. 隱蔽少年 / internet kids

63. 63 † Search for News WiseNews Source: http://prd3-libwisesearch.wisers.net/WISENEWS-SHARED/ws/docs/searchtips.en.htm Search tips

64. 64 Try it yourself – WiseNews  Use the WiseNews search function to find articles by:  Keyword = “drug” and “Hong Kong”  Limit the search to the latest 3 years

65. 65 Search skills covered today  Define your Topic ‚ Search Electronic Databases e.g. Journal articles ƒ Search Library Catalogue e.g. books, journals and media resources „ Search E-journals … Search the Web e.g. Google Scholar † Search for News e.g. WiseNews

66. 66 Reminder  The process of literature search could be time consuming.  Start your work as soon as possible.  DON’T wait until the last minute.

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