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Alvin Sherman Library, NSU Resources and Services for Distance Students Nora Quinlan, nora@nova.edu Reference Department, Alvin Sherman Library, NSU Shanghai, China May, 2012
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Part 1: Locating Books and E-books In NovaCat
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http://www.nova.edu/library/main
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Find books, search for articles, request items, get help, learn more, all from the home page.
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Contact us for assistance, or set up an individual consultation with a librarian
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Lets search for a book on bullying
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Log in using Sharklink ID (same as NSU email)
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Click here to see book
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Locating Books and E-books In NovaCat Books are usually a great reference for research and papers. 1.Open a browser and navigate to NovaCat. 2.Run a keyword search on the topic of your choice. 3.What is the material type of the first result? Is it a print book, e- book, or a web resource? What is a quick way to tell? 4.Find the first print book in your results. 5.Is it available? 6.If available, would you be able to check it out or order it? Why or why not?
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Part 2: Using The Databases To Search For Dissertations
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http://www.nova.edu/library/main
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Go to Databases by Subject
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Use the MARPs database for FSE dissertations
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First see
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Dissertations and Theses from ProQuest: Contains over 1.4 million full-text dissertations
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Search tricks! * and “ “
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Using The Databases To Search For Dissertations Dissertations can be a resource to learn about other people’s research. 1.Open a browser and navigate to Databases. 2.Find dissertation databases. 3.Select a dissertation database and log in with your SharkLink account. 4.Run a keyword search on the topic of your choice. 5.Find the first dissertation in your results. 6.If full-text available? 7.If available, would you be able to view it online or order it? Why or why not?
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Part 3: Searching for Scholarly Articles
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Finding articles: Quick Search vs. Specialized Databases
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FYI: http://www.eric.ed.gov
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The library has over 300 databases available to help find research information. 1.Open a new browser and navigate to the database pages. 2.If you were looking for education articles, what link would you click on? 3.Click on the subject “Education." Then, click and open the ERIC Thesaurus database. 4.Search a term you use to describe a research topic in Education. 5.What are your results? 6.Can you use your term as a subject or is there a better term? 7.Search your term in the ERIC database from Proquest. 8.How many results did you get? 9.Can you modify your search? Searching for Scholarly Articles
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Part 4: Using Journal Finder
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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), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622 If you need to find a specific article, search for the name of the journal, not the title of the article, first.
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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), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622 Choose a database with the year you need
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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), 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622
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Click on Document Delivery/ILLiad to begin your request
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Part 5: Using FindIt!
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When to use Find It! FindIt! has several possibilities: Item is easily available, Item has to be located, or… Item has to be ordered
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Option #1 Find IT! provides direct link to full text
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If you land on HTML version, switch to PDF
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Option #2: Sometimes FindIt! knows article is available, but doesn’t link to it directly
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Browse to article, similar to Journal Finder
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Scroll through the table of contents to find item
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Option #3 in FindIt!: Use Journal Finder
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Follow the steps previous demonstrated for Journal Finder
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Option #4 no full text in FindIt!
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If no direct link is available, try Journal Finder first
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If Journal Finder returns zero results and you really want item…
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…order through ILLiad Local students may want to see if library carries the print version of the journal
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Link will open Article Request form and fill it out for you; scroll down to submit the request
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Email notification that the item is ready; 2 business days to 2 weeks, depending on availability
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Item should be downloaded & saved and/or printed out
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Part 6: APA citation style
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APA Resources Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6 th ed.) APA help / tutorials: http://www.apastyle.org/ http://blog.apastyle.org/ http://nova.campusguides.com/apa Fischler School of Education doctoral students must also see: http://www.fischlerschool.nova.edu/applied-research/writing-and-preparing-the-dissertation
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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, 1500-1750 [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xax5d4IKqrQ 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), 660-670. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2006/048)
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Example of a DOI
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The library has a DOI lookup tool
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Use article title & first author’s last name
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Copy the DOI and paste to the end of a citation
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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), 660-670. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2006/048) What is the purpose of the DOI?
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The DOI is used to link to full text
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The DOI serves as a quick link to full text
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Software citation helpers: Beware of errors
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APA citation assistance in ProQuest: Checkmark, then use Cite
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Spot check and fix any errors See next screen for corrections
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APA citations with Fischler School modifications: Single spaced but double between citations / Nothing at the end if no DOI
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Part 7: Citation tracking/landmark studies: Using Web of Science
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Part 8: “Theoretical Perspective”
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Doesn’t happen often, but sometimes the title mentions the framework
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Sometimes it is clearly mentioned in a subheading
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There should always be a citation to help you track down the theory used.
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Sometime the theory is from another discipline but the authors explain why it is relevant to THIS research – a student may to have to do this step.
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Try theor / or framework / or conceptual / or perspective Use the FIND feature to search within the article (do NOT truncate with asterisk!)
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Sometimes the theory was mentioned earlier, but not necessarily labeled. In other words, sometimes it is clearly stated, other times it is inferred.
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Questions? Contact us for assistance
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