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

2. Key sources for ELT research n KMUTT Library –www.lib.kmutt.ac.th/online.html n ERIC database –www.searcheric.org n BALD database –mercury.kmutt.ac.th/books/main.asp

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

4. Link to H. W. database

5. Choose the database

6. Just type here

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

8. Choose the dates of articles

9. Results for: inductive deductive

10. Be careful about the database

14. 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

15. Use Search by Information

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

20. Only 5 records returned

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

22. Notice the different topic

23. More hits returned now All results concern error treatment