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Education Literature Searching

Learn how to effectively search for information needed for your academic success, including using the library catalog, online databases, and accessing electronic journal articles. Enhance your study skills by formulating and conducting literature searches. Discover valuable resources available for classroom management research.

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Education Literature Searching

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  1. Education Literature Searching Finding the information you need

  2. Session Outline After attending this session you should know: • how to use the Library Catalogue • how to select and search appropriate online databases • how to access full text electronic journal articles • where other useful subject information and resources are located on the library website • who to contact for more help

  3. Professional Study Skills ‘Formulate and conduct a literature search on an identified topic within the broad area of classroom management’ • Literature search is 25% of your mark • Submission Date: Friday 10th December 2010

  4. Where to start searching • Durham Library Catalogue • Books and e-books • Journals and e-journals • Databases, and other e-resources • Other library catalogues • Journal databases (indexes) list records of: • Articles in journals • Papers in conference proceedings • Other items such as reports, theses

  5. 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 not suitable for your needs • Mark and save relevant records

  6. Choosing keywords Decide which words describe your topic: • Synonyms • e.g. mentoring, teacher development • Northern American / British terminology • Alternative spellings (and wildcards) • Colo?r (Colour or Color) • Different endings (truncation) • e.g. ment* (mentors, mentoring, mentees) • Combining your terms (AND, OR, NOT)

  7. 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

  8. What to do with your results • Display • Mark relevant records • Save your results • By email • Print • Save to file

  9. Journal article databases Education Subject databases • ERIC • British Education Index Multi-disciplinary databases, eg. • Web of Knowledge • ArticleFirst

  10. Newspapers • News archives • Eg. Infotrac Custom Newspapers • Library home page | Subject Information | Education | News monitoring services & archives

  11. 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| Internet gateways • OR • Databases | Other Online resources | Search engines & gateways

  12. References and Bibliographies • 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=2007_0011 [Accessed: 10 November 2010] • For examples see Cite them right in the Library at 010.44 PEA

  13. Where to get help • In person (at IRC at Queen’s and libraries in Durham) • Online enquiry services http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries/ • Academic Support team • Liaison Librarian: Christine Purcell c.w.purcell@durham.ac.uk

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