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Jennifer ThiessenLiaison Librarian, Education
Finding articles Library Databases Citation chasing (using a reference list)▪ Library catalogue
Saving, storing and managing articles (Refworks) Make Refworks do your work for you
APA / writing resources
Click on Education to see a list of
databases for that subject area.
Click on Research, then Databases.
Click on a database name, then start
searching.
Recommended: Education Research Complete; ERIC@ Scholarsportal
Tips: Limit to scholarly (peer reviewed) journals Look for descriptors (or subject headings) for
more focused results Not all articles are available online in full text
format “Get it” button looks for the full text throughout
all of the Library’s databases
Have you found a fantastic article (either from a database search or your reading list)?
Use the reference list of that article (esp. if it is a recent article) to find additional relevant articles
Search for TITLE (of book)OR JOURNAL TITLEhttp://www.library.brocku.ca/
What if Brock doesn’t have it? Use RACER (Interlibrary Loan) to request
it Borrow from another University library
RefworksCreate accountThen export articles from database
to RefworksShare references with colleaguesCreate bibliographyWrite N Cite tutorial
Citation Style Guides (Brock Library) APA Tutorial (Harvard Graduate School
of Ed.)
Visit the Graduate Education Research Guideor Education Course Pages
See the Help pages
Contact the Library Help Desk 905-688-5550 x. 3233 or use email form
Contact your liaison librarian: Jennifer Thiessen (phone, chat, email)