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SPED 510: Library Research Workshop
“Books in a stack” by austinevan. www.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/1225274637/
Librarian: Lisa Molinelli [email protected]
What will we learn today?
• How to take advantage of the resources available to Portland State’s students at the library.
• How to get started with the research process.
• How to get help when you need it!
Home Base
http://library.pdx.edu/
Brainstorm!
Brainstorming Your Search
What is currently being done to prevent violence in public schools in
the United States?
Brainstorming Your Search
• Break down your subject into keywords.
• Find other words to describe your topic.
• Use your results to find more words to describe your topic.
Keywords and Synonyms
• Violence– Aggression– Bullying
• Prevention– Safety
• Public Schools– Public Education
• United States– America
Learning the Language of your Topic: Research Starters - Education
Going Deeper: What am I looking for?
• How do I know an article is scholarly?
Scholarly Journals: Characteristics
• Written and edited by scholars or experts in the field—people with MANY years of experience, like your professors!
• Written FOR other scholars in the field. Uses the vocabulary and methods of study typical for the field.
• Articles are narrow in scope: about a very particular topic and/or group of people in a very specific time or place.
• Articles will have LONG bibliographies and reference lists.
• Serious in appearance. NO advertisements.
• Check out this guide for more info: http://guides.library.pdx.edu/evaluate
Scholarly v. Popular SourcesPopular
Scholarly
Peer Review
• Need to figure out if a journal is peer reviewed? Find out whether it is “Refereed” (another term for peer review) with Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory database (found under “U” in our A-Z database list: http://library.pdx.edu/dofd/resources?letter=U )
• Learn more about peer review with this PSU tutorial: http://library.pdx.edu/peer_review.html
Find What You Need: Online Research Guides
After you click the link…
Find What You Need: Research Guides
Find What You Need: Scholarly DatabasesFrom the
library homepage…
From the online
research guide….
Scholarly Database Searching
• Remember: We pay a subscription to these scholarly sources! Most are not available for free on the open web (google, etc.)
• As a PSU student, you have access to these sources.
Where were those databases again?
Education Research Complete
Education Research Complete: Results
Education Research Complete: Record
Tips and Tricks: Scholarly Databases
• Separate out the scholarly stuff.
• Need it now? Full text. Remember: this may limit your results.
• Use database Subject Terms to your advantage.
• Search more than one database.
• The tricks used here can be used in almost any database!
Expand Your Search: Combing Through Bibliographies
Take the time to look through bibliographies of the best articles that you find!
This is the number one way scholars do research.
Look for patterns in the bibliographies: what resources or authors are listed the most?
Expand Your Search: Google ScholarTip: Go through the library homepage to be connected with PSU resources.
Be Complete: Use ILL!
If you find an article in a bibliography that you’d like to access, and we don’t have access, don’t despair! Use ILL (Interlibrary Loan)….
Citation Management Tools
Remember:
• Stay flexible when you search!• Don’t give up on a search until looking through
several pages of results in several databases.• Use the subject headings the database offers
you.• Use the button to find the full-text of
material that isn’t full-text in the database.– More on finding full text
http://guides.library.pdx.edu/findarticles
We are here to help!
• Friendly librarians at the reference desk
• Chat from the library homepage
• Call: 503-725-5874
• Text: @ 66746. Start with the word PDX the first time you text us.
• Email: [email protected]
• Schedule a research appointment
Thank You!
“Thank you note for every language” by woodleywonderworks www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/4759535950/