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Some links to keep in mhttp://uah
Lib
http://libguides.uah.ed
List of databases sorted by major and alphab
http://wDepartment of Educa
https://nNational Center of Educat
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Peer Reviewed ArticlesAlso called Scholarly or Academic articles.
In brief, articles written by people in the field for people in the
and reviewed by people in the field.
Advantage:Focused research, cutting edge, written in dedicateformal structure, involves specific issues in the field.
Disadvantage:Language can be hard to read for outsiders, sear
practice, bias can trickier to spot.
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Stages of Research
1. Gathering the Concepts
2. Initial Searches
3. Narrowing Results4. Finishing the Research
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Gathering the Concepts
Ultimate Goal: To have a grasp of the field.
Steps (any order, and go back and forth):
Consult reference sources to familiarize self with the
Try broad web searches to see what organizations/si
View authoritative websites (such as ed.gov) to find
and current research trends.
Opposing Viewpoints (database) has a section on Edu
controversy, etc.
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Opposing Viewpoints, what is it?
Gales collection of articles (peer-revinews, and trade) and reports and stat
and discussions from both sides of deb
controversial topics.
Browse Issues to find Literacy in li
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Finding Databases (from uah.ed
O
Opposing Viewpoints
ERIC
JSTOR
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Opposing Viewpoints
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Opposing Viewpoints
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Initial Searches
Ultimate Goal: To get the initial stages of actual rcompleted
Steps (will take a couple of attempts)
Try a few searches using a couple of different ways of phra Pay attention to patterns (same authors showing up, same
focus)
Adjust accordingly
Pay attention to subject terms and abstracts
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OneSearch, What Is It?
Ebscohosts multi-resource searching toSearches nearly everything that we offethe UAH library, from physical books t
articles to conference papers.
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OneSearch, The Main Ti
1. Try out Advanced Search2. Under Limit Your Results
a. Check Full text
b. Check Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Articles
c. Set Date to previous 10 years3. Click on articles that fit your interest and view t
subjects/authors. Click on those things to bringrelated articles.
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OneSearch, Limiting Re
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OneSearch, Related Arti
Click for other articlesby same authors
Click for other articles
from same journal
Click for articles with
same subjects/etc
And so forth
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Ebscohost Folder/AccouAllows you to save research between sessions. C
sign in at the upper bar, and then make new
if you need.
Make sure you are signed in before you save stufolder, by clicking the folder icon.
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Ebscohost Folder/Accou
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Narrowing ResultsUltimate Goal: To have a core group of articles/
Steps:
Return to your most successful searches using additio
information youve learned from less successful ones
See what articles other articles are citing
Look for blanks in your research, adjust accordingly
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Questions to ask about Sources
1. Is it consistent?
2. Is it rigorous (does it actually test what it says
testing)?
3. Does it have an obvious bias?
4. Does it cite well?5. Is it cited well (do any of your other sources m
it)?
6. Does it fit into the bigger picture or is it an ou
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An Interjection about PermaLin
Make sure you are saving permanent links for th
articles. Do not just copy and paste the URL fro
address bar. Look for the permanent/persisten
feature. OR, cite well and use citation to find t
article again.
see http://libguides.uah.edu/persistent
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Wrong Way vs Right WaWrong: Copying straight from Address Bar Right: Use permalink feature
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An Interjection about Citation
A full-discussion about citation is beyond the
scope of these notes, but things to keep in mind:
1. If you use it, cite it.
2. Good citations include at leastthe author, thetitle, the date, and the source. They may also
include page numbers from the source, dateyou accessed it, and how you accessed it.
3. Purdues Online Writing Lab (OWL) has goodinformation, for instance, their page on MLA:https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
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An Interjection about Plagiarism
Plagiarism is not just the taking ofsomeones work without credit,though it is also that. Plagiarismis any time you copy someoneswork, including justparaphrasing or lifting their
concepts, and use it as your own.It also includes citing someonefor a concept/idea that they didnot have (false attribution).
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The Four Big Things to Keep In M
GIVE YOURSELF TIME
(dont learn the database and the topic both in the last minute)
BE PLAYFUL WITH THE SEARCHES
(try some unusual phrasing, click through a few citations, read a few abstracts
articles, go back and forth)
GO PAST THE FIRST PAGE(do not trust the database/search engine to give you exactly what you need, dig a
see the first few pages [at least])
TRUST NO ONE
(well, sort of...but at least hold the articles to standards)
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Other Databases to Use
ERIC: Focused on Education
JSTOR: General/Multi-, less overwhelmthan OneSearch
find @ http://libguides.uah.edu/databa
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Logging in from Off CamYour ChargerID is the same thing you use to log into Angel and [n
register.uah.edu (aka, Banner) and the campus wi-fi and, as socall it, the first part of your email address. The password is theAngel/wi-fi/Banner.
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Search Term Tips, 1: AND/OR/N
When searching, use AND, OR, and NOT [note: UPPERCASE] to co
search terms together. AND: both words/phrases mustbe in the document before it w
as a result [use to search for linked terms].
OR: either word/phrase must be in the document, or both [us
for equivalent terms].
NOT: finds documents in which the first term, but notthe secshows up [use to to help weed out ambiguous terms].
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AND/OR/NOT - exampl AND [necessary relations]
o learning AND styles
o poverty AND stress
OR [equivalent terms where one or both might show up in art
o teaching OR educating
o discipline OR punishment
NOT [helps to weed out ambiguous terms]
o stress NOT fracture
o grade NOT slope
o literacy NOT computer
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Search Term Tips, 2: Quotations
Use double quotes or single quotes to bracke
words when you want the whole phrase to be s
as written.
Without these quotes, the default behavior is to
documents where the words are nearone anot
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Research/Reference HelChat http://libanswers.uah.edu
Email [email protected], or
Phone (256) 824 - 6529
Text/SMS (256) 286 - 2368
for others, see libanswers.u