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Research in Education

Janice Winkler
Education Librarian
Elizabeth Dafoe Library

Adapted from slides created by Kyle Feenstra

EDUA 5600

August 2, 2018

What we will talk about today...

1. Where to start
2. Basic & advanced search techniques
3. Citation management
4. Try it out

Getting started

Starting points:

The Subject Guide for Education will help you identify the resources relevant to your research.

The journal databases identified by the Subject Guides and Database A-Z are great places to start your search for articles. ERIC is a go-to database in education.

The advanced search for basic article and book searches

Where to locate information

Books
Print
Online

Scholarly articles

'Grey literature'
Policy documents
Govt publications

Library search bar (filter for Books)

Library search bar (filter for Peer Reviewed)
Databases (ERIC is the go-to; find more)
Google Scholar

Check multiple locations

What are scholarly journals?

1. The journal publishes current research in a particular academic field.
2. Articles are written for an academic audience in a scholarly community.

Identifying scholarly articles

1. The article presents original research or new analysis.
2. Resources used to write the article are adequately cited.
3. The author has academic credentials.
4. Language used indicates the intended audience is academic.

What do we mean by "peer review"?

Articles submitted to the journal are reviewed by independent scholars prior to publication to ensure they meet the standards for research in that field.

Identifying Peer Reviewed Journals

1. The catalogue or database where it is found identifies the journal as a peer reviewed source. (Example)
   Tip: Most databases have filters that show only PR results.
2. The journal editors identify the publication as
   peer reviewed.

Search Skills

Keywords

Subject Headings
(Taxonomy)

Language used in the literature of a field of study

Language used to organize a field of study for the purpose of retrieval

Natural Language

Language as it's really spoken.

Language used is arguably the most important part of a successful search

Examples

Google:
academic journals on inclusive education

ERIC:
inclusive education

ERIC:
inclusion

Subject Headings 

results are based on a match with the subject heading field in the library or database record.

Subject headings are useful for identifying related materials. 

A combination of subject headings and keywords often produce the most precise search results.

When you search with...

Keywords

results are based on frequency of word use in the library or database record and in some cases the document text. 

Book Subject Headings

The Library of Congress assigns subject headings for all monograph publications

Article Subject Headings

Databases organize subject headings in a thesaurus.
ERIC offers a comprehensive thesaurus for education.

Searching with Subject Headings

A few approaches:

• Search with keywords to find relevant books or articles. Use their subject headings to find similar materials.

• Find the preferred subject headings first and search by subject rather than keyword.

• Refine a subject heading search by adding keywords.

Example

finding subject headings for

inclusive education in ERIC

finding Library of Congress subject headings for inclusive education in the catalogue

Basic Search Techniques

Here are some tips to get better search results in the catalogue and databases.

How should you know which search techniques to use?

Read the search results!

Start with a broad search, and narrow down based on your results.

Example

searching in ERIC

Activity #1

&
 

Activity #2

Activity #1

&
 

Activity #2

student teacher relationship

teacher child relationship

teacher student relationship

teacher student relationship

team teaching

Citation Management

Citation Management

There are many citation management apps available and
workshops* to help you learn how to use them.

Getting started with Zotero

1. Create account
2. Download Zotero & add account info to app
                 Edit > Preferences > Sync
3. Download Zotero Connector browser plug-in to add items

APA Style Guides

UM Library copies of recommended APA Guides

Handouts from this Workshop

• Organizing Search Terms
• Creating an Effective Search String
• Activities 1-3

Questions?

Janice Winkler
Education & U1 Librarian
Elizabeth Dafoe Library
Janice.Winkler@umanitoba.ca