John H. Evans Library & Learning Commons

EDS 4090 RESEARCH SEMINAR

EVANS LIBRARY RESOURCES

UPDATE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

AGEN

DAAgenda and Introduction

Finding Books

Finding Articles

APA Style Manual

Research Assistance

Wrap-Up

Q&A

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Research Guides 5

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INTRO

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Evans Library Home Page – lib.fit.edu

RESEARCH G

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ESWhere do I begin?

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RESEARCH G

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ESHere is the summary of research guides related to Education

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EDS 4090 ResearchGuide

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How do I search for books?

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RESEARCH G

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PERIC – EBSCOHost

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ERIC – Search page

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ERIC

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Let’s do a sample search in ERIC

Placing quotation marks around search terms keeps it as a

phrase

ERICResults listing

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ERICResult #1 – Example of full text ERIC Document (ED)

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ERIC RESULTS PAG

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Result #1 – Bibliographic record of ED with pdf

ERICResults #2 –Example of full text ERIC journal article (EJ)

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ERIC RESULTS PAG

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Result #2 – Bibliographic record of EJ with pdf

ERIC

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Result #5 – Is this available in full text?

ERIC

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It’s not available – now what do I do?

ERIC

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Want to keep track of your references?

ERICCheck the box next to the result you wish to export

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ERIC – EXPORTIN

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Then, choose the Exporting/Citing tab

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ERIC – EXPORTIN

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Click the Export button

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ERIC – EXPORTIN

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RefWorks login page

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ERIC – EXPORTIN

G REFEREN

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Let’s log in!

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ERIC – EXPORTIN

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Let’s look at our three imported records!

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ERIC – EXPORTIN

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Here they are!

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REFWO

RKSMore information on RefWorks and APA

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Need more help?

Cheryl DavisInformation Advocate, Education & Interdisciplinary Studiescdavis05@fit.edu(321) 674-8766

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