2. How to recognize scholarly resources
How to locate subject-specific databases
How to effectively search the library’s databases
How to distinguish between different citations
How to use a bibliography (or works cited) to
identify potential sources
3. AKA “peer reviewed”, “refereed”, “journal
articles”
discipline-specific
peer-reviewed
written on a higher reading level
written by a credentialed author
cite their sources
4. Internet
Google?
Google Scholar?
Wikipedia? – References list?
Library
Catalog?
Databases?
5. Library catalog
Provides access to everything the library owns
Books
Journals
E-books
Databases
Media
6. Collection of newspaper, magazine and journal
articles
Can include dissertations, reports and other
resources
http://library.belmont.edu
Click on Databases
Scroll down and click on Education to see all of the
education resources
7. Keyword searching
Boolean Searching
AND
OR
Subject searching
Thesaurus
8. Supreme
education
Court
Supreme Court AND education
9. inclusion
special
mainstreaming
education
inclusion OR mainstreaming OR special education
10. Supreme Court AND education
inclusion OR special education OR
mainstreaming
public schools AND (inclusion OR
mainstreaming OR special education)
“special education”
11. list of subjects and related terms used to
standardize the descriptions of articles in the
database.
You can select and search for synonyms,
related, and preferred terms.
12. Government Documents
Department of Education (state & federal)
Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Nation’s Report Card
Census Bureau
http://delicious.com/library_chic/belmontedu
14. Is the information reliable?
How do you know?
15. Is the author identified?
What are the author’s credentials?
Are the credentials relevant to the topic?
16. Is there a date?
If it’s older information, is it still accurate?
17. Why is this information being presented?
Who is the intended audience?
18. Is the author or organization biased?
Does the source represent both sides of the
issue?
What is the tone of the source?
19. Is it a…
Book
Book chapter
Article
Dissertation
Report
20. Kember, David. Action Learning and Action
Research: Improving the Quality of Teaching
and Learning. London: Kogan Page. 2000.
21. CUBCat (the library’s catalog)
Title search
Kember, David. Action Learning and Action
Research: Improving the Quality of Teaching
and Learning. London: Kogan Page. 2000.
22. D’Amato, John. “The Belly of the Beast: On
Cultural Difference, Castelike Statues and the
Politics of School.” Anthropolgy and Education
Quarterly, 18.4 (1987): 357-360
23. CUBCat (the library’s catalog)
Journal Title
D’Amato, John. “The Belly of the Beast: On
Cultural Difference, Castelike Statues and the
Politics of School.” Anthropolgy and Education
Quarterly, 18.4 (1987): 357-360
.
24. Getty, Jacob. A School Action Plan with
Stakeholder Involvement: A Case Study of One
Elementary School. Diss. Wilmington University
(Delaware), 2011.
25. Usually availably only through InterLibrary Loan
ProQuest lists many dissertations (ProQuest
Dissertations & Abstracts)
Library catalog of the publishing university
WorldCat (http://worldcat.org)
Getty, Jacob. A School Action Plan with
Stakeholder Involvement: A Case Study of One
Elementary School. Diss. Wilmington University
(Delaware), 2011.
26. King, Martha L., and Rentel, Victor M. How
children learn to write: A longitudinal study.
Report to the National Institute of Education,
Washington, D. C. 1981.
27. Try the publishing agency’s website
Try Google or Google Scholar
Try a subject-specific database
King, Martha L., and Rentel, Victor M. How
children learn to write: A longitudinal study.
Report to the National Institute of Education,
Washington, D. C. 1981.
28.
29. Eisenhard, Margaret and Borko, Hilda.
Designing Classroom Research: Themes,
Issues, and Struggles. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
1993.
30. Saul, Wendy, and J. Carrie Launius. "Making the
Case for ACTION Research." Science
Scope 34.1 (2010): 24-29.
31. Turner, Susan A. "Teaching research to
teachers: A self-study of course design, student
outcomes, and instructor learning." Journal of
the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning 10.2
(2010): 60-77.
32. In person – 3rd floor
Office hours: M-F 8am-4:30pm
(other times available by appointment)
Via email – courtney.fuson@belmont.edu
By phone – 615-460-5492
Online
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Students will differentiate between different types of citations in order to prepare to use a bibliography for research.Students will discuss how to read citations in order to prepare to use a bibliography for research.Students will demonstrate that they know how to find the Education subject guide in order choose appropriate research sources.Students will discuss the various characteristics of scholarly sources in order to distinguish them from other sources in their research.
A peer review is evaluation of a person's work or performance by a group of people in the same occupation, profession, or industry. A referee is an authority who evaluates scientific, technical, or scholarly papers, grant proposals, or the like for the publication or funding institution to which they have been submitted. Peer review or refereeing is the accepted method for ensuring that information is of the highest quality.Peer review does not ensure perfect information. Not everything in a journal is peer-reviewed, but most articles are.
Go to catalog and show subject headings!
One good way to find good, reputable sources is by using a works cited from a good, reputable source! All it takes is one or two solid articles and you’re on your way!
Action learning and action research [electronic resource] : improving the quality of teaching and learning / David Kember with contributions from TakShing Ha ... [et al.].Publication Information:London : Kogan Page ; Sterling, Va. : Stylus, 2000.
Lower Level: DC 33.7.B6513 1984
Saul, Wendy, and Launius, J. Carrie. "Making the Case for ACTION Research." Science Scope 34.1 (2010): 24-29. Education Research Complete. EBSCO. Web. 5 Mar. 2011.
JSTORSearch box on right Browse through the various issues
Dissertations & Theses: A&I, ProQuest. Web. 5 Mar. 2011.
NIE no longer exists – ended in 1981Google – ERIC digest cites it, gives ED #ED = ERIC Document, available in library on microfiche
Book
Saul, Wendy, and J. Carrie Launius. "Making the Case for ACTION Research." Science Scope 34.1 (2010): 24-29. Education Research Complete. EBSCO. Web. 5 Mar. 2011
Turner, Susan A. "Teaching research to teachers: A self-study of course design, student outcomes, and instructor learning." Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning 10.2 (2010): 60-77. Education Research Complete. EBSCO. Web. 5 Mar. 2011.