Presentation for our Special Education classes to demonstrate how to find scholarly articles and books using the University of Kansas Libraries system.
3. We need to know this:
(1)How to use databases to find articles
(2)How to request full text articles if we find only abstracts
(WebRetrieve)
(3)How to request articles the library does NOT have
(4) How to use Google Scholar from the list of library
databases
(5) How to find books using the online catalog and request
delivery to Edwards Campus 3
9. PsycINFO
Contains citations and summaries of journal
articles, book chapters, books, and technical
reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all
in the field of psychology and psychological
aspects of related disciplines. The journal
literature spans 1887 to the present. PsycINFO
indexes journal content published by the
American Psychological Association that is
available through PsycARTICLES. Current
chapter and book coverage includes worldwide
English-language material published from 1987-
present.
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11. I limited the original
309 results by peer
review, date and
relevance and got
121 hits.
14. school AND autis* AND “family therapy”
A new search that boils down to 17 focused
results after limiting by peer-review and date. . .
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16. http://www.lib.ku.edu/RCLibrary/
Can I browse issues of the
Journal of Marital and Family
Therapy?
Yes.
Select E-journals from the
Libraries’ homepage at
http://www.lib.ku.edu or the
Regents Center Library
homepage.
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19. Get at KU
All the databases are searched for the article
you can’t get in full text and, in this case,
three databases came up with the article!
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23. Review:
Libraries’ Homepage http://www.lib.ku.edu
Articles, Databases and More
Databases contain the journals we need to do research
Searched Education and found the PsycInfo database
Full text for one abstracted article by using Get at KU
24. What if the library does
not have a copy of an
article I need?
25. For example, can you get this article for me:
Parental bonding in the treatment of Autistic
behavior that is published in the journal Ethology
and Sociobiology, 1991 vol 12 issue 1
I tried Get at KU and the article wasn’t found.
26. Wha
t
KU” d to do if “G
oesn e
’t get t at
it?
This takes you to
29. What happens next?
The library will locate the article
and send you an email with a
link to the PDF article you
requested—within 48 hours
(99% of the time)
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31. Google Scholar is a good way to search for
scholarly articles using the Google search
strategy
Note: search Google Scholar from the
Libraries list of databases
Why? KU Libraries have partnered with
Google to connect your search results
with the Libraries databases.
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from ee eB
the C ook
at al o
g!
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40. Back to the catalog
and a non eBook
record. I want this
book but it is at
Anschutz Library in
Lawrence.
Can the library send
it to me at the
Edwards Campus?
Yes:
43. This requested book will
be sent from the
Lawrence campus to
Edwards Campus in your
name. Pick it up at our
library after you receive
an email telling you it is
here. This usually takes
one to two days!
45. Find articles through the libraries Databases
Find books through the Catalog
Find research news through the Blog
Questions?
Ask the Librarian
Lissa Lord
llord@ku.edu
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Notas del editor
We need to know this: (1) Use databases to find peer reviewed articles (2) Request full text articles from abstracts and have them delivered to your email (3) Find books using the online catalog and request delivery to Regents Center Library (4) Use Web 2.0 effectively for class assignments and literature searches (5) Use Google Scholar from the list of library databases (6) Find academic articles using Search Engines
Using databases to find peer reviewed articles
Web Retrieve If you can’t find an article or book
The library will locate the article and send you an email with a link to the PDF article you requested (99% of the time)
Google Scholar: KU Libraries have partnered with Google to connect your search results with the Libraries databases
From the Libraries Home, select G for Google Scholar
Use the Library Catalog to Find Books and have them delivered to Edwards Campus