2. A Workshop on
Search and Research Experiences
Presented by:
Parisa Mehran Mehrasa Alizadeh
We will talk about:
Finding a good research topic
Introducing research foundations of English language education
Introducing outstanding TEFL Journals
Doing a search on the Internet
Downloading e-books, articles, and theses/dissertations for free
Buying e-books, articles, and theses/dissertations at low costs
Introducing Iranian databases
Introducing useful books on research methodology
Introducing useful software programs
Introducing useful books and links for academic writing
etc. etc.
Come and join us:
At Alzahra University, in the Faculty of Literature
and Foreign Languages, 2nd
floor, Hafez Hall
This Sunday (18th
of Esfand)
3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Everybody most welcome! :-)
3. Search and Research
Experiences
Presented by:
Parisa Mehran
parisa_mehran@yahoo.com
Mehrasa Alizadeh
mehrasa.alizadeh@yahoo.com
March 2014
Research foundations:
www.tirfonline.org/resources/
references/
www.cal.org/topics/
www.carla.umn.edu
Theses/Dissertations:
www.ohiolink.edu/
http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/R
http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/ETD-db/
Iranian databases:
www.sid.ir
www.ensani.ir
www.magiran.com
www.noormags.com
Simorgh:
http://simorgh.nosa.com/simwebclt/
WebAccess/SimwebPortal.dll
Namayeh:
www.irannamaye.ir/home/index
Directory of Open Access Journal:
www.doaj.org
ProQuest open access:
http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/
A five-minute access to some articles:
www.deepdyve.com
4. Useful links for academic writing:
www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/
http://tychousa10.umuc.edu/WRTG9
99A/index.html
www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm
www.aresearchguide.com
Online tutorials for academic
writing:
www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/lib_ins
truct/riot
www.twu.edu/library/tutorial/inform
ation/play.html
www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html
Research methods in the social
sciences:
http://www.methods.manchester.ac.u
k/methods/
DOI identifier:
www.crossref.org/guestquery
ISI:
http://thomsonreuters.com/
ISC:
www.isc.gov.ir
Conference alerts:
www.conferencealerts.com
www.allconferencealerts.com
www.allconferences.ir/fa/default.aspx
www.bahamayesh.com
www.civilica.com/Calendar.html
Oddcast:
www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_e
xample.php
A digital repository of data collection
instruments for research into second
language learning and teaching:
www.iris-database.org
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to
arrive, and the true success is to labor!
Robert Louis Stevenson
Do not forget APA! :)
Useful online software programs:
http://evernote.com/
https://pixlr.com/editor/