1. Research Skills:
EDEL 541
Laura Berberian
Stafford Campus Reference Librarian
lberberi@umw.edu
2. • Online access to thousands of scholarly
journal articles, magazines, and newspapers
• 380,000 items in the library’s collection
• Access to books and eBooks
• Online research guides
• Interlibrary loan (to borrow items from other
libraries)
6. Education Research Complete
•Place words in quotation
marks to search for an
exact phrase
•Use an * to search for
multiple word endings
•Limit to “full text” and
“scholarly peer-reviewed
journals”
•limit by date and
language
•From the drop-down
menu, you can narrow or
expand your search
8. Education Research Complete: Search Results
•You can email, save and
print articles
•View the reference
citation by clicking on the
yellow paper icon
9. ERIC: www.eric.ed.gov/
•Use “Advanced
Search” and
“Thesaurus”
•Select “full text”
•Limit search by
publication type and
education level
11. Getting to an Article
• Click on “Locate Article” within a database to
search all of our other databases for that
article
• Search the Journal Finder for the Journal Title
12. Searching the Library Catalog
Limit search to
“Stafford Stacks” for
books that can be
checked out of the
Stafford Library
14. What if my materials are at the main campus Library?
What if UMW doesn’t have what I need?
• Use ILLiad to request materials not located at the Stafford
Library
– Create an online ILLiad Account
– Submit requests through Library’s website
– Request books, articles, dissertations
– Free service
– Delivered to Stafford Library
15. Need help? Have Questions?
• Come to the Library
– Mondays - Thursdays 1 p.m. - 9 p.m.
– Fridays 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
– Saturdays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• Contact the Library Staff
– stafflib@umw.edu
– 540-286-8025
– IM: cgpslibrary
• Set up a Research Appointment
– lberberi@umw.edu
– 540-286-8057
