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Magazine
& Journal Databases (to access
articles):
Ebscohost
databases (on
campus)
Ebscohost
databases (off campus):
an
excellent set of databases for most research topics that
are available from off-campus--as long as you have a
library card.
- For
researching a research topic, click on General
Reference - Magazines and Newspapers, then select the
Academic Search Elite database.
- To
narrow searches, use the "Advanced Search" mode
(available by clicking on "Advanced Search" on the green
bar near the top of each EBSCO page) to combine
concepts with AND. Once you find one
article specifically on your topic, click on any relevant
subject headings (near the topic of the article
page) to find more articles on that topic.
- To
find research studies, type search words for your
topic and add: AND study
Look for articles in scholarly
journals
that include the following sections:
- Method(s):
may include "Procedure", "Participants",
"Measures"
- Results
- Discussion
- Data
(usually included in statistical tables at the end of
the article)
Check
the "Full Text" box on the search screen to limit
the search to only articles that contain the full text in
the database.
WilsonWeb
databases:
only available from on campus (library or
computer labs): an excellent set of databases for more
scholarly journal articles on education topics.
- For
academic research topics, use the OmniFile
database
- To
narrow searches, combine concepts with AND.
- To
do an advanced search, click on the "Search Plus"
button.
- For
articles most focussed on a topic, click on relevant
subject headings listed in an article on the
topic.
- To
find research studies, check "Peer
Reviewed" and add the search
words: AND study
Look for articles in scholarly
journals
that include the following sections:
- Method(s):
may include "Procedure", "Participants",
"Measures"
- Results
- Discussion
- Data
(usually included in statistical tables at the end of
the article)
- Check
"Full Text" to limit the search to only articles
that contain the full text in the database.
E.R.I.C.
database:
freely available on the Web, no password required. Most
comprehensive database available for education journal
articles, but only includes abstracts, no full
text of articles.
- Click
on Advanced Search to be able to be able to
combine search terms.
- In
the search boxes for "Term 1" and "Term 2"
(and "Term 3" if your topic has 3 concepts), enter search
word(s) for each concept related to your
topic
- To
find research studies: in the search boxes for
"Term 3" (or "Term 4" if your topic has 3
concepts), type the number: 143 (this number
represents research reports); then in the "Search
by:" box, select
"Publication_type"
- Click
on the Submit button
- Check
that your search words are correct and Click on the
Submit button again.
Finding
Periodicals:
To find
an article that does not have the full text on any database,
you need to find what library carries the journal in which
the article was published. To find out which libraries carry
a particular journal, click on "Finding
Periodicals"
from the Skyline
College Library
homepage.
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