Welcome to Roesch Library

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Welcome to Roesch Library

• EDA 551
• Fall, 2002
• Heidi Gauder
• Government Documents Librarian

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EDA 551 Research

• Contrary to popular belief, not everything is on
  the Internet
• Library provides wealth of materials not
  accessible by any search engine

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Topics

• Around about Roesch Library
• Remote authentication
• Research strategies

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Part 1 the parts of Roesch Library

• Specific points of interest
• Reference
• Circulation
• Current Periodicals Area
• The Library Web site

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Reference Room

• 25 workstations Access to all electronic
  library products
• 2 laser printers
• Free printing!

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Reference Services

• Open 7 days a week
• Phone [phone]
• Appointments for in-depth help

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Getting Help
library.udayton.edu/chat.php
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Periodicals

• 2nd floor of the library
• Recent unbound journals
• Older bound issues
• Copies .05 apiece

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Circulation Services

• Borrowing privileges for graduate students
• UD books 200 books for 56 days
• OhioLINK materials 200 items for 21 days

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What is OhioLINK?

• Statewide Consortium
• 31 million books
• Shared borrowing
• Access to electronic resources
• Databases
• Full-text journals

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Study Rooms

• Study Rooms, Individual or Group Circulation
  desk has the keys

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Library Web sitelibrary.udayton.edu
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UD Online Catalogflyers.udayton.edu/screens/opa
cmenu.html
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OhioLINK online catalog

• If Roesch Library does not own a book, can get a
  copy from another Ohio school
• Does not work for articles

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Access to articles roesch.udayton.edu/research/ar
ticle/alpha.php/

• 130 databases
• Some provide articles, some provide only
  citations to articles
• Most available off-campus

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Part 2 Remote Authentication

• Although they are on the Internet, library
  databases not readily available
• If you want to research from home or work, you
  must authenticate first

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Remote Authentication

• Not needed if anywhere on campus
• Use if you have AOL, MSN, Erinet, etc
• Works better in Netscape or Explorer
• AOL users minimize browser, open up Netscape or
  Explorer

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Remote Authentication

• Requirements
• Valid University of Dayton ID
• Computer must be set to accept cookies
• Questions, see
• library.udayton.edu/faqs/howto/connect_remotely.ph
  p

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Cookies?
Used by some Web sites as a way of storing
certain information about a user The cookie
is stored on your hard drive so it can be
retrieved as required by the associated Web site
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Part 2 Research strategies

• Before you log on
• Synonyms
• Boolean operators and, or
• Selecting a database
• What are you looking for?
• Finding relevant databases
• Using a database
• Subject headings
• Keyword vs. Subject searching

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Getting started the search statement

• Databases very literal--Only math not
  mathematics or mathematical
• Phrases problematic--more words, more limitations
• Less words more results
• More words less results

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How to avoid bad searches Start with a good
strategy

• Consider synonyms
• Add Boolean operators
• Use the database options (more later)

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Synonyms

• The terminology you use may not be what others
  use
• Examples
• sofa or couch or davenport
• case study or survey or interview or
  questionnaire
• Join synonyms together with or

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The terms and or are Boolean operators.

• OR
• Database will look for at least one term
• More results
• Example Pepsi or CokeEither term sufficient

• AND
• Joins multiple terms or concepts together
• Fewer results
• Example dogs and cats Both words must be found

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Using or
Latino
Hispanic
Mexican
Hispanic or Latino or Mexican
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Using and
Computers
Classroom
Topic Computers in the classroom
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Why not computers in the classroom?

• Database does not understand natural language
• Join separate ideas with Boolean operators
• Computers and classroom

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Boolean operators Nesting

• If you have multiple ands ors, use
  parentheses to separate the functions
• Just as in math equations
• Useful for complex searches with multiple ideas
• Placement of parentheses makes a difference

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Boolean operators Nesting

• Results in ERIC database
• (math or mathematics) and anxiety 938 records
• math or (mathematics and anxiety) 10905
  records
• math or mathematics and anxiety 10905 records

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Practice Session
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What are you looking for?
Research Articles -- Scholarly works
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What does scholarly mean?

• Scholarly ARTICLES will
• Provide evidence of research
• Footnotes or list of works cited
• Be frequently refereed
• Judged suitable for publication by other scholars
• Contribute additional knowledge to the field
• Analyze comment about events, do not merely
  report events

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What does scholarly mean?

• Scholarly PERIODICALS are
• Usually published by academic publishers or by
  professional societies
• Fairly plain in format
• Few photographs, illustrations, advertisements
• Mostly charts or graphs
• Focused in purpose
• Purpose often to report on original research

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Begin article searching
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library.udayton.edu/research/article/subject_guide
s
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Relevant databases

• ERIC
• Citations to articles documents, 1966
• Scholarly research journals
• ERIC documents on microfiche
• Education Abstracts
• Articles article citations, 1983
• Magazines for practioners
• Scholarly research journals
• See Professional Development Collection,
  PsychINFO Sociological Abstracts also

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So many search options What do they all do?

• Keyword or phrase
• Words in Author
• Words in Subject

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Subject vs. Keyword

• SUBJECT SEARCH
• Rigid someone else decides what the subject
  terms are.
• Must make a correct match to be successful.
• Right search terms more precise results

• KEYWORD SEARCH
• Flexible Works like a search engine
• If database contains your words, will get
  results
• In-the-ballpark search might find something,
  but may not be right

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Subject search
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But, correct terms mean good results
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Subject search results

• Subject headings
• Database looks only here to match words

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Keyword search, same topic
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See any problems with this citation?
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Part 3 ERIC database options

• Limiters
• Truncation
• Thesaurus

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Limiters

• Nearly all databases have features that will let
  you limit your search
• Date
• Language
• Article type
• ERIC lets you limit before AND after a search

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ERIC pre-limiters
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ERIC Pre-limiters

• Useful limiters
• Year Report Type Journal Articles

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ERIC post-limiters

• Only available after a search is run
• Some of same pre-limiter criteria
• Useful limiter Educational Level

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Example
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Truncation

• To retrieve all possible word endings, use
  wildcard character . Math Math,
  Mathematics, MathematicalComput Computer,
  Computers, Computing, Computed, Computational, etc

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Example
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Thesaurus

• A predefined list of words and phrases
• Lets you do keyword searching and select the
  correct subject terms

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Example
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Part 4 Getting the articles

• Now you have a list of results
• What exactly does this mean?

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Sample search

• Subject search high risk students
• Limiters
• Record Type Journal Articles
• Year From 1999

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Search Results
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How can I get this article?
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Another Example
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Results 3
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Other databases
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Professional Development Collection
Full text Peer Review options
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Esubscribe
ERIC Documents full text -- No articles
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Electronic Journal Center

• Full text
• Scholarly periodicals
• 1994 present
• Book reviews
• More sources for sciences, business, engineering
• No subject headings

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JSTOR

• Full text
• Scholarly periodicals
• History periodicals
• Issue dates vary
• Begin with v. 1, no. 1
• No subject headings

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Session Review

• Library facilities physical virtual
• Remote Access
• Search statements
• Synonyms
• Boolean operators
• Library Web site

• ERIC searching
• Subject Keyword searches
• Truncation
• Limiters pre post
• Thesaurus
• Getting articles
• Find a copy
• Other databases