EAHR 810 Designing Programs in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

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Everything you always wanted to know about using
the library for research but were afraid to ask .
. . EAHR 213 January 20, 2007

Cara Bradley Distance Education
Librarian University of Regina
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Today we will cover . . .

• Obtaining library services/assistance
• Regina students
• Students outside of Regina
• Accessing electronic resources from home
• Important electronic resources
• WebVoyage (library catalogue)
• Online databasesERIC, Proquest Education
  journals, CBCA Education
• CitationAPA style and RefWorks
• EAHR web page

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Obtaining Library Service

• Regina students
• Reference assistancelibrary reference desk
• Books and articlesvisit library
• Interlibrary loanuse online form
• Students outside Reginacontact UREAD at
  1-800-667-6014 or uread_at_uregina.ca
• Reference assistance, books and articles,
  interlibrary loancontact UREAD
• It is important that you PLAN AHEAD!

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A few notes . . .
Online Resources

• The University of Regina Library makes many
  scholarly resources available online for students
  and faculty.
• From your desktop you can
• See what books and journals the library holds and
  whether or not they are currently available
• Read electronic books and electronic journals
  (8000 electronic journal titles)
• Search electronic databases (indexes of
  subject-specific journal literature) for articles
  on your topic (225 databases)
• And much more . . .

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Remote access

• Most of these resources are NOT freely available
  on the Webwe pay a subscription fee so that the
  U of R community can use them.
• In order to access from off the U of R campus,
  you need to authenticate (prove to the vendor
  that you are affiliated with the U of R) using
  your last name and barcode number.

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Remote access
Login using your last name (all lower case) and
library barcode
OR login using your Computing Services ID and
password
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Constructing a Search

• Before we get to specific search tools, it pays
  to know some tips and tricks that apply across
  most databases.

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BooleanAND, OR, NOT

• I would like some information about ethics or
  morals in leadership. Im not sure which
  termethics / morals--this database uses. How
  (OR, AND, NOT) would I connect these terms?

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Boolean, continued

• Ethics OR morals
• OR is used to connect synonymous concepts or
  terms
• The more terms we connect with OR, the more
  results we retrieve.

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Boolean, continued

• Im trying to find information about education
  leadership in healthcare organizations. How would
  I connect these two terms in my search?

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Boolean, continued

• educational leadership AND healthcare
  organizations
• AND retrieves items in which BOTH concepts are
  represented
• The more terms we connect with AND, the smaller
  the number of results we retrieve

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Boolean, continued

• I want information about leadership theories
  other than trait theory.

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Boolean, continued

• leadership theories NOT trait theory
• Retrieves records where only ONE of the terms is
  present
• Be careful when you use NOT the term you do want
  may be present in an important way in documents
  that also contain the word you wish to avoid.

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Other tips

• Truncation (, ?, etc.)
• Limits (language, date, publication type)
• Subject headings/descriptors

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WebVoyage

• The Librarys Catalogue
• Look here for
• Books owned by the U of R Library
• Titles of journals (both print and electronic)
  carried by the U of R Library and the years for
  which we hold subscriptions
• DONT look here for
• titles of individual journal articles

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To get to WebVoyage . . .

• www.uregina.ca/library

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Try WebVoyage
Try WebVoyage

• What is the call number for the following book?
• Effective Educational Leadership, edited by Nigel
  Bennett, Megan Crawford, and Marion Cartwright.
• Fred Fiedler is famous for Fiedlers contingency
  theory of leadership effectiveness. Do we have
  any of his books in the library? How many records
  do you see?

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Try WebVoyage

• On his way out the door, your professor mentions
  that the author Hersey published a key work on
  leadership in 1982. Use WebVoyage to locate the
  item he is referring to.
• Hintuse Advanced Search

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Try WebVoyage

• Can I get this article at the U of R Library? In
  print or electronic format?

Fiedler, Fred. Research on Leadership Selection
and Training One View of the Future.
Administrative Science Quarterly v41 n2 p241-50
Jun 1996.
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Fiedler, Fred. Research on Leadership Selection
and Training One View of the Future.
Administrative Science Quarterly v41 n2 p241-50
Jun 1996.
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Fiedler, Fred. Research on Leadership Selection
and Training One View of the Future.
Administrative Science Quarterly v41 n2 p241-50
Jun 1996.
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Thats neat but . . .

• What if I dont have a citation? I dont know
  which journals have published on my topic and in
  what years? What do I do?
• This is when you turn to the libraries 200
  DATABASES.
• Questions
• Have you used any databases in other classes?
• What can I expect to find in these databases?
• How is the content of these database different
  from the Internet at large?

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Accessing Journal Literature

• There are a whole range of tools (databases) to
  help you find articles on your topic.
• Ive selected 3 of the most useful in the field
  of education and added them to a course website
• ERIC (CSA)
• Proquest Education Journals
• CBCA Education

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ERIC

• The ERIC (Educational Resources Information
  Center) database is sponsored by the U.S.
  Department of Education to provide extensive
  access to educational-related literature.
• In addition to journal articles, ERIC provides
  coverage of conferences, meetings, government
  documents, theses, dissertations, reports,
  audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories,
  books and monographs.

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ERIC

• Updated monthly (approx 2640 records added each
  month)
• Contained 1,172,800 records as of October 2005
• Covers 1966-present

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ERIC--tips

• Quick Search
• Truncation ()
• Educat (retrieves educate, education, educator,
  educating, etc)
• Behavir (retrieves behaviour, behavior)
• Boolean
• Limit by date

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ERIC

• Lets use Quick Search to see if ERIC contains
  any peer-reviewed articles about educational
  leadership in a nursing setting. Well only
  retrieve only items published in the last 5 years
  (2002-present).

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ERIC

• Advanced Search
• - Many of the same tricks of Quick Search
  (truncation, Boolean) work here but it walks you
  through the process of constructing your search.
• - More date limit options
• - Ability to limit to only EDs

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ERIC

• Concern is growing that many experienced leaders
  will retire in the next few years. Use Advanced
  Search to see if ERIC contains any peer-reviewed
  articles about leadership and succession
  planning.

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ERIC Thesaurus

• What terms does ERIC use for leadership?
• What are some Broader Terms? Related Terms? When
  might you use these options?

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Thats great, but . . .

• How do I actually get a copy of the article?

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Click the name of the article to read the
abstract (if available)
Click here to read the full article if available.
Click here to see other options if there is no
Full-text link.
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Additional functions . . .
View Marked items
Mark records you want to keep
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Print or email marked records
Export to RefWorks
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Try it!

• Mark a few records from your last search and
  email them to yourself.

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Other key education databases
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Luckily,

• These 2 databases have the same interface (or
  look, feel, and features)
• Search types
• Basic
• Advanced
• Topic
• Publications
• Remember Boolean (AND/OR), Limits
  (Peer-reviewed, full-text, date, etc.)

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CBCA Education

• Use CBCA Education to look for information on a
  topic you are researching for this (or another
  education) class this semester.
• --or--
• Use CBCA Education to search for
  peer-reviewed/scholarly journals articles that
  discuss the use of online/distance teaching
  methods for professional education/development.

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Choices, choices

• Describe a situation when ERIC would be your
  first choice for conducting your search.
• Describe a situation when CBCA Education would be
  your first choice for conducting your search
• Describe a situation when you would try another
  subject-specific database for conducting your
  search.

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Other databases

• Browse by subject at
• http//www.uregina.ca/library/eresources/databases
  /
• Think about your topic from a disciplinary
  perspective. Who else might be writing about it?
• Leadership and gender
• Cost /benefit analysis of staff training

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Citing Resources

• Scholarship and research are based on the concept
  of building on the research of others who have
  studied and published on related topics.
• You should incorporate the ideas of others in
  your work, but you MUST give credit to the owner
  of the idea (regardless of whether using a direct
  quotation or not)
• My adviceerror on the side of cautionthe
  consequences are too great!

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APA Style

• APA Style --often used in psychology, sociology,
  EDUCATION, social work
• Print copies available from the library (and the
  bookstore).
• Also see the courses library web site

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Finally, contact us!

• UREAD
• email uread_at_uregina.ca
• Phone [phone]
• http//www.uregina.ca/library/research/uread/index
  .shtml
• Cara Bradley
• email cara.bradley_at_uregina.ca
• Phone [phone]