A presentation to Durham University fisrt-year Education students, to introduce them to academic resources

1. Finding the information you need
Michaelmas term 2014
Education Literature
Searching

2. Where to search
 Durham Library Catalogue
http://library.dur.ac.uk/
 Discover
 Subject pages for Education
https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/education/
Journal databases
Newspaper archives
Other

3. Choosing keywords
 Decide which words describe your topic
 Remember:
 Synonyms
 eg. children OR pupils
 Alternative spellings (and wildcards)
 Eg. counsel?ing, organi*ation
 Phrase
 eg. “circle time”, “young people”
 Different endings (truncation)
 eg. educ*, “school manage*”

4. Modifying your results
 Broader and narrower terms
 Combining your terms
 Eg. (dyslexia OR dyspraxia) AND primary
 Limit your search by:
 Date of publication
 Type of material (eg. book, journal, report)
 Language

5. What to do with your results
 Display
 Mark relevant records
 Save your results
 By email
 Print
 Save to file

6. Library catalogue
http://library.dur.ac.uk/
Search for:
 Books
 E-books
 Journal titles:
 Print
 E-journals
 Database titles

7. Discover
Search for:
 Books and e-books
 Journal articles
 Durham authors’ book chapters and
articles
 Theses
 Archives
 Museum objects

8. Journal databases
https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/education/
Education Subject databases
 ERIC
 British Education Index
 Educational research abstracts online
Multi-disciplinary databases, eg.
 Web of Knowledge
 ArticleFirst
 JSTOR
ConneXions for full text options

9. Newspapers
 News archives
 Eg. Infotrac Custom Newspapers
 Library home page | Subject Information |
Education | News monitoring services &
archives

10. Internet resources
 “Why can’t I just use Google?”
 Internet gateways
 Accessible via Library home page
 Subject information | Education| Internet gateways, eg
 Education in video
 Department for Education
 National Literacy Trust

11. References (APA style)
Books
 Arnold, C. (2001). Child development and learning, 2-5
years: Georgia’s story. London: Paul Chapman.
 Siegler, R. (2002). The rebirth of children’s learning. In
Desforges, C and Fox, R (ed.) Teaching and learning: the
essential readings (pp. 63-83).Oxford: Blackwell.
Journal articles
 White, J. (2004). Should religious education be a compulsory
school subject? British Journal of Religious Education, 26(2)
151-164.
 Bright, M. (1985). The poetry of art, Journal of the history of
Ideas, 46 (2): 259-277. Retrieved 12 November 2014 from
JSTOR http://uk.jstor.org/.
For other formats use Cite them Right (available as an e-book, or
on library shelves at 010.44 PEA) to find correct layout.

12. Where to get help
 In person (at Queen’s Campus Library and
libraries in Durham)
 Online enquiry services
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries/
 Liaison Librarian
 Christine Purcell c.w.purcell@durham.ac.uk

13. And finally …
Do you think what you’ve learned
in the session today will be
useful to you in the future?