This document provides an overview of research methodology and resources for conducting research. It discusses developing research questions, search strategies, using databases like Education Source and SAGE Research Methods, evaluating sources, and citing sources. Specific search techniques covered include developing keywords, Boolean operators, phrase searching, truncation, subject headings, and refining results. Interlibrary loan, citation tools, and guides on dissertations and copyright are also mentioned as useful research resources.
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1. EDAD 695
Research Methodology
This presentation will help you in doing
research for your assignments. It covers:
• Basic Search Strategy
• Using OneSearch
• Using Education Databases
• Using SAGE Research Methods
• Other Useful Information
2. From the syllabus:
Course Description
This course provides an overview of research methodology. The students will
evaluate social science research using a variety of approaches. The instructor
will teach basic issues regarding the formulation of purpose statements,
research questions and/or hypotheses, research design, and data collection
and analysis techniques. The course instructional materials encompass
quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research approaches in the
discussion of the basic components of the research process: conceptualization
and measurement, sample selection, and data collection and analysis.
In addition to teaching techniques and conventions of writing a research
proposal, students will apply the skills learn to analyze empirical research.
Students will develop a variety of matrices and identify software programs to
organize and manage research information. The course also includes
application of survey research, including sampling, measurement,
questionnaire construction, validity and reliability, data reduction, and analysis.
This course meets the requirements for a Level I research tools course.
3. Basic Search and Research Strategy
1.Develop a research question.
2.Make a list of keywords (with possible
synonyms)
3.Select an appropriate database or other
resource
4.Utilize Boolean searching techniques
5.Refine your results
6.Evaluate the results
7.Cite your sources
4. Developing a Research Question
These resources will help you in developing and
refining your research question:
Proquest Central Research Skills
Videos that can help you with choosing a topic, finding information, evaluating resources, and creating
simple citations
https://search-proquest-com.proxy.tamuc.edu/central/info/pqrcvideos#
Sage Research Methods Project Planner
A step by step guide on how to develop your research project from the planning stage to completion
https://login.proxy.tamuc.edu/login?url=https://methods-sagepub-com.proxy.tamuc.edu/project-planner
6. Keywords and Synonyms
You will find it helpful to put your research need in the form of a
question in order to better focus your thoughts as you evaluate your
results. However, unlike Google and other internet search engines,
the academic databases you find through the library do not
accommodate natural language searching. Therefore, you will also
want to develop one or more keywords or keyword phrases from
that question.
Keep in mind that there will likely be many possible keywords to
describe the idea you have in mind. Using synonyms of any keyword
or keyword phrase is an essential part of the keyword research
process. You will want to prepare for flexibility by keeping in mind
alternative ways of terming the keywords and keyword phrases
drawn from your research question.
7. Boolean Operators
AND
• narrows your results, telling the database that BOTH
or ALL of the search terms must be present
OR
• broadens your results, telling the database that
EITHER or ANY of the search terms must be present
NOT
• narrows your results, telling the database to
exclude the search term from the results
8.
9. Advanced Searching
Use quotation marks for phrase searching.
Use parentheses to control the order in which
search terms are combined.
Capitalization does not matter
Spelling is important
10. Advanced Searching:
WildcardsWildcard Searching
The wildcard is an advanced search technique that can be used
to maximize your search results. Wildcards are used in search terms to
represent one or more other characters.
The two most commonly used wildcards are:
• An asterisk (*) may be used to specify any number of characters. It is
typically used at the end of a root word, when it is referred to as
"truncation." This is great when you want to search for variable
endings of a root word.
• For example: searching for educat* would tell the database to look
for all possible endings to that root. Results will
include educate, educated, education, educational or educator.
• A question mark (?) may be used to represent a single character,
anywhere in the word. It is most useful when there are variable
spellings for a word, and you want to search for all variants at once.
• For example, searching for colo?r would return
both color and colour.
11. Advanced Searching:
Proximity
NEAR/#
Finds documents where the search terms are separated by up to a certain number of words of
each other (either before or after). Note: If you don't specify a number after the slash, NEAR will
default to maximum 4 intervening words between terms
Example: computer NEAR/3 careers
computer and careers can be separated by up to 3 intervening words
retrieves career in the computer industry
PRE/#
Finds documents where the search terms are separated by up to a certain number of words of
each other in the specified order. Note: If you don't specify a number after the slash, PRE will
apply a default value of max 4 intervening words.
Example: "business management" PRE education = "business management" PRE/4
education
"pre" p/1 war retrieves pre-war but also pre-world-war
12. Advanced Searching:
Subject HeadingSubject headings are a "controlled vocabulary" that describe the content of each item in a database.
Searching by subject headings can be the most precise way to find relevant articles. It is not easy to guess
which subject headings are being used in a given database.
Keywords are the natural language that you might use to describe your topic. It is how one typically searches
in web search engines. While it is a flexible approach, it can yield too many, too few, or irrelevant results.
To find subject headings for your topic:
Look to see if the database has an online thesaurus to browse for subjects that match your topic (check
the Help screens).
Some databases publish thesauri in print (e.g. Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms for the PsycInfo
database).
Another way to find subject headings:
Start with a keyword search, using words/phrases that describe your topic.
Browse the results; choose 2 or 3 that are relevant.
Look at the Subject or Descriptor field and note the terms used (write them down).
Redo your search using those terms.
Your results will be more precise than your initial keyword search.
13. OneSearch
OneSearch is a federated search that covers most of
the library's databases and includes books, journal
articles, streaming video, and other types of information
sources. Input keywords into the search box and click
the "Search" button. You can easily narrow the focus of
your search from the "Refine Your Search" filters on the
result page.
15. SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate
methods library with more than 1000 books,
reference works, journal articles, and
instructional videos by world-leading academics
from across the social sciences, including the
largest collection of qualitative methods books
available online from any scholarly publisher.
16. SAGE Research Methods
Sage Research Methods Online (SRMO) is an online
search tool that provides information and instruction on
research methods in the health and social sciences. It is
aimed at university students, researchers, and faculty
and is designed to answer methods questions that arise
during the various steps of the research process,
including the literature search, review, research design,
data collection, analysis, and write up. The resource
gathers together 6 dictionaries, 5 encyclopedias, 148
journal articles, 26 videos, and 632 books (including the
164 Little Green Books and 48 Little Blue Books, the
only way to access these popular quantitative and
qualitative research methods series in electronic form).
17. SAGE Research Methods
Access SAGE Research Methods via the library’s A to Z
Database List.
View the instructional video on the bottom of the
database homepage.
Learn how to better use SAGE Research Methods by
accessing SAGE Research Methods Guide published
online by SAGE Publishing.
(https://sagepub.libguides.com/research-methods/researchmethods)
18. Useful Information
Interlibrary Loan acquires materials from other libraries for current Texas A&M University-Commerce faculty
members, graduate students, undergraduate students, and staff. If you need a book we don't have, we borrow a
copy. If you request a journal article, we obtain a photocopy or a PDF electronic copy.
Use “Search e-journals” to find a specific journal to either browse or obtain an article that you have the citation for.
Most of the databases have a citation tool that provides you a citation in the format you select, but you should
always double check for accuracy.
The library provides you with access to RefWorks and EndNote Web.
Dissertation 101 Research Guide - https://tamuc.libguides.com/dissertations
Copyright 101 Research Guide - https://tamuc.libguides.com/copyright
Library Homepage - http://www.tamuc.edu/library/
