The document outlines resources for research available from the Evans Library, including research guides, finding books and articles, APA style guidelines, and research assistance. It provides an example of using the ERIC database to search for and export references to RefWorks on topics related to middle school students and higher-order thinking. Screenshots walk through searching ERIC, viewing results, and saving references to a RefWorks account.

1. EDS 4090
R ESEARCH
John H. Evans Library & Learning Commons
S EMINAR
E VANS L IBRARY
R ESOURCES
U PDATE
S EPTEMBER
29, 2011

2. AGENDA
Agenda and Introduction 3
Research Guides 5
Finding Books 6
Finding Articles 7
APA Style Manual 8
Research Assistance 9
Wrap-Up 10
Q&A 11
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3. INTRODUCTION
Evans Library Home Page – lib.fit.edu
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4. RESEARCH GUIDES
Where do I begin?
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5. RESEARCH GUIDES
Here is the summary of research guides related to Education
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6. EDS 4090 Research Guide
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7. How do I search for books?
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8. RESEARCH GUIDE –ERIC
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ERIC

9. ERIC –Homepage
Let’s use the
Advanced Search
option
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10. ERIC –Advanced Search page
Let’s use the search terms
middle school students AND
Higher order thinking
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11. Let’s do a sample search for Educations Documents (ED) and Educational Journals (EJ) in
ERIC
ERIC
Placing quotation
marks around
search terms
keeps it as a
phrase
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12. ERIC
Results listing
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13. ERIC
Result #1 – Example of full text ERIC Document (ED)
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14. ERIC RESULTS PAGE
Result #1 – Bibliographic record of ED with pdf
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15. ERIC
Results #3 –Example of full text ERIC journal article (EJ)
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16. ERIC RESULTS PAGE
Result #3 – Bibliographic record of EJ with pdf
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17. ERIC
Result #5 – Is this available in full text? Choose find in a library
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18. ERIC
Then, choose continue
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19. ERIC
It’s not available – now what do I do?
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20. ERIC
Want to keep track of your references?
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21. ERIC
Check the added icon next to the result you wish to export to the clipboard
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22. ERIC – EXPORTING REFERENECES TO REFWORKS
Then, choose the link to items in My Clipboard
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23. ERIC – EXPORTING REFERENECES TO REFWORKS
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Click the Export citations button

24. Choose the Citation Manager option and then click on download. File will be saved in ris
ERIC – EXPORTING REFERENECES TO REFWORKS
format.
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25. ERIC – EXPORTING REFERENECES TO REFWORKS
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Save file and then choose OK

26. ERIC – EXPORTING REFERENECES TO REFWORKS
Then log in to your Ref Works account from the library web site lib.fit.edu
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27. ERIC – EXPORTING REFERENECES TO REFWORKS
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Let’s log in!

28. Now, let’s import our two ERIC records – choose References and then Import
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29. Select Data Source and Database as noted and then browse your computer for the ris file
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you saved. Then, choose the Import button.
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30. ERIC – EXPORTING REFERENECES TO REFWORKS
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Choose View Last Imported Folder

31. ERIC – EXPORTING REFERENECES TO REFWORKS
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There they are!

32. REFWORKS
More information on RefWorks and APA
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33. Need more help?
Cheryl Davis
Information Advocate,
Education & Interdisciplinary Studies
cdavis05@fit.edu
(321) 674-8766
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