This is a 10 minute review of key search options for education at the UCL Institute of Education in London in 2015.

1. Focused Literature
Searching for
Education Sources
Autumn 2015

2. You might ask questions ….
Everyone uses
so ……….
 Why search elsewhere?
 What should you search?
 How should you search?
 Where should you search?

3. Why? Focused Literature Searching can …
 … save you time.
 … limit your searches to quality resources.
 … help you get a balance of different types of
resources (books and articles both physical
and online).
 … open your research to resources only
available via subscription.

4. 4 Curriculum
Resources, Basic skills,
Reference, Schools
Histories, Literature
Collection
3 Comparative
collection,
Journals, Non-
education
5 Main,
Dissertations
What? IOE Library physical collections
Resources & Collections

5. Pcs at
IOE
Printing
at IOE
Portal
Ebooks
• Via IOE
Library
Search
Ejournals
• Via IOE
Library
Search &
UCL Explore
E-
databases
• Via UCL
Databases
A – Z
Use UCL Credentials to
access ….
Use IOE Credentials
to access ...
What? Online collections

6. Start with ABCs
1. Analyze your search question...
2. Brainstorm and broaden terms
3. Combine and refine
Searching for Resources LibGuide
How? Develop a search strategy

7.  Where will you search? (catalogue, databases, IOE
Library Search...)
 How will you search? (keywords, Boolean operators,
authors ...)
 When is your research is due? (days, weeks, months,
years...)
 What are your searching for? (books, journal
articles...)
Searching for Resources
Other questions to consider…

8. Searching for Resources
Google Scholar
UCL Explore
IOE Library Search
Databases
IOE Library
Catalogue
Where? Searching options

9. Google Scholar: change your settings
UCL Explore
 Add Library Links
 Save

10. Google Scholar can pick up SFX@UCL

11. UCL Explore …
 Searches 17 UCL
libraries
 Contains IOE ejournals
 Find via Quick Links
UCL Explore Demo

12. IOE Library Search …
IOE Search Demo
 Searches IOE holdings
 Contains UCL ejournals
 Find via Quick Links

13. IOE Library Search includes Catalogue
You can limit to the IOE Library Catalogue

14. IOE Library Search can be refined

15. IOE Library Search : finding
1.Search terms
2.Results
3.Availability
4.Map

16. Databases
Skills in Seconds
Why use databases?
 Organised
information
 Reliable information
 Easily accessible
information

17.  Peer-reviewed / Scholarly journals
contain articles that have been evaluated
(reviewed) by academic experts (peers).
 The aim is to improve the article before
publication.
 Having your work published in such a
journal can raise author’s profile and act
as a seal of quality for the work.
Databases & Peer-reviewed Journals

18. 18
Databases LibGuide
Quick Links & Databases at
UCL
Find Databases via …

19. Limit by …
• Or, AND
•full text
•peer reviewed
•date
•source
Searching: ERIC and BEI
UCL Databases A – Z

20. Sage Research Methods
Sage RM LibGuide

21. Searching: More Libraries
Using Other Libraries

22. Support: personal, online, training
 Enquiry Desk
 Computer Help Desk
 Library Training
 IOE LibGuides
 IOE LibAnswers
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