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Research Primer for Graduate Students
The document is a research primer for graduate students at the University of Kansas, providing guidance on accessing library resources, including databases for articles, dissertations, and e-books. It outlines how to utilize various tools and databases specifically for finding scholarly articles, managing citations, and requesting materials not readily available. Key resources mentioned include PsycINFO, ERIC, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, and the library's catalog for locating both physical and digital materials.
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- 1. Welcome A Research Primer for GraduateStudents The University of Kansas Summer 2015 Edwards Campus
- 2. Dissertation Research Bloghttp://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com Library Home Page http://www.lib.ku.edu
- 3. Where’s the stuff:http://www.lib.ku.edu Databases / Peer-review journals / Articles Library Catalog / Books / e-Books e-Journals / by subject or title words Dissertations / World-wide or KU authored Subject and Course Guides
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- 8. Notice the tabs tochoose from: Get Started, Articles and Databases, Books, Web Resources, Tests, Statistics, Evaluating and Citing
- 9. When using the databasesfrom off campus, you will be ask to sign in with your KU ID and Password
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- 14. I want tocite this review, now.
- 16. Can I getfull text of this review? Get at KU
- 18. What if nofull text of an article is found? Request a copy
- 19. If you area First time user of WebRetrieve, you need to fill out this short form (KU ID and last name) to register in the library system so that you can get the books and articles you request. This is my info If it’s your 1st time you have no info
- 21. What happens next? TheLibraries will first check KU’s journal collection (print and electronic). If the article cannot be found then the Libraries request the article from other academic libraries. When KU receives the article it will be in PDF format and you will be sent an email with a link to the article you requested. How long will that take? Usually, about 2-3 days.
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- 24. * allows forany number of letters at the end of a word—this broadens the search and usually gets more hits then spelling the entire word. AND means that both terms will be in the same article.
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- 27. Of course articles are more recent thanthe original article.
- 30. Remember that theoriginal article, Neurodevelopmental Variation as a Framework for Thinking about the Twice Exceptional, was found on the ERIC database using the search terms: “dyslex*” AND creativ*” and had 138 references that the author of the article used to write the article along with his original research---Here are some of those references:
- 31. Notice most have linksinto articles, cited by, and references. Of course they are older in date than the original article.
- 32. Find one goodarticle and you will have a collaboration of authors, observations, research and results. (21 cited by and 138 references)
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- 34. Most of thedatabases have dissertations included in the collections they manage. Here are 2 specific databases that cover only dissertations and theses: 1. Dissertations & Theses @ University of Kansas Contains citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by the University of Kansas and published in UMI's Dissertations Abstracts database, and full text of KU dissertations published after 1996 and KU theses published after 2005. 2. ProQuest dissertations & theses Provides online access to over 2 million dissertations and master's theses, many of which are available in full text for immediate downloading. Citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861 and full text online from 1997 for over 1,000 schools submitting to the ProQuest UMI database. More than 55,000 new citations are added to the database every year.
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- 40. Dissertations & Thesesfrom the University of Kansas 1. Libraries Homepage http://lib.ku.edu 2. Articles and Databases 3.
- 41. I had to changemy search terms because there were no “dyslexia and creativity” articles to be found. Remain flexible in your search method.
- 43. How to citea dissertation found online?
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- 54. Education Databases bySubject
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- 58. We now have:Articles from scholarly journals and dissertations by using 5 databases : 1 PsycInfo 2 ERIC 3 Proquest Dissertations and Theses 4 Dissertations & Theses from the University of Kansas 5 Google Scholar
- 59. Where are theBooks? Books are found in the Library Catalog
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- 61. How to ordera book from the Lawrence campus
- 62. Not the review but theactual book. Don’t forget to limit by date.
- 63. This is thecatalog record of the book we want sent from the Lawrence Campus Libraries to the Edwards Campus. Select “Recalls & Requests” from the top bar of selections.
- 66. “Retrieve from Shelf” isthe option to select from the drop-down menu on the “Request and Retrieve” page.
- 67. Book request made andyou’ll get the book here, on the Edwards Campus, in 2-4 days.
- 68. Does the libraryhave E-Books?
- 76. An increasing numberof the new books the library owns are e-Books. There are databases that access specifically e-Books Ebrary Academic Complete Provides access to more than 78,000 e-books from 500 publishers. Covering broad subject areas. HathiTrust digital library A digital repository of collections (books and journals) of some of the major research libraries in the United States eBook Collection Contains a searchable collection of electronic books on the EBSCO platform which can be viewed or read online
- 77. Does the libraryhave E-Journals?
- 79. Reading I’m looking foran e-journal titled Reading (and something)
- 80. These are journals beginningwith the word “reading” and the databases that hold them. Reading Teacher is the journal I want to look at. Look closely to be sure that the publication date is current. Here we’re going to look in a database called “Wiley- Blackwell . . . “ because it continues publication of Reading Teacher to the present time.
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