The workshop held at Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran, for the members of Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI)

1. Search and Research Experiences
Presented by:
Parisa Mehran Mehrasa Alizadeh

2. A Workshop on
Search and Research Experiences
Presented by:
Parisa Mehran Mehrasa Alizadeh
We will talk about:
 Finding a good research topic
 Introducing research foundations of English language education
 Introducing outstanding TEFL Journals
 Doing a search on the Internet
 Downloading e-books, articles, and theses/dissertations for free
 Buying e-books, articles, and theses/dissertations at low costs
 Introducing Iranian databases
 Introducing useful books on research methodology
 Introducing useful software programs
 Introducing useful books and links for academic writing
 etc. etc.
Come and join us:
At Alzahra University, in the Faculty of Literature
and Foreign Languages, 2nd
floor, Hafez Hall
This Sunday (18th
of Esfand)
3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Everybody most welcome! :-)

3. Search and Research
Experiences
Presented by:
Parisa Mehran
parisa_mehran@yahoo.com
Mehrasa Alizadeh
mehrasa.alizadeh@yahoo.com
March 2014
Research foundations:
www.tirfonline.org/resources/
references/
www.cal.org/topics/
www.carla.umn.edu
Theses/Dissertations:
www.ohiolink.edu/
http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/R
http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/ETD-db/
Iranian databases:
www.sid.ir
www.ensani.ir
www.magiran.com
www.noormags.com
Simorgh:
http://simorgh.nosa.com/simwebclt/
WebAccess/SimwebPortal.dll
Namayeh:
www.irannamaye.ir/home/index
Directory of Open Access Journal:
www.doaj.org
ProQuest open access:
http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/
A five-minute access to some articles:
www.deepdyve.com

4. Useful links for academic writing:
www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/
http://tychousa10.umuc.edu/WRTG9
99A/index.html
www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm
www.aresearchguide.com
Online tutorials for academic
writing:
www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/lib_ins
truct/riot
www.twu.edu/library/tutorial/inform
ation/play.html
www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html
Research methods in the social
sciences:
http://www.methods.manchester.ac.u
k/methods/
DOI identifier:
www.crossref.org/guestquery
ISI:
http://thomsonreuters.com/
ISC:
www.isc.gov.ir
Conference alerts:
www.conferencealerts.com
www.allconferencealerts.com
www.allconferences.ir/fa/default.aspx
www.bahamayesh.com
www.civilica.com/Calendar.html
Oddcast:
www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_e
xample.php
A digital repository of data collection
instruments for research into second
language learning and teaching:
www.iris-database.org
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to
arrive, and the true success is to labor!
Robert Louis Stevenson
Do not forget APA! :)
Useful online software programs:
http://evernote.com/
https://pixlr.com/editor/