KEISER UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

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KEISER UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

• Introduction to Library Research
• A navigational guide for candidates pursuing a
  doctorate in education

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Introduction

• Welcome to Keiser University Library.
• This presentation will introduce selective
  databases and resources to assist with your
  doctorate in education research.

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Overview

• Log in to Keiser University Library
• Differentiate between primary and secondary
  resources
• Locate graduate level educational journals
• Locate dissertations and theses
• Locate APA format guides
• Access online tutorials

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Getting Started
Enter Username and Password
ENTER URL IN ADDRESS BAR http//kesu-verso.auto-gr
aphics.com
Username Student ID Number (found on your
Student ID card) Password Last 4 digits of your
Social Security Number
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Primary and Secondary Resources

• Primary
• An original informational source from the time of
  the event.
• Secondary
• An informational source that analyzes the event.
  These sources often use several primary sources
  to compile the information.

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Primary Sources

• Autobiographies
• Diaries
• Documents
• Eyewitness accounts
• Film footage
• Laws
• Letters
• Newspaper articles

• Novels
• Objects from the time
• Oral histories
• Photographs
• Poems, art, music
• Speeches

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Secondary Resources

• Biographies
• Encyclopedias including online resource Wikipedia
  (wikipedia.com)
• History books
• Textbooks

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Research Decisions

• Do you need?
• Scholarly journal articles
• Peer-reviewed articles
• Popular magazine or newspaper articles

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Graduate Level Education JournalsScholarly
Journals and Peer-Reviewed Articles are available
from the following LIRN and EBSCO databases

• Academic OneFile (Seach INFOTRAC from LIRN)
• Expanded Academic ASAP (Search INFOTRAC from
  LIRN)
• Education Module (Search PROQUEST from LIRN)
• Child Development Adolescent Studies (Search
  EBSCO Databases)
• Education Research Complete (Search EBSCO
  Databases)
• Education Administration Abstracts (Search EBSCO
  Databases)
• ERIC (Search EBSCO Databases)
• MAS Ultra-School Edition (Search EBSCO Databases)
• Middle Search Plus (Search EBSCO Databases)

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• First, Lets cover the LIRN databases

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Search INFOTRAC
Click LIRN
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Click Infotrac
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Search ACADEMIC ONEFILE
Click Academic OneFile
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Search PROQUEST
Click LIRN
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Search Education Module and Pyschology Module
in Proquest
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• Now, lets cover the EBSCO databases.

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Click the link to Search EBSCOs Databases
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This page will appear
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Select any of the EBSCO Education databases to
search.

• (A brief description of each database follows)

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Child Development Adolescent Studies database

• Child Development Adolescent Studies, produced
  by NISC, is todays source for references to the
  current and historical literature related to
  growth and development of children through the
  age of 21. Book reviews and abstracts from
  hundreds of journals and a bibliography of
  thousands of technical reports, books, book
  chapters, theses and dissertations covering
  biomedical and social sciences worldwide are
  indexed. More than 201,860 records are included
  with over 10,000 new records added each year.

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Education Research Complete database

• Education Research Complete is the definitive
  online resource for education research. Topics
  covered include all levels of education from
  early childhood to higher education, and all
  educational specialties, such as multilingual
  education, health education, and testing.
  Education Research Complete provides indexing and
  abstracts for more than 3,000 journals back to
  1881, as well as full text for more than 2,000
  journals back to 1936, and includes full text for
  numerous education-related conference papers and
  more than 500 books and monographs back to 1972.

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Educational Administration Abstracts database

• Educational Administration Abstracts includes
  bibliographic records covering areas related to
  educational administration, including educational
  leadership, educational management, educational
  research, and other areas of key relevance to the
  discipline. The index contains more than 66,000
  records, which are carefully selected from the
  most important sources within the discipline.

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ERIC database

• ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center,
  contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to
  more than 317,000 full-text documents dating back
  to 1966.

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MAS Ultra - School Edition database

• Designed specifically for high school libraries,
  this database contains full text for more than
  500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra
  School Edition also provides more than 360 full
  text reference books, 85,670 biographies, 105,786
  primary source documents, and an Image Collection
  of over 453,000 photos, maps flags, color PDFs
  and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975)
  for key magazines.

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Middle Search Plus database

• Middle Search Plus provides full text for more
  than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All
  full text articles included in the database are
  assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
  Full text is also available for thousands of
  biographies and historical essays. Middle Search
  Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786
  primary source documents, and an Image Collection
  of over 453,000 photos, maps and flags.

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Primary Search database

• Primary Search provides full text for more than
  70 popular, magazines for elementary school
  research. All full text articles included in the
  database are assigned a reading level indicator
  (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far
  back as 1990.

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Some other useful resources available to you are

• Dissertation Access
• APA Format Guides
• Online Tutorials
• Library Contact Information

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Dissertation Access

• Free Search/Free Full Text
• The Networked Digital Library of Theses and
  Dissertations (NDLTD)
• http//www.ndltd.org
• PhdData http//www.phddata.org/
• Free Search/Fee Full Text
• Dissertation.com http//www.dissertation.com
• Dissertation Express http//disexpress.umi.com/d
  xweb

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APA Format Guides
APA Guides
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Online Tutorial Access
CLICK A TUTORIAL
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Contact Information

• Keiser University Library is committed to your
  academic success.
• Need additional assistance with research?
• Contact any of the following campus locations.
• Ask to speak with the Campus Librarian.
• Fort Lauderdale [phone]
• Jacksonville [phone]
• Orlando [phone]
• Tallahassee [phone]
• Tampa [phone]
• West Palm Beach [phone]