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Recommended Databasess

  • Academic Search Complete    
    Multi-disciplinary full text database containing nearly 4,500 journals.
  • Education Research Complete    
    Covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
  • ERIC     Provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
  • PsycINFO    
    Good for behavior, motivation and other psychology related topics.

Search Techniques

Search Techniques:

  • To search a phrase use quotation marks. For example: “adoptive parents”
  • To search a word, with variable endings, use the truncation mark *.  For example: adopt*…this will search: adopt, adopted, adopts, adoption, adoptions.
  • The wildcard is represented by a question mark ? or a pound sign #.To use the ? wildcard, enter your search terms and replace each unknown character with a ?. EBSCOhost finds all citations of that word with the ? replaced by a letter. For example, type wom?n to find all citations containing woman or women.

  • To find additional search terms, click on the title link, you’ll see additional subject terms provided by the database and/or the article’s author.
  • Search for Full-text button - This symbol lets you know that the article is not full-text in the database you are searching in…

However, it does offer you a few options: 

  • The article may be full-text in another database the library has.
  • The library may own the hard copy journal – if so, just order it through the InterLibrary Loan form online
  • The library doesn’t have the article full-text through the databases or in hard copy – the InterLibrary Loan office can get you a copy of the article for free and they will send it to your email address.
  • References at the end of an article may also be good articles to look at in your search.
  • Selecting “academic journals” on the results page is the same as selecting “scholarly journals” on the main search page.
  • PsycINFO also allows you to select:
    • Age Groups
    • Intended Audience
    • Methodology – including Empirical Studies

Another great feature that EBSCO databases offer is the "Choose Databases" hotlink which is found just above the search box on the right.  By clicking on this, a list of all the other EBSCO databases opens up and you can click multiple databases which are appropriate for your material.  Then click to "OK" at the bottom to continue.  Now you can type in your search terms and search multiple databases (such as PsycINFO, Medline and ERIC) at the same time!

Save Searches and Articles

To save articles:  Set up a “My EBSCOhost account”.  Click on “Sign In” in the upper right corner of the initial search page. Then when you find an article you want, just click on ADD to the right of the title.

To be alerted about newly released articles:  Sign in to your EBSCO account.  Every time you have a search that gives you good results, just click on “Create alert for this Search”.  To access how your alerts are sent to you, go into your folder, click on “Search Alerts”, and then click on “Edit Alert”.

To access your articles and alerts, click on the Folder tab at the top of any EBSCO database.

InterLibrary Loan

Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a service that lets patrons borrow items from other libraries.  Articles, books, media or other loans are generally requested when a database (Academic Search Complete, ScienceDirect) does not contain the full text or our copy of the item is checked out.

If you are a MetroCenter student, then you can also use this service to have books sent from Drake to the MetroCenter.  On the book request page, put "please send to MetroCenter" in the Notes field.

To Sign up for InterLibrary Loan: On the Library Web page, click on InterLibrary Loan. Then click on “First Time Users”.  Then read the form and click on “First Time Users Click Here”.  Fill out the registration page.  We recommend that you use the same Username and Password that you use for ANGEL and Email.  Then click on “Submit”.

Scholarly vs. Peer Reviewed

Peer Reviewed The process in which an article goes through before being published in a scholarly journal.  The article is submitted and evaluated by experts in the field who determine if the article falls within the scope of the publication and examines the articles' originality, quality of research, clarity of presentation, etc...  Also known as refereed, scholarly or article

Magazine A popular interest periodical usually containing articles on a variety of topics, written by various authors in a nonscholarly style.  Most magazines are heavily illustrated, containing advertising and are printed on glossy paper.  Articles are usually short, frequently unsigned, and do not include a bibliography or references for further readings.  Most magazines are issued monthly or weekly and are for sale at newsstands, in bookstores, in grocery stores or by subscription

Glossary. Retrieved February 22, 2010 from http://www.tru.ca/library/guides/glossary.html

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