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Scholarly Online Research Tools
…Beyond Unproductive Searches
Session II
S.O.R.T. through valuable online resources to
find ‘priceless’ information.
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Scholarly Online
Research Tools #2
Connect your laptops to the
Capella WiFi and select an
exercise from the handout.
From www.cowswithguns.com
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Scholarly Research Tools
6. Online Books
7. Research Methodology Resources
8. APA Resources
9. Statistics Resources
10. Blogs (scholarly??)
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6. Online Books
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Online Books
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National Academy Press
• Read more than 3,000 books online FREE!
• How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the
Classroom
Committee on How People Learn, A Targeted Report for
Teachers, Center for Studies on Behavior and Development,
National Research Council
7 x 10, 636 pages, 2005.
• How do you get a fourth-grader excited about history? How do
you even begin to persuade high school students that
mathematical functions are relevant to their everyday lives?
http://www.nap.edu/browse.html
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Theory and Practice of Online Learning
http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/
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The Online Books Page
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
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Google Book Search
http://books.google.com/
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7. Research Methodology Resources
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Research Dashbord from NAP
How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom Committee on
How People Learn, A Targeted Report for Teachers, Center for Studies on Behavior and
Development, National Research Council636 pages, 7 x 10, 2005
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Brief Guide to Questionnaire Development
http://www.testscoring.vt.edu/fraryquest.html
This paper is intended to identify some
of the more prevalent problems in
questionnaire development and to
suggest ways of avoiding them.
The focus is on questionnaires
designed to collect factual information
and opinions.
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Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/
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Electronic Resources for Information Research
Methods
http://informationr.net/rm/
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Qualitative Research Ring
http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=QualitativeResearch;action=list
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Air University Sampling & Surveying Handbook
This handbook contains guidelines for
planning, organizing, and conducting
surveys. It should be useful to anyone
embarking on a project requiring the
gathering of data through the medium of
the questionnaire.
99 page .pdf document
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/edref/smpl-srv.pdf
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Computerized Surveying Instruments
• WebSurveyor
• QuestionMark
• Survey Said
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Calculating the Sample Size
300
Result
Click
Estimating a proportion can be done in two ways, with an absolute
margin of error (+/- 5%) regardless the value found in the study or
with a relative margin of error
http://www.berrie.dds.nl/Sample_size.html
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Research Randomizer
http://www.randomizer.org/
An easy way to perform random sampling or assign
participants to experimental conditions.
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8. APA Resources
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Citation Styles
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html
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Example from Citation Styles
Using a signal phrase To introduce a short quotation, paraphrase, or
summary, mention the author's name either in an introductory signal
phrase or in a parenthetical reference immediately following the signal
phrase and containing the publication date. (See 4e for a discussion of
signal phrases and verbs.)
Benton Foundation (1998). Losing ground bit by bit: Low-income communities
in the information age [Electronic version]. Retrieved June 27, 2001, from
http://www.benton.org/Library/Low-Income/two.html
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KnightCite Citation Creation Tool
http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/index.php?standard=APA
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Citation Machine
• http://landmark-project.com/citationmachine.net/
• http://pinetlibrary.com/citationmachine.net/
• http://citationmachine.net/
http://citationmachine.net/
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APA Research Style Crib Sheet
• by Russ Dewey, Georgia Southern University
• APA Rules and Reference formats.
• Excellent summary of rules for APA style - the style of writing
specified in the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association.
http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/apa-crib.html
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PA-Style Helper 5.1 Software
• PA-Style Helper 5.1
• Designed to provide fingertip guidance in APA style, APAStyle Helper 5.1 gives clear and straightforward help on how to
format references, headings, and more.
• The program conforms to the latest standards detailed in the
fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association.
http://www.apastyle.org/stylehelper/ver5/
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APA Style Tips
• These tips are adapted from the 5th Edition of APA's
Publication Manual (© 2001).
• Numbers Expressed in Words
http://www.apastyle.org/previoustips.html
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PSYCHOLOGY WITH STYLE
A Hypertext Writing Guide
http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/apa4b.htm
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Using APA Format
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General Format
Referring to the Works of Others in Your Text
Your Reference List
Examples
Notes
Additional Resources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
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9. Statistics Resources
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Statistics Every Writer Should Know – Robert Niles
http://www.robertniles.com/stats/
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StatNotes: Online Textbook
http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/statnote.htm
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HyperStat Online Textbook
http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html
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SticiGui© Online Text
http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/users/stark/SticiGui/Text/index.htm
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StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook
http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
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Introductory Statistics Online Text - Stockburger
http://www.psychstat.missouristate.edu/introbook/sbk00.htm
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Visual ANOVA
http://www.psych.utah.edu/stat/introstats/anovaflash.html
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10. Blogs
Getting more scholarly
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Google Blog Search
http://blogsearch.google.com/
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Blog Search Engines
Daypop
http://www.daypop.com/
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EduResources Weblog
http://radio.weblogs.com/0114870/
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Some of You Learned New Search Strategies
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Some met each other ‘Capella style’
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www.skype.com
Voice Over Internet Protocol
(VOIP)
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Send graphics and files with Skype
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Who caught the bigger Silver?
Dean
Dennis
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Closing Disclaimer
"If you can't find what you're
looking for using the ten
techniques we discussed,
then call your Capella
University librarian!"
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Thanks for coming!
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Develop Critical Thinking Skills - Observation
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With new search skills, you can receive 7 Figure Salaries!
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Music
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Remember to backup your hard drive!
Institute for Backup Trauma starring John Cleese
http://www.backuptrauma.com/video/default2.aspx?r=1
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