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Scholarly Online Research Tools
…Beyond Unproductive Searches
Session I
S.O.R.T. through valuable online resources to
find ‘priceless’ information.
Monday 1-2:230 n.3.586 Dennis W. Mills, PhD
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Cows With Guns
Click
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Finding What You Want….
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Scholarly Research Tools
1. Search Techniques
Covered in
2. Search Engines
Session I
3. Juried Articles
4. Online Journals
5. Dissertations
6. Online Books
Covered in
7. Research Methodology Resources
Session II
8. APA Resources
9. Statistics Resources
10. Scholarly Blogs
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1. Search Techniques
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Boolean Search Logic – so who’s Boole?
Boolean logic
George Boole
British mathematician
Established rules in 1849.
Boolean logic merges logic and algebra
The foundation for the digital revolution.
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A Brief Boolean Overview
Boolean Phrase
• cats AND kittens
Meaning of Operand
• find web pages in which
both terms occur
• cats OR kittens
• find web pages in which
either term occurs
• cats NOT kittens
• find web pages in which
the first term appears
but not the second
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Boolean Search Techniques - OR
CAPS
OR increases the range of your
results.
A search for children OR kids produces
more webpages than searching only
‘Priceless
for children.
information’
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Boolean Search Technique - AND
CAPS
AND uses a second word to further define
the first
(49ers AND Schedule, should include the
49ers’ Schedule).
You want
both terms
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Boolean Search Techniques - NOT
CAPS
NOT excludes a subset of the group
that the first word defines
cats NOT kittens
Note: Even experienced reference librarians rarely use
this because it can exclude valuable information.
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"Proximity Operators“ – NEAR ADJ
Boolean proximity operators control how
closely the terms occur in the web
document that is retrieved.
• NEAR/3 ….. terms must occur within 3
words of each other
• Proximity operators ensure terms are more
closely related
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Examples of NEAR/x and ADJ
Dalmatians NEAR/3 feeding
Dalmatians ADJ feeding
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“ ~” Searches ‘Synonym Searches’
Search for a keyword and its
synonyms.
Search for both by placing the
tilde sign ("~") immediately in front of
the keyword.
~food
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Phrase Searches
Search for complete phrases
Enclose phrase in quotation marks.
Words appear together in all results exactly as
entered
Useful when searching for famous sayings or
proper names.
“Robert Gagne”
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“ + ” Common Searches
Essential common word
Include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it.
Include a space before the "+" sign
Star Wars Episode +I
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2. Search Engines
There is much more than just ‘Google!’
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Boolean Advanced Search
Implied Boolean using the symbols + (must include)
or -(exclude) from the "Basic" search interface
http://www.scholar.google.com
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Search Engines
Google Scholar
Vivisimo and Clusty
FirstGov
Academic Reference & Research
Scirus
Copernic Basic Agent
Kartoo
Ixquick
Dmoz (Open Directory)
Windows Live
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Google Scholar Advanced Search
Theory into practice: The design of an online technology
skills course for nontraditional nursing …
SP Stokes, KP Terry - View as HTML - Web Search
... CINAHL CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied
Health Literature) is a ... And online classes for students in
health sciences and ... Doctoral dissertation, The ...
www.scholar.google.com
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Clustering Engines “Clusty”
http://vivisimo.com/
Or
http://clusty.com/
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Clustering Engines Vivisimo Results
http://vivisimo.com/
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Clusty
http://clusty.com/
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Clusty Advanced
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Clusty Advanced Web Search Results
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FirstGov Search
• Vivísimo, Inc., and the Microsoft Corp., launched a new, more
powerful search engine.
• Increases the universe of government documents from 8 million
to 40 million.
• FirstGov Search groups search results into clusters.
• FirstGov.gov™ is the U.S. government's official web portal.
http://firstgovsearch.gov/
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Results of searching for NCLB
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Academic Reference and Research Index
http://www.academicindex.net/
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Academic Reference and Research Index
http://www.academicindex.net/
Results of
“Teacher Action Research”
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Scirus
http://www.scirus.com
Searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages.
Pinpoints scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the
Web.
Finds the latest reports, peer-reviewed articles and journals that
other search engines may miss.
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Copernic Basic Agent
http://www.copernic.com/en/index.html
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Kartoo, A Visual Meta Search Engine
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Kartoo is a visual meta search engine, "with visual
display interfaces. When you click on OK, Kartoo
launches the query to a set of search engines, gathers
the results, compiles them and represents them in a
series of interactive maps through a proprietary
algorithm." Or simply put, it puts its results on an
interactive, visual map for you to play with. Kartoo is
a metacrawler/metasearch engine, which means that it
does not come up with its own results, but aggregates
the results of many other search engines.
http://www.kartoo.com/
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ixquick
Ixquick is a metasearch engine, meaning that it
pulls results from many different search engines
and directories and presents them all in one
simple search results page.
http://www.ixquick.com/
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Field Searches – Open Directory
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Collaborative Learning@ (30)
E-learning Companies (65)
E-learning Portals@ (76)
Independent Research (27)
Institutions@ (236)
Instructors Resources (58)
Knowledge Management@ (1,464)
Learning Management Systems@ (107)
Online Books (2)
Online Courses@ (317)
Services@ (48)
Tutoring@ (83)
Largest most
comprehensive
human-edited
directory of the
Web
http://dmoz.org/
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Windows Live Search Engine
http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/publications/methodsreview/MethodsReviewPaperNCRM-005.pdf
http://www.live.com/
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3. Juried Articles
Usually located in Databases
(“Invisible Web”)
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Evaluating Web Resources
Subject
Authority
Purpose
Bias
Currency
• Can you check accuracy of information somewhere
else?
• Does the author of the web site have education,
expertise, or experience to be a trustworthy source
on this subject?
• Who is the page written for? What is the intended
audience supposed to do with the information?
• Does the page acknowledge other possible
positions, interpretations, or conclusions?
• Is the page dated? Has it been revised or updated?
For more information see “Evaluating Information Found on the Internet”
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html
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Searchable Databases
Searchable databases = excellent
sources.
Databases are on the World Wide
Web.
Each database website provides
instructions.
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Invisible Web or Deep Web
The “Invisible Web” or “Deep Web” =
reservoir of Internet content 500 times larger
than the known World Wide Web.
The Deep Web contains
billions of high-quality documents
in ~ 350,000 specialty databases
hidden from standard search engines!
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Keep in mind …..
• Information in a database is a part of the
Deep Web
• A good subject directory will link to
database sites on the Web
• Web sites of searchable databases can be
retrieved via search engines
• Many search engine sites and commercial
portals feature searchable databases as
part of their package of services
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Capella Library
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Examples of Business Databases
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ABI/INFORM Global 1,300 journals
Academic Search Premier indexes over 4,300 journals
Business Source Premier 2,300 full text journals
Hoover's Online database includes 12 million companies
LexisNexis full-text information from over 5,600 sources,
selected to meet academic research needs.
• MasterFILE Premier full text for 2,055 periodicals; full text
for more than 350 reference books
• Corporate Information research reports on companies and
industries
• Public Register's Annual Report Service
annual Reports of over 3,600 public companies
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Examples of Education Databases
• Academic Search Premier indexes over 4,300 journals on
nearly all academic areas of study, including sciences, humanities, education,
computer sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences.
• Eric Database large database of education related literature
and documents, including over 1,000,000 citations with
abstracts
• MasterFILE Premier full text for 2,055 periodicals; full text
for more than 350 reference books
• Mental Measurements Yearbook information and reviews of
standardized tests in English, including educational,
personality, vocational, and psychological tests
• Sage Education Collection includes the full text of 19 journals
published by SAGE and participating societies, encompassing
over 7,000 articles and up to 23 years of backfiles
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Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
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Psychology and Human Services Databases
• PsycARTICLES 25,000 full text articles from 38 journals
published by the APA and allied organizations
• Psychology Journals Full text of journal articles from over
300 journals in psychology, organizational behavior,
counseling, communications and related fields
• PsycINFO comprehensive monthly compilation of nonevaluative summaries of the world's literature in psychology,
human services, and education
• Sage Criminology Collection 5,000 articles on criminal justice,
juvenile delinquency, forensic psychology, penology and other topics
• Sage Psychology Collection full text of 30 journals
encompassing over 17,500 articles and up to 35 years of
backfiles
• Sage Sociology Collection 31 full text journals covering social theory,
consumer culture, and ethnic studies
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Technology Databases and Resources
• ABI/INFORM 1,300 journals on business conditions, trends,
corporate strategies and tactics, technology, competitive and
product information, and a wide variety of other topics
• Academic Search Premier 4,300 journals on sciences,
humanities, education, computer sciences, medical sciences,
and social sciences
• Business Source Premier 3,200 business journals covering a
range of business-related topics including technology.
• Gartner Web Resources analysis on all aspects of technology
and telecommunications, including hardware, software and
systems, services, IT management, and market data
• Penn Computing-- Computer Information Security
• UC Davis Computer Security Lab
• Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
• TechWeb Technology Encyclopedia
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Infomine Database
Infomine Multiple
Database Search
“Academic" search engine
or database
Focuses on scholarly
resource collections,
electronic journals and
books, online library card
catalogs, and directories of
researchers.
http://infomine.ucr.edu
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Complete Planet
CompletePlanet
Contains >103,000 search sites organized into
more than 4,000 subject headings.
This “Deep Web Directory” = good starting point
for accessing resources of the "hidden" Web.
Discover over 70,000+ searchable
databases and specialty search engines.
http://www.completeplanet.com
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OAIster
http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/
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OAIster Search Screen
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Canadian Database Options
http://www.archive.org/details/toronto
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Repositories of Primary Sources
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/iil.htm
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
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Library of Congress
Library of Congress This is the ultimate
searchable database!
http://www.loc.gov/
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4. Online Journals
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Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods
http://www.ejbrm.com/index.htm
EJBRM is published by Academic Conferences International Limited
Curtis Farm, Kidmore End, Nr Reading RG4 9AY, England
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e-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology
http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/e/msg02279.html
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NewJour: E
•Technology Online
(01/13/1996)
•Technology Reporter
(01/02/1996)
•Technology Review
(12/04/1995)
•The Technology Source
(05/15/1998)
•Technology Teacher
(04/12/2001)
•Education Policy Analysis Archives
(10/22/1995)
•Education Research & Perspectives
(06/24/1998)
•Education Review (10/01/1998)
•Education Statistics Quarterly (10/19/1999)
•Educational Research (05/12/2003)
•Educational Research Abstracts (06/18/2002)
•Educational Researcher (12/18/2002)
http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/e/index.html
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ACADEME Online
Academe is the bimonthly magazine
of the American Association of
University Professors (AAUP). It
analyzes higher education issues
from faculty members‘ perspectives.
Feature articles examine tenure,
affirmative action, part-time faculty
appointments, distance education,
intellectual property, and other timely
academic issues.
http://www.aaup.org/publications/Academe/index.htm
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Journal of Technology Education
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/
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EJournal Search
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ej-search.html
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Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/jmain11.html
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Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/index.asp
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USDLA Jourmal
http://www.usdla.org/html/resources/journal.htm
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International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
http://www.irrodl.org/
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Learning Circuits
http://www.learningcircuits.org/2002/oct2002/elearn.html
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Electronic Journals and Periodicals — Psychology
•Journals and other periodicals
•Psychology and Related Journals
•More General Periodicals
•Conference Proceedings
•Online Bibliographies
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/journal.html
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Get Journal Contents by RSS Through Ingenta Connect
Ingenta has launched a new service, IngentaConnect, which
enables users to keep track of new contents of journal titles
through an RSS feed. For those readers using a news
aggregator, this is a great way to keep track of contents of new
journal issues. Users can search by journal title, then click on
the RSS button to display the feed for new issues of the journal.
The RSS web URL can then be inserted into any aggregator, or
fed to other RSS-friendly sources.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/
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5. Dissertations
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Capella Library
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UMI Dissertation Abstracts Database
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/umi/umi.htm
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Business Dissertations
http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/business/theses.html
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Digital Library of MIT Theses
http://theses.mit.edu
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Dissertations Online
http://www.umi.com/hp/Products/Dissertations.html
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Theses.org
http://www.theses.org
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“Herding Cats!” = Finding good information
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S.O.R.T. Online Activity
• Connect to the wireless router
• Select one of the “Looking for Treasures”
-OR• Apply one of the following resources we covered:
1. Search Techniques
2. Search Engines
3. Juried Articles
4. Online Journals
5. Dissertations
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