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Why Explore Existing Literature?
• To see what has already been done
» To profit from the experiences of others
» Findings
» Cautions
» Suggestions
» Recommendations
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Secondary Sources Of Information
In The Library
• Not firsthand accounts (primary sources); analyses,
compilations, interpretations, summaries of primary
information
• Begin a literature search by examining secondary sources
• Specific secondary sources:
» The Encyclopedia of Educational Research
» The NSSE Yearbooks
» The Handbooks of Research
» Review of Research in Education
» Review of Educational Research
» Educational Leadership
» Scholarly books
» Magazines and newspaper articles
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Secondary Sources Of Information
In The Library (cont’d.)
• Locating secondary sources
» Library’s main on-line catalog
» Reference section
» Newspaper Abstracts
» Periodical Abstracts
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Primary Sources Of Information
In The Library
• Original research and other information
• Abstracts can be found in publications such as:
» Psychological Abstracts
» ERIC’s Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
• Specific directories of primary sources:
» Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) -16 clearinghouses that abstract and index research
articles and other papers
◊ Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors
◊ Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
◊ Resources in Education (RIE)
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Primary Sources Of Information
In The Library (cont’d.)
• Abstracts publications:
» Psychological Abstracts
» Dissertations Abstracts International (DAI)…also
known as Digital Dissertations
» Social Science Citation Index
» Digest of Educational Statistics
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Locating Primary Sources
• Manual searching of ERIC’s CIJE and RIE -• Computer searching -» Using it is a learning experience -- “trial-and-error”!
» Many databases are available via the Web
◊ ERIC
◊ PsycINFO
◊ Education Research Complete
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Applying Technology…
Searching ERIC online… http://www.eric.ed.gov
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