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Finding and Accessing Articles
Hi everyone, I know that we can't get this open on oncourse so I asked a friend who recently took this class and she sent the article to me. So here it is.
Finding and Accessing Articles
Purpose: It is important to understand that looking for research articles and obtaining them is a crucial part of the inquiry process. This resource will help you learn how to find and access the articles.
This resource is designed to specifically help you navigate the IUPUI online library resources.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is an electronic database and why should I know? You will be using electronic databases to search through thousands of articles. The databases are often grouped by category and/or discipline. For example (info taken from the IUPUI library website):
A. ERIC: The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. The ERIC database corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Both journals provide access to some 14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles per year.
B. JSTOR: JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines in the humanities and sciences. For more information about JSTOR, please refer to: http://www.jstor.org/ - a video tutorial is available.
ERIC and JSTOR are both electronic databases. There are many!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to access the electronic databases Here are some simple basic directions: 1. Go to the IUPUI University library website. 2. Choose FIND ARTICLES under the RESEARCH menu. 3. You should see several choices now and one of them is “databases by subject” – choose this option. 4. You will now see a list of many categories. Most of you will want to choose “education.” There are 13 databases (ERIC and JSTOR are 2). 5. Choose one that has a description that sounds reasonable to you. You should expect to use at least 4-5 different ones! This is not a one-step process. 6. At this point you will be directed to a “search” page. All of them are similar but not identical. The information in Galvan’s Chapter 1 and the JSTOR online tutorial can help you if you are not comfortable with this process. Additionally you can email you research group for assistance. 7. The goal of using the databases is to generate a list of articles that you want to FIND and READ. See the following sections for the various ways to access the actual articles. YOU SHOULD NEVER PAY FOR ONE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to access articles once you have the citation 1. Many of the articles will have a link from the database search that allows you to download the article. You can often do this in html or pdf format. The important information to make sure that you have is: - Author(s) - Title of article - Journal name that published the article - Year the article was published - Page numbers for the article
2. If you do not have a link on the search page you can access the article through the library as long as the library subscribes the journal – see next section
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to access articles using citation information or interlibrary loan 1. Go to the IUPUI University library website. 2. Choose FIND ARTICLES under the RESEARCH menu. 3. You should see several choices now and one of them is "e-journals." e-journals are journals that are available electronically through the library website - you will have to log in but that is good since that is why you do not have to pay. You will need the full citation (journal name, year, volume and number/issue). So for example if I was looking an article American Educational Research Journal (2007 vol 35 number 1) I would type the name of the journal into the search box, A link will come up and that will take me to a page where I can put in the YEAR, VOLUME and NUMBER. Once you enter this you will be prompted for your IUPUI user ID and password. Once this authenticates you will be sent to a website that has the journal and you can usually download the file as a PDF. 4. If the journal you need is not available through the IUPUI library you can request an interlibrary loan. If the journal is available through another library the IUPUI library can get it for you. You should expect this to take at least a week’s time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few things to remember: 1. You should not be paying for articles! If you get directed to a site that asks you to pay that means that the IUPUI library does not have that journal. You can search through interlibrary loan If your laptop is set-up with IUPUI VPN (virtual private network) you can access many articles through the JSTOR website (http://www.jstor.org/). However if you do not have VPN (which I assume most of you don't) you can access many (NOT ALL) journals electronically through the IUPUI Library website.
2. Databases often only show you the CITATIONS - the information for an article (authors, journal name, year, vol, number, etc.) But as you may see not ALL articles are available for viewing this way - many times you can ONLY see the abstracts. You need the full articles which can be obtained via one of the methods decribed above
Finding and Accessing Articles
Purpose: It is important to understand that looking for research articles and obtaining them is a crucial part of the inquiry process. This resource will help you learn how to find and access the articles.
This resource is designed to specifically help you navigate the IUPUI online library resources.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is an electronic database and why should I know? You will be using electronic databases to search through thousands of articles. The databases are often grouped by category and/or discipline. For example (info taken from the IUPUI library website):
A. ERIC: The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. The ERIC database corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Both journals provide access to some 14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles per year.
B. JSTOR: JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines in the humanities and sciences. For more information about JSTOR, please refer to: http://www.jstor.org/ - a video tutorial is available.
ERIC and JSTOR are both electronic databases. There are many!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to access the electronic databases Here are some simple basic directions: 1. Go to the IUPUI University library website. 2. Choose FIND ARTICLES under the RESEARCH menu. 3. You should see several choices now and one of them is “databases by subject” – choose this option. 4. You will now see a list of many categories. Most of you will want to choose “education.” There are 13 databases (ERIC and JSTOR are 2). 5. Choose one that has a description that sounds reasonable to you. You should expect to use at least 4-5 different ones! This is not a one-step process. 6. At this point you will be directed to a “search” page. All of them are similar but not identical. The information in Galvan’s Chapter 1 and the JSTOR online tutorial can help you if you are not comfortable with this process. Additionally you can email you research group for assistance. 7. The goal of using the databases is to generate a list of articles that you want to FIND and READ. See the following sections for the various ways to access the actual articles. YOU SHOULD NEVER PAY FOR ONE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to access articles once you have the citation 1. Many of the articles will have a link from the database search that allows you to download the article. You can often do this in html or pdf format. The important information to make sure that you have is: - Author(s) - Title of article - Journal name that published the article - Year the article was published - Page numbers for the article
2. If you do not have a link on the search page you can access the article through the library as long as the library subscribes the journal – see next section
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to access articles using citation information or interlibrary loan 1. Go to the IUPUI University library website. 2. Choose FIND ARTICLES under the RESEARCH menu. 3. You should see several choices now and one of them is "e-journals." e-journals are journals that are available electronically through the library website - you will have to log in but that is good since that is why you do not have to pay. You will need the full citation (journal name, year, volume and number/issue). So for example if I was looking an article American Educational Research Journal (2007 vol 35 number 1) I would type the name of the journal into the search box, A link will come up and that will take me to a page where I can put in the YEAR, VOLUME and NUMBER. Once you enter this you will be prompted for your IUPUI user ID and password. Once this authenticates you will be sent to a website that has the journal and you can usually download the file as a PDF. 4. If the journal you need is not available through the IUPUI library you can request an interlibrary loan. If the journal is available through another library the IUPUI library can get it for you. You should expect this to take at least a week’s time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few things to remember: 1. You should not be paying for articles! If you get directed to a site that asks you to pay that means that the IUPUI library does not have that journal. You can search through interlibrary loan If your laptop is set-up with IUPUI VPN (virtual private network) you can access many articles through the JSTOR website (http://www.jstor.org/). However if you do not have VPN (which I assume most of you don't) you can access many (NOT ALL) journals electronically through the IUPUI Library website.
2. Databases often only show you the CITATIONS - the information for an article (authors, journal name, year, vol, number, etc.) But as you may see not ALL articles are available for viewing this way - many times you can ONLY see the abstracts. You need the full articles which can be obtained via one of the methods decribed above
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