FDN 5000 (Section 375, Off-Campus) Research Methods
Dr. Maycock
- Where To Go For Help
- Electronic Reserves
- Finding Articles
- Finding Books
- Selected Web Sites
- Research Tools
Where To Go For Help
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- Distance Learning Library Services
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- Virtual Research @ ASU Libraries: A Guide for Off-Campus Students
- This online tutorial will help you find and request books and articles. As a Distance Learning student, there are special document delivery services available to you - at no cost.
Electronic Reserves
You can access course-related materials that your instructor has placed on electronic reserve here.
Finding Articles
- Review the Finding Articles module in the Virtual Guide tutorial for more information about searching in indexes for journal articles (many are in full-text!) and how to locate those that aren't available in full-text.
Education Full Text , abstracts and some full-text articles: 1994-present (updated monthly)
Provides citations with abstracts to nearly 500 international journals--with full text access to more than 130 journals, monographs, and yearbooks on a wide range of contemporary education issues.
ERIC, abstracts and some full-text articles, 1966-present (updated monthly)
Provides indexing to journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, books, and ERIC documents.
PsycINFO , abstracts and some full-text articles, 1887 - to date (updated monthly)
PsycINFO provides article citations, with abstracts, to journal articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, and reports covering the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines.
Social Work Abstracts , 1977-present (updated semi-annually)
Provides article citations with abstracts to more than 450 journals covering the fields of social work and human services.
Sociological Abstracts , 1963-present (updated six times per year)
Provides article citations, with abstracts, from more than 1,900 journals covering all facets of sociology and related disciplines.
Other Useful Databases
Academic Search Premier , full text, 1990-present (updated daily)
Provides abstracts and indexing for over 3,200 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, business, general academics, general science, and multicultural subjects.
Applied Science and Technology, full-text, 1983-present, Full Text: 1997-present, (updated monthly)
Covers more than 400 English language scholarly and trade journals, with over 100 titles in full text, in the general fields of engineering, computers, chemistry, applied mathematics, energy, and a wide variety of applied sciences.
Family & Society Studies Worldwide , 1970 - to date (updated monthly)
References, with lengthy abstracts, for journal articles and books from a wide range of disciplines on family and human development topics.
LexisNexis Academic , Coverage varies, full text (updated daily)
Academic is a full text news and information service that provides access to newspapers, magazines, transcripts, business and legal information and much more.
Finding Books: Library Catalog
Library Catalog
Use the online library catalog to locate books, journal titles (after you have used an index to identify a specific article in a journal), and other materials in the ASU Libraries and the Western North Carolina Library Network (WNCLN).
Use these subject headings to conduct a subject search in the online catalog.
- Education - Research - Methodology
- Educational Evaluation
- Educational Statistics
- Educational Tests and Measurements
- Experimental Design
- Observation (Educational Method)
- Research - Moral and Ethical Aspects
- Research Methodology
Need more help finding books? Review the Virtual Guide tutorial for more information about locating books and requesting books: Finding Books and Requesting Books and Articles.
Selected Web Sites
FedStats
This gateway provides access to over
100 U.S. Federal agencies.
Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
"The service aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. It is part of the UK Resource Discovery Network."
Social Science Data Archives
Clickable map to archives in United States and Canada, with links to European and other archives around the world.
Statistical Universe (LexisNexis) (updated daily)
Statistical Universe provides indexing and abstracts of statistics compiled by the U.S. Government. Includes thousands of full text sources covering crime, demographics, economics, and health statistics.
Research Tools
Evaluating Internet Sources
Tips on evaluating information found on the Internet.
Journal or Magazine? How to Distinguish.
A chart to help you distinguish between a scholarly journal and a magazine.
How To Cite Sources
Explains how to cite print and online sources, including database and internet sources, using MLA, APA, and Chicago Manual of Style. Note this site does not contain the entire Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Writing An Annotation
Tips on writing effective annotations. (includes examples)
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