RE 5040 (Section 375 - Off-Campus)
Teacher as Researcher
- Where To Go For Help
- Finding Articles
- Finding Books
- Research Tools
- Selected Journals for Reading and Related Topics
Where To Go For Help
- Have questions? Call Us - Toll Free: 1-877-423-0086
- Distance Learning Library Services
- This web page describes the unique services available to distance learning students.
- 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! - Ask A DL Librarian
- RAP(Research Advisiory Program)
Finding Articles
* Review the Virtual Guide tutorial for more information about Finding Articles: (many are full-text!) and how to locate those that aren't available in full-text.
Suggested Databases:
- Education Full Text
- ERIC EBSCOhost, 1966-present (updated monthly)
- ERIC Digests , 1992 - to date ERIC Digests are short full-text reports (1,000-1,500 words) on topics of prime current interest in education.
Eric Digest articles can also be accessed through ERIC. - Academic Search Premier , 1984 - to date; Full Text : 1990 - to date (updated daily) Available on & off campus Provides abstracts and indexing for over 3,200 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, business, general academics, general science, and multicultural subjects. Offers full text for over 1,000 journals with many dating back to 1990. Includes coverage of over 1,700 peer-reviewed journals.
- Ingenta ,1988-present (updated daily)
Available on & off campus | See ingenta services for more information
Contains more than six million citations to articles from over 20,000 international magazines and journals. Includes journal holdings information for the Western North Carolina Library Network (WNCLN). - LexisNexis Academic , Coverage varies, Full Text , (updated daily) Available on & off campus
Academic is a full text news and information service that provides access to newspapers, magazines, transcripts, business and legal information and much more. - PsycINFO , 1887-present; Some full text.
Provides citations, with abstracts, to journal articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, and reports covering the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines.
Finding Books:
Review the Virtual Guide tutorial for more information about locating books and requesting books: Finding Books
Library Catalog
Use the online library catalog to locate books, journal titles (after you have used an index to identify specific articles), and other materials in the ASU Libraries and the Western North Carolina Library Network (WNCLN). Some suggested subject headings, for example:
- Reading - Phonetic Method
- English language -- Phonetics -- Study and teaching (Early childhood)
Or search by keyword, for example:
- phonemic awareness
Additional Instructional Resources
* The Justice-Query Instructional Materials Center (IMC)
Research Tools
Content editor: Geri Purpur, purpurgm@appstate.edu