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Focused Literature Searching for Education SourcesAutumn
2015
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You might ask questions .Everyone uses
so .
Why search elsewhere?What should you search?How should you
search?Where should you search?
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Why? Focused Literature Searching can save you time.
limit your searches to quality resources.
help you get a balance of different types of resources (books
and articles both physical and online).
open your research to resources only available via
subscription.
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What? IOE Library physical collectionsResources &
Collections
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Use UCL Credentials to access .Use IOE Credentials to access ...
What? Online collections
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Start with ABCs1. Analyze your search question... 2. Brainstorm
and broaden terms
3. Combine and refine
Searching for Resources LibGuide
How? Develop a search strategy
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Where will you search? (catalogue, databases, IOE Library
Search...)
How will you search? (keywords, Boolean operators, authors
...)
When is your research is due? (days, weeks, months,
years...)
What are your searching for? (books, journal
articles...)Searching for Resources
Other questions to consider
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Searching for Resources
Where? Searching options
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Google Scholar: change your settings
UCL ExploreAdd Library LinksSave
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Google Scholar can pick up SFX@UCL
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UCL Explore
Searches 17 UCL librariesContains IOE ejournalsFind via Quick
LinksUCL Explore Demo
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IOE Library Search
IOE Search Demo
Searches IOE holdingsContains UCL ejournalsFind via Quick
Links
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IOE Library Search includes CatalogueYou can limit to the IOE
Library Catalogue
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IOE Library Search can be refined
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IOE Library Search : finding
1.Search terms 2.Results 3.Availability 4.Map
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Barbara Sakarya (BS) - DatabasesSkills in Seconds
Why use databases?
Organised informationReliable informationEasily accessible
information
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Peer-reviewed / Scholarly journals contain articles that have
been evaluated (reviewed) by academic experts (peers).
The aim is to improve the article before publication.
Having your work published in such a journal can raise authors
profile and act as a seal of quality for the work.
Databases & Peer-reviewed Journals
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18Databases LibGuide
Quick Links & Databases at UCL
Find Databases via
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Limit by
Or, AND
full text peer revieweddatesource
Searching: ERIC and BEIUCL Databases A Z
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Sage Research Methods
Sage RM LibGuide
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Searching: More LibrariesUsing Other Libraries
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Support: personal, online, training
Enquiry DeskComputer Help DeskLibrary TrainingIOE LibGuidesIOE
LibAnswers
Email us: [email protected]
Sign up for training on Getting Started
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