EDUC 5770--Seminar in Elementary & Secondary
Education
Instructor:
Helena Janes
Sponsored by the U.S Department of Education. The largest and most authoritative
source for citations to journal articles and non-journal literature on all
aspects of education.
Searching ERIC:
- Stockton Library Access Center's homepage
http://library.csustan.edu/stockton/
- Under Find Articles, click Education.
- Click on ERIC (through FirstSearch).
- Try starting with a keyword search.
- Use core terms or phrases for your search, not sentences.
If you are unsure of the correct terminology to represent the concepts in
your search, browse the online thesaurus by clicking on Subjects.
- Separate different concepts with the word and (for example,
Hispanic American students and dropout attitudes).
- You may limit your results to journal articles or to documents.
- Browse through the results and look at the descriptors to get ideas for
other search terms.
Finding Articles:
- When you limit to journal articles, also limit to subscriptions held
by my library to find articles from journals to which we subscribe.
- Limit to Peer Reviewed for journal articles validated by
scholars in the field.
- The book/building California State University, Stanislaus icon at the
beginning of an ERIC Journal record means our library subscribes to that
journal.
- Click
to see if the article is available in
full-text online.
- If you need to request an article from the Main Library in Turlock,
click on Request
Materials from Main Library from the Stockton
Library Access Center's homepage. Use the article request form.
- You may obtain articles from journals that we do not subscribe in the
library by clicking on
Materials not owned in Turlock or Stockton
from the Stockton Library Center's homepage. Use the article
request form (photocopy).
Finding Documents:
- When you limit to documents, also limit to full text.
- Many of the ERIC documents from 1993-present are now available online as
PDF files.
- To retrieve the full text of ERIC documents online, click on the
Access ERIC Full Text link under the document title on the results list,
or click on the detailed record to
retrieve the full text of the document online.
- Documents that are not available online may be available on microfiche
in Turlock. Use the online request form
Request
Materials from Main Library .
- Use the book request form for ERIC Documents.
- Include the accession number (ED plus six digits).
- You may obtain documents that we do not own in the library by clicking
on
Materials not owned in Turlock or Stockton
from the Stockton Library Center's homepage. Use the book request
form.
Remote Access:
- When you click on the name of the database from off-campus, enter
either your CSUStan
e-mail ID before the @ sign or the 14 digit library ID number (begins
with "209") used prior to fall semester 2008.
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- Stockton Library Access Center's homepage
http://library.csustan.edu/stockton/
- Under Find Articles, click Theses and Dissertations.
- Click on Dissertation Abstracts.
- Search for dissertations and theses done at institutions worldwide.
- To obtain a dissertation from Dissertation Abstracts, click on
Materials not owned in Turlock or Stockton from the Stockton
Library Access Center's homepage.
- Use the book request form.
- Search in the same way as described for ERIC (above).
- Stockton Library Access Center's homepage
http://library.csustan.edu/stockton/
- Under Find Articles, click Theses and Dissertations.
- Click on WorldCat Dissertations.
- Search for theses and dissertations in libraries across the nation.
- To obtain a thesis or dissertation listed in WorldCat Dissertations,
click on
Materials not owned in Turlock or Stockton from the Stockton
Library Access Center's homepage.
- Use the book request form.
- Search in the same way as described for ERIC (above).
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- Stockton Library Access Center's homepage
http://library.csustan.edu/stockton/
- Under Find Books, click WorldCat.
- Search for books, videos, theses etc. nationwide, including materials
owned by CSU Stanislaus.
- Click to determine if the University
Library owns the item and to locate the call number.
- If you need to request books, ERIC documents, theses, video recordings,
etc. from the Main Library in Turlock, click on the
Request
Materials from Main Library link on the Stockton Library Access Center's
homepage. Use the book request form.
- To obtain items owned by other libraries, click on Materials Not
Owned in Stockton or Turlock from the Stockton Library Access
Center's homepage.
- Use the "Request a Book" link on our
online Interlibrary Loan form
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Some Books on Theses/Dissertations Available in the CSU Stanislaus Stockton
Library Access Center
- Mauch, J. E. (1998). Guide to the successful thesis and dissertation:
A handbook for students and faculty. Stockton Ref LB2369 .M377 1998
- Meloy, J. M. (2002). Writing the qualitative dissertation:
Understanding by doing. Stockton Ref LB2369 .M38 2002
- Slade, C. (2003). Form and style: Research papers, reports, theses.
Stockton Ref LB2369 .C3 2003
- Teitelbaum, H. (1998). How to write a thesis. Stockton Ref
LB2369 .T36 1998
How to evaluate and cite information
- Information about thesis requirements at CSU Stanislaus.
- Information on reference assistance, loan periods, etc.
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Revised by Warren Jacobs, Reference Librarian, 9/08
wjacobs@csustan.edu
