RE 5040 (Section 375 - Off-Campus) Teacher as Researcher
Where To Go For Help
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Distance Learning Library Services Web page
Ask A DL Librarian and Live Chat
Toll Free Telephone number: 1-877-423-0086
Reseach Advisory Program: Schedule a RAP Session
Geri Purpur: purpurgm@appstate.edu , 828-262-6903Electronic Reserve Readings
click here to go directly to the Reserves web page.
Finding Articles
Search your topics in the following databases to find scholarly journal articles.You may also consult the list of Databases by Subject to determine which other databases are related to your research.
- ERIC EBSCOhost, 1966-present (updated monthly)
Provides indexing to journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, books, and ERIC documents. Many with full-text
- Education Research Complete
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,780 journals, as well as full text for more than 870 journals in all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.
- Academic Search Premier , 1984 - to date; Full Text : 1990 - to date (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.
- Academic OneFile
Contains more than 11,000 academic jounals, the majority in full text and peer-reviewed.
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.
Sociological Abstracts
Provides article citations, with abstracts, from more than 1,900 journals covering all facets of sociology and related disciplines.
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
- 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 - Endnote
EndNote is a software program that facilitates the maintenance and storage of bibliographic citations, web resources and images; EndNote also makes it easy to share your citations with colleagues and students. Requires a separate software download and installation.
- ILLIad-Interlibrary Loan
An internet accessible database providing forms for requesting journals not available online and other items not in the collections of Appalachian State University Libraries and not available through ABC Express.
- How To Guides and Tutorials
Content editor: Geri Purpur,
September 2008
purpurgm@appstate.edu,