TTE Searching Seminar

Re-searching the WWW
as a Pathway for Scholarly Research
(For professional education faculty)
Allison Kaplan <akaplan@UDel.Edu>
Gary Feurer <feurer@UDel.Edu>

Introduction

How to use Internet resources for obtaining research information

Acknowledgement of the number of resources on the Internet
Desire to work at one’s desk rather than going off to the library
Need to know how to use the Internet to find quality resources quickly and efficiently

Goals

Resources for academic research

Exploration into the resources that best fit the needs of the academic researcher

Resources for teachers

Exploration into the resources pre- and inservice teachers have available to use

Resources for students

Exploration into the resources school children will be using now and in the future

Review from Tuesday’s workshop

Techniques

Quotation marks
+ & -
Wildcards

Evaluation

Accuracy
Authority
Objectivity
Currency
Coverage
http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/susabeck/eval.html

Web sites for searching

Directories

Meta-search engines

AI searching

http://www.ask.com

Citing resources

University of Delaware Resources

Morris Library - General

http://www.lib.udel.edu/

http://www.lib.udel.edu/ref/ Reference area page

http://www2.lib.udel.edu/ejrnls/campus.htm List of electronic journals to which the University subscribes

http://www.lib.udel.edu/lndb/gen-camp.html Link to the databases available from the Library

Morris Library – Education

http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/educ/resguide Links to education resources

http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/educ/database.htm Links to education databases

http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/educ/internet.htm Links to education resources on the Internet

Other campus libraries

http://www2.lib.udel.edu/branches/ Links to University of Delaware Branch Libraries – Including the Agriculture Library

http://www.udel.edu/erc/ Education Resource Center – Online catalog includes holdings for the ERC, MSERC, and 203-I Lab

http://www.udel.edu/mserc/ Mathematics & Science Education Resource Center

http://www.udel.edu/music/facilities/amy/mrc.html Music Resources Center

Print resources (examples)

http://www.lib.udel.edu/databases/delcat.html DelCAT

Teachers’ Desk Reference (also available online)

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 1994 – online help available but full text is not available

Mental Measurements Yearbook http://www.unl.edu/buros/ lists tests and names which volume has review of test, but does not give reviews

Net.Journal Directory – Lists over 9,000 journal titles wherein access to searchable archive and full text retrieval is possible either for fee or free, published twice per year, each volume fully supercedes the previous volume.

Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education, James A. Banks, ed., 1995 – collection of articles on multicultural education

Exceptional Child Education Resources – 1966 to present, over 200 journals indexed

Internet Resources

http://www.doe.state.de.us/states/states.htm Other state sites as listed by DOE

http://www.mcrel.org/ McREL – Mid-Continent Regional Education Lab., education standards

http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm CRESST – Assessment

http://www.ericae.net/ ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation

http://nces.ed.gov/ NCES – National Center for Education Statistics

Professional organizations

http://www.aect.org/ AECT

http://www.aera.net/ AERA

http://www.reading.org/ IRA

http://www.menc.org/index2.html MENC

http://www.nas.edu/ NAS

http://www.ncss.org/ NCSS

http://www.ncte.org/ NCTE

http://www.nctm.org/ NCTM

http://www.nea.org/ NEA

http://www.tesol.edu/index.html TESOL

http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Organizations/Professional/ Yahoo! List of Associations

Sources for Teachers and Students

Book – Internet for Active Learners: Curriculum-Based Strategies for K-12 by Pam Berger, 1998 – not just a guide to the Internet but resource with activities and a link to an active site http://www.tramline.com/

http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/ Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

http://www.ala.org/aasl/learning/ American Association of School Libraries, guide to technology in schools including links to lesson plans and research on school reform

http://libraries.maine.edu/orolmc/currguid.htm Link from ERC page to University of Maine page of links to lesson plans and curriculum guides

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html Web Quests as discussed on Tuesday

http://www.ala.org/ICONN/kidsconn.html Kids Connect, question/answer service, guarantees answer in 2 working days, gives answer AND search strategy

http://memory.loc.gov/ American Memory site from the Library of Congress, includes lessons and activities using primary sources

http://www2.lib.udel.edu/udlib-srch/ UDLib/Search, abstracts and full text databases available to public middle and senior high schools, this is where teachers will get information for creating lessons and school students will get information for research assignments.