Education - LBS 205 (Summer2024)

Outline of the Library Presentation: 

It is highly recommended that you view all the videos below if you are a first time learner to access and research for primary research articles.  However, if you have some experience on the area, you can selectively view the sections/videos below.

Section 1: Things to do before starting your Library research:

1. How to select a topic (options):

   • Option 1: You can select a topic which you are familiar with, or curious about.

   • Option 2: Browse searching the Education databases. By trying different keyword/topic searching, you will see what topics/articles come up most and what other researchers were writing about. You can, then, choose the topic, in which you are most interested.

2. To learn the difference of Scholarly articles (also called Peer-reviewed) vs. Magazine articles, Click on the Summary: Scholarly articles vs. Magazine articles.

   • Example of a scholarly article.

   • Option: You can choose to view the video: Scholarly articles vs. Magazine articles (Video:7:05 minutes)

3. Topic Analysis: To help you understand your topic and do a more effective search for articles, please follow this video: 

• Topic Analysis example

• Click here to get a copy of the "Topic Analysis" Worksheet (PDF)
• Analyzing the topic before starting research, and Identifying the keyword (Video: 7:02 minutes)

Section 2: Search Education & Psychology Databases for subject specific articles/books:

• Education & psychology databases 

  • Step-by-step guide on how to find the Education databases 

  • Search Education article screen example, filter options, & how to get the CITATION formats

Section 3: Search OneSearch for general articles/books:

• Hands-on following me: University Library (csudh.edu)

• Video: OneSearch tutorial: https://csudh.libwizard.com/onesearch

• Searching for Books/eBooks: http://libguides.csudh.edu/books 

• Hand-on search practices with students.