Education - SPE 481

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: Prepare for Your Research:

• Options for topic selection:

  • 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.

• Why you should use scholarly/peer review articles, not magazine articles:

  • Click to get the Summary: Scholarly articles vs. Magazine articles

  • Optional: To learn the difference between Scholarly articles vs. Magazine articles (Video: 7:05 minutes)

• Topic formulation and analysis from descriptive phrases and keywords identification.

  • Sample Topic Analysis sheet

  • Click here to get a copy of the "Topic Analysis" Worksheet (PDF)

  • Optional: Analyzing the topic before starting research, and Identifying the keyword (Video: 7:02 minutes)

• How to find peer-reviewed journals (not articles) in the Library (If the Library owns the journal), follow the step-by-step guide to find and browse the journals.

Section 2: Search Education Articles:

• Search the education article databases (direct link: Top Education article databases URL):

• How to find the Education databases from the Library Web site

• Searching education databases: data entry example screen (PPT) 

• How to find the citation formats & permalink from the Education database article page (Screen example)

• Optional: How to search Education article video (Video: 8:49 minutes)

Section 3: Search WestLaw for law/court case: 

• PPT illustration on accessing & searching WestLasw (Video: 5:18 minutes)

• Hands-on practice on search Westlaw (Video: 8:56 minutes)

Section 4: The following is the options to find Curriculum/Teaching Strategies/Lesson Plans on Special Education:

The following is the options to find Curriculum/Teaching Strategies/Lesson Plans on Special Education:

• ERIC: Click here to get a list of last 20 years of curriculum/teaching strategy/lesson plans from ERIC* (customized search set in ERIC). (* ERIC stands: Education Resources Information Center)

• CSUDH OneSearch: Click her to get a list of last 20 years of curriculum/teaching strategy/lesson plans from OneSearch

• Google Scholar:  Click her to get a list of last 20 years of curriculum/teaching strategy/lesson plans from Google Scholar

• California Department of Education: Click here

Other free Web sites and member organizations:

• WWC for curriculum/teaching strategy materials evaluations: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/FWW

• Lesson plans aligned with Common Core: https://achievethecore.org/ (this site is run by the lead writers of the Common Core Standards)

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• Library of Congress lesson plans: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/?PHPSESSID=86f9a9cc9d66c8b7a2ad93101215d0c2

• NEA has some lesson plans available for free: http://www.nea.org/tools/BrowseAllLessons.html

• NCTM has some free math lesson plans: https://www.nctm.org/ARCs/

• NSF has some science ones: https://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/

• California Teachers Association (CTA): https://www.cta.org/