Education - TED 506

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 (to save your time and be more productive):

1. 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)

2. Topic Analysis: To help you understand your topic and do a more effective search for articles, please follow this video: Analyzing the topic before starting research, and identifying the keyword (Video: 7:02 minutes)

   • Topic Analysis example

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

Section 2: Search OneSearch for general articles/books:

• Hands on together. URL: University Library (csudh.edu)

• Option 1: OneSearch tutorial: https://csudh.libwizard.com/onesearch

• Option 2: Searching for Books/eBooks: http://libguides.csudh.edu/books 

Section 3: How to find children's books using OneSearch:

Please click on the link & follow the instruction to start searching.

Section 4: How to read a scholarly article - to help you save time & better understand:

• Follow the step-by-step instruction.

• Option: Watch the Effective way to read a scholarly article (Video: 4:08 minutes)