Wednesday, October 5, 2011

I attended this class through Wimba. The class looked at how to access the research material in the Stockton library. There are links to tutorials that will help you understand the process to obtain the research articles. The tutorials offer some great insights about how to work efficiently and give you information you will appreciate. Having a way to get the APA formatting for a document is my favorite. It is so much easier than trying to do it yourself. Just remember to double check the formatting since it does not always format correctly. The tutorials are set up so that you can watch them on video or read the information.


The library link is: Library

This is a list of the tutorials and what is most important about each.

Video Tutorial 1: Education Research Complete

o   Automatically format the citation into APA

o   Limit search results to no more than 50; 35 is preferable

o   Ability to limit search results to peer reviewed papers

o   Ability to forward research via email with the APA citation

Video Tutorial 2: Preserving your results

o   Seems to be a review of the first video in that it reviews emailing the results with APA formatting

o   Ability to save to a folder during the research session

Video Tutorial 3: ILLiad registration

o   Illiad provides the ability to obtain resources from other libraries

o   Ten day window before arrival

o   Requires registration with Stockton Z#

Video Tutorial 4: Submitting a request

o   Check Stockton’s library for the needed resource before following the ILLiad steps above (Stockton cannot have the required resource available)

Video Tutorial 5: Peer reviewed Articles

o   Articles are more difficult to submit and get approval for journals, therefore the implication is a higher level of validity

o   Check the peer reviewed check box to limit your search to these resources

The class also looked at the first IT Timeline presented by Robynn. She did an excellent job and has set the standard at a very high level. Way to go, Robynn!