EDCP 610U/656

Professor: Dr. Susan Komives
Web Page created by Karen Patterson, Education Librarian, UM Libraries

The University of Maryland Libraries have many resources that will help with your research. If you need additional information, please talk with a reference librarian at McKeldin Library's Service Plus Information Desk or contact Karen Patterson, Education Librarian.

Table of Contents

• STEP ONE: Finding background information, research reviews and further readings
• STEP TWO: Finding books in the UM Libraries
• STEP THREE: Finding jounal articles
• STEP FOUR: Properly using citations

STEP ONE: Finding background information, research reviews and further readings

It is useful when beginning your research to first consult reference sources that will give you an introduction to your topic and provide background information, historical context, examples of application, reviews of major research, and a bibliography of suggestions for further reading. The McKeldin Reference collection contains numerous education encyclopedias and handbooks that provide this kind of information. Several of them are listed below along with other almanacs, encyclopedias and handbooks providing background information on various ethnic groups. Consult the "encyclopedia and handbook" section of the Education Guide for a complete list.

• African American Almanac McKeldin Reference Stacks E 185.A37
• African American Encyclopedia McKeldin Reference Stacks E185.A253
• Asian American Almanac McKeldin Reference Stacks E184.O6A824 1995
• Asian American Encyclopedia McKeldin Reference Stacks E184.O827 1995
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America MCKREF E184.A1G14 1995
• Higher Education in the United States: an Encyclopedia McKeldin Reference Stacks LA225.H54
• The Hispanic American Almanac McKeldin Reference Stacks E184.S75H557 1993
• Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education McKeldin Reference Stacks LC1099.3.H55 1995
• Jewish American History and Culture McKeldin Reference Stacks E184.J5J48 1992

STEP TWO: Finding Books in the UM Libraries

Search the UM Libraries catalog for books and other materials such as government documents and videos available through the UM Libraries. Start with a words anywhere search.
A more specific way to search is by using the subject beginning with search using Library of Congress subject headings. You can focus your search by using subject headings you have identified through your word search. Additional information about how to use the Catalog is available in the online Catalog Guide.

You may request material not owned in the University of Maryland system through Interlibrary Loan.
You may also search the holdings of hundreds of libraries through the Worldcat database.

STEP THREE: Finding journal articles

To do a thorough and up-to-date job researching your topic you will have to find relevant journal articles. McKeldin Library has an extensive collection of education journal in print and provides ever-increasing access to electronic journals. The following journals are some of the most important in the field of higher of education and student affairs.

• Chronicle of Higher Education
  Availability: microfilm--v. 1, 1966/67 (McKeldin Periodicals m-film LB2300.C45) plus current issues in paper, McKeldin Periodicals Room. online access from 1995 to the present.
• Journal of College Student Development
  Availability: v. 29, 1988-present (McKeldin Periodical Stacks LB2343.J61; current issues in McKeldin Periodicals Room.) online access from 1930-present. (Note: The previous title of this journal was Journal of College Student Personnel, available from v. 2, 1960/1961-v. 28, 1978 in the Mckeldin Periodical Stacks LB2343.J6.
• Journal of Higher Education
  Availability: v. 1, 1930 (McKeldin Periodical Stacks L11.J85; current issues in McKeldin Periodicals Room.) online access from v.1, 1930-.
• NASPA Journal
  Availability: v. 8, 1970-v.39, 2001/2002 (Mckeldin Periodical Stacks LB2343.N21; current issues in McKeldin Periodicals Room.) online access from v. 34, 1996.
• New Directions for Student Services
  Each issue of this periodical is devoted to a specific topic. As a result each issue is cataloged as if it were a book and has a separate call number. To see what is available, do an advanced search in the catalog and search the title (New Directions for Student Services) as a series.
• Review of Higher Education
  Availability: v.9, v.11, 1985/1986 (McKeldin Periodical Stacks LA226.R48; current issues in McKeldin Periodicals Room.) online access from v.20, 1996.

Using Databases to Identify Additional Articles
While the above journals are excellent resources for your research needs, many other journals may contain relevant articles. Databases are the best resources to use to identify articles published in journals. The UM Libraries subscribe to several hundred databases, which are accessible via the Libraries' homepage. Since your topics vary widely, you will need to investigate the best databases for your needs. The "Find Databases" page on ResearchPort categorizes databases by broad subject area and is a good place to begin. However, the following list includes some of most important databases according to subject area.


IMPORTANT: To access these databases from off campus you must use Research Port. Be sure to log in to Research Port, using your Directory ID. (This is the same login you use for email, ELMS, ARES, and other campus services.)

General/Multidisciplinary

• Academic Search Premier.
  Provides abstracts and indexing for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications.
• Digital Dissertations-Full Text
  This database is the an authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities.
• Lexis/Nexis Academic
  Full-text database that offers a wide range of news, political, legal, business, and reference information in full-text format. Primary source of newspaper articles, including those from the Washington Post and the New York Times. Federal code, regulations, and case law, plus state codes.
• Social Sciences Citation Index. 1976- .
  Provides author and keyword access to about 4,700 journals and several monographic series across the social sciences. Use this database to find out if a particular author/article has been cited in later publications.

African American Studies
• International Index to Black Periodicals
  Includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the U.S., Africa and the Caribbean - and full-text coverage of 40 core Black Studies periodicals (1998 forward).

Education

• ERIC. 1966-
  ERIC indexes professional journals in education and related fields (indicated by EJ numbers.) It also indexes unpublished research reports, conference papers and other education related documents (indicated by ED numbers). Most ERIC ED documents are availble on microfiche and are filed by ED number in the McKeldin Library Periodicals Room. From 1993 forward, many of the ERIC documents are available electronically. The Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors (MCK REF Z695.1.E3E34) identifies subject terms used in the CIJE and other ERIC publications. An online ERIC thesaurus is part of the database.
Note: due to changes in the production of the ERIC database, major delays have occurred in adding new records to the EbscoHost database. Materials from 2004-2005 are now available on the ERIC web site. You can also search the Education Research Complete database described below.
• Education Research Complete.
  This is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. The database also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.
• Multicultural Education Abstracts
  McKeldin Reference Stacks LC1099.M8
  This is a print index that focuses specifically on journal articles about multicultural education.

Ethnic Studies
• Bibliography of Asian Studies
  References Western-language books, journal articles, and conference proceedings, including citations to all articles from the 100 most-used journals in Asian Studies.
• Chicano Database
  An index to books and journal articles on Mexican-Americans. Records added since 1992 include the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants.
• Ethnic Newswatch
  Full-text bilingual (English/Spanish) database of 200 publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press.
• Hispanic american Periodicals Index
  over 400 journals from key social science and humanities journals published in Latin America and throughout the world. Coverage includes Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the United States-Mexico border region and Hispanics in the United States.

Gender Studies

• Contemporary Women's Issues
  Indexes 1,500 sources including books and journals and provides links to full-text when available. Over 35,000 records are available and are updated on a weekly basis.
• GLBT Life with Full Text
  The most inclusive index to literature that pertains to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues.
• GenderWatch
  Full text database comprised of 175 titles, primarily of the many ongoing periodicals that deal with gender issues, including academic and scholarly journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets and reports.
• Women's Studies International,br> Anthology of 10 files. Provides indexes and abstracts for over 2,000 periodical sources plus books, book chapters, nonprint materials, proceedings, reports, theses, websites, web documents and grey literature.

Psychology

• PsycINFO
  This is the most comprehensive index in psychology and related fields. It provides citations and abstracts to journal articles, book chapters and books, technical reports, and dissertations. PsycInfo covers materials from 1887 to the present.

Physical Education/Sports

• SportDiscus
  Multidisciplinary, international database that indexes over 600,000 records from journals, monographs and conference proceedings in sports and related disciplines.

Religion

• ATLA Religion Index
  Provides abstracts and indexing for articles, essays, and book reviews in over 1550 journals and multi-author works dealing with religious and theological scholarship. International in scope and language coverage. Covers all types of religions.

Sociology

• Family & Society Studies Worldwide
  Electronic version of Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature and the Australian Family Database. Abstracts from 2000+ journals, books, conference papers and government reports from 1970 to the present.
• SocIndex
  Contains full text for 242 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 547 books and monographs, and full text for 6,711 conference papers.

STEP FOUR: Properly Using Citations

• Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources Within Your Paper

• The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
  This is a style manual for manuscript preparation that is used by scholars both in and outside of the field of psychology. Though the Manual is not available electronically, the "APA Style Resources" page on Psych Web provides links to a number of guides and Web pages that provide writing tips and suggestions for its application.

  Conuslt Citing Sources Using the APA Style Manual for further information on the APA style.

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