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This Guide gives hints for developing a good search strategy.
Journals List - To find what journals are available online or in the library.
*If you are asked for an ID or login, type in the 18-digit barcode number on your student ID card. It may ask for your last name as well.*
ERIC
The premier database for Education, ERIC indexes about 1000 journals as well as the ERIC documents collection from 1966-present. Includes the ERIC Thesaurus to help you select search terms.
Education Research Complete
Large database developed by EBSCOhost to compete with ERIC. Indexes over 1,800 journals with full text for more than 900. Includes some books and conference papers.
PsycINFO
Indexes journal articles and book chapters in Psychology
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Information and reviews of standardized tests. Ref. Z5814.P8 B934
Databases Page
Many other indexes and databases are available and are listed on the databases page.
Encyclopedia of Special Education
Ref. LC 4007 .E53 2007
Digest of Education Statistics
Ref. LB 112 .A35
Handbook of Reading Research
Ref. LB 1050 .H278 1984
Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education
Ref. LC 1099.3 .H35 2004
Handbook of Research on . . .
Google Advanced Search
You may want to limit your search terms to being in the title of the page, including the word “research”, or limit the domain to just .edu or .org
Evaluate information you find on the web. Consider authorship, publishing body, point of view or bias, referral to other sources, verifiability, and currency.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Ready Ref and Ref BF 76.7 .P83 2010
MU Library Catalog (PILOT)
Use the Library Catalog to find books and other materials in our Library, but not journal articles.
To look for books that are not owned by the North Hall Library:
Contact Fran Garrison
Email: fgarriso@mansfield.edu
Phone: 662-4688
See a librarian at the Information Desk
Phone: 662-4671
Email a question to a reference librarian.
AOL IM screen name: NorthHallLibrary
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