EDRG 5350--Reading &
Language Arts: Research & Trends
Instructor:
Mildred Murray-Ward
Sponsored by the U.S Department of Education. The largest and most
authoritative source for citations to journal articles and non-journal
literature on all
aspects of education.
Searching ERIC:
- University Library's homepage
http://www.library.csustan.edu/
- Under Find Articles, click Databases.
- Click on Education.
- Click on ERIC (through FirstSearch).
- Try starting with a keyword search.
- Use core terms or phrases for your search, not sentences. If you are
unsure of the correct terminology to represent the concepts in your search,
browse the online thesaurus by clicking on Subjects.
- Separate different concepts with the word and (for
example, reading instruction and action research).
- You may limit your results to journal articles or to documents.
- Browse through the results and look at the descriptors to get
ideas for other search terms.
Finding Articles:
- When you limit to journal articles, also limit to subscriptions
held by my library to find articles from journals to which we
subscribe.
- Limit to Peer Reviewed for journal articles validated by
scholars in the field.
- The book/building California State University, Stanislaus icon at the
beginning of an ERIC Journal record means
our library subscribes to that journal.
- Click the Find It! button to see if the article is available in full-text
online.
- You may obtain articles from journals that we do not subscribe in
the library by submitting an
online Interlibrary Loan Form. Click on Interlibrary Loan under
Services on the library's homepage. Use the article request form
(photocopy).
Finding Documents:
- When you limit to documents, also limit to full text.
- Many of the ERIC documents from 1993-present are now
available online as PDF files.
- To retrieve the full text of ERIC documents online, click on the Access ERIC Full Text
link under the document title on the results list, or click on the Find
It! link on the detailed record to retrieve the full
text of the document online.
- Documents from 1966-present that are not available online may be
available on microfiche in the ERIC file cabinets in the reference section.
Use the accession number (ED plus six digits) to locate the microfiche.
- Bring the microfiche to the Circulation Desk for assistance with the
reader/printer machine.
- You may obtain documents that we do not own in
the library by submitting an
online Interlibrary Loan Form. Click on Interlibrary Loan under
Services on the library's homepage. Use the book request form.
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Some Books on Reading Research Available in the CSU Stanislaus Library
- Barr, R. D. (1991). Handbook of reading research, volume II.
REF LB1050 .H278 1984 v. 2
- Block, C. B., & Pressley, M. (2002). Comprehension instruction:
Research-based best practices. LB1050.45 .C69 2002
- Duke, N. K., & Mallette, M. H. (2004). Literacy research
methodologies. LB1050.6 .L58 2004
- Kamil, M. L. (2000). Handbook of reading research, volume III. REF
LB1050 .H278 2000
- Kamil, M. L. (2002). Methods of literacy research: The
methodology chapters from the handbook of reading research, volume III.
LB1050.6 .M48 2002
- Pearson, P. D. (1984). Handbook of reading research. REF
LB1050 .H278 1984 v. 1
- Richardson, V. (2001). Handbook of research on teaching. REF
LB1028 .H315 2001
How to evaluate and cite information
- Information on reference assistance, loan periods, etc.
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Revised by Warren Jacobs, Reference Librarian, 06/14/2007
Based on materials by Arthur Buell, Reference Coordinator, 9/03
