KEISER UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Introduction to Library Research
*A navigational guide for candidates pursuing a doctorate in education*
Introduction
Welcome to Keiser University Library.
This presentation will introduce selective
databases and resources to assist with
your doctorate in education research.
Overview
 Log in to Keiser University Library
 Differentiate between primary and secondary resources
 Locate graduate level educational journals
 Locate dissertations and theses
 Locate APA format guides
 Access online tutorials
Getting Started
Username: Student ID Number (found on your Student ID card)
Password: Last 4 digits of your Social Security Number
Primary and Secondary Resources
Primary
An original informational source from the time of the event.
Secondary
An informational source that analyzes the event. These sources often
use several primary sources to compile the information.
Primary Sources
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Autobiographies
Diaries
Documents
Eyewitness accounts
Film footage
Laws
Letters
Newspaper articles
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Novels
Objects from the time
Oral histories
Photographs
Poems, art, music
Speeches
Secondary Resources
Biographies
Encyclopedias including online resource Wikipedia
(wikipedia.com)
History books
Textbooks
Research Decisions
Do you need?
Scholarly journal articles
Peer-reviewed articles
Popular magazine or newspaper articles
Graduate Level Education Journals
Scholarly Journals and Peer-Reviewed Articles are available from the following LIRN and
EBSCO databases:
Academic OneFile
(Seach INFOTRAC from LIRN)
Expanded Academic ASAP (Search INFOTRAC from LIRN)
Education Module (Search PROQUEST from LIRN)
Child Development & Adolescent Studies (Search EBSCO Databases)
Education Research Complete (Search EBSCO Databases)
Education Administration Abstracts (Search EBSCO Databases)
ERIC (Search EBSCO Databases)
MAS Ultra-School Edition (Search EBSCO Databases)
Middle Search Plus (Search EBSCO Databases)
Psychology Module (Search PROQUEST from LIRN)
Primary Search (Search EBSCO Databases)
First, Let’s
cover the LIRN
databases
Search INFOTRAC
Click LIRN
Search ACADEMIC ONEFILE
Search PROQUEST
Now, let’s cover
the EBSCO
databases.
Click the link to Search EBSCO’s
Databases
This page will appear:
Select any of the
EBSCO Education
databases to search.
(A brief description of each database follows)
Child Development & Adolescent
Studies database
• Child Development & Adolescent Studies, produced by
NISC, is today’s source for references to the current and
historical literature related to growth and development of
children through the age of 21. Book reviews and
abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of
thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters,
theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social
sciences worldwide are indexed. More than 201,860
records are included with over 10,000 new records
added each year.
Education Research Complete
database
• Education Research Complete is the definitive online
resource for education research. 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.
Education Research Complete provides indexing and
abstracts for more than 3,000 journals back to 1881, as
well as full text for more than 2,000 journals back to
1936, and includes full text for numerous educationrelated conference papers and more than 500 books and
monographs back to 1972.
Educational Administration
Abstracts database
• Educational Administration Abstracts includes
bibliographic records covering areas related to
educational administration, including educational
leadership, educational management,
educational research, and other areas of key
relevance to the discipline. The index contains
more than 66,000 records, which are carefully
selected from the most important sources within
the discipline.
ERIC database
• ERIC, the Education Resource Information
Center, contains more than 1,300,000
records and links to more than 317,000
full-text documents dating back to 1966.
MAS Ultra - School Edition
database
• Designed specifically for high school libraries,
this database contains full text for more than 500
popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra –
School Edition also provides more than 360 full
text reference books, 85,670 biographies,
105,786 primary source documents, and an
Image Collection of over 453,000 photos, maps
& flags, color PDFs and expanded full text
backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.
Middle Search Plus database
• Middle Search Plus provides full text for more
than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All
full text articles included in the database are
assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full
text is also available for thousands of
biographies and historical essays. Middle
Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies,
105,786 primary source documents, and an
Image Collection of over 453,000 photos, maps
and flags.
Primary Search database
• Primary Search provides full text for more
than 70 popular, magazines for elementary
school research. All full text articles
included in the database are assigned a
reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full
text information dates as far back as 1990.
Some other useful resources
available to you are:
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Dissertation Access
APA Format Guides
Online Tutorials
Library Contact Information
Dissertation Access
Free Search/Free Full Text
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD):
http://www.ndltd.org
PhdData: http://www.phddata.org/
Free Search/Fee Full Text
Dissertation.com: http://www.dissertation.com
Dissertation Express: http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb#
APA Format Guides
APA Guides
Online Tutorial Access
CLICK A TUTORIAL
Contact Information
Keiser University Library is committed to your academic success.
Need additional assistance with research?
Contact any of the following campus locations.
Ask to speak with the Campus Librarian.
Fort Lauderdale: (954) 776-4456
Jacksonville: (904) 296-3440
Orlando: (407) 273-5800
Tallahassee (850) 906-9494
Tampa: (813) 885-4900
West Palm Beach (561) 471-6000