Books
Many books are available from FLITE. Try searching the online catalog, for the keyword: "education". You might also want to try other keywords that relate to "education", such as "teaching", "learning", or more specific topics such as "collaborative learning".
Reference Materials
We have quite a variety of items in our reference collection pertaining to education topics, so take a look in the L's (education section) for good reference materials on education.
Off-Campus Access
Please read Off-Campus Database Access if you want to do your searching from home.
Finding Journal Articles for Research
To find journal articles on a particular topic, it's necessary to use one or more of the databases available on the FLITE Web site. These databases cumulatively provide indexing to thousands of journal titles. A few of the databases provide full-text (content of the articles is found directly within the database), but some only provide citations (description of where the article originally appeared in print).
Some of the databases we recommend
you try include:
| General Databases | Education Databases | Related Databases |
or click
here to see all of our databases listed by name.
Getting the Full-text of the Research Article
Once you've found citations relevant
to the topic you're working with and you need to get a copy of
the articles, you'll need to verify whether FLITE owns the particular
journal in which each article was published. Many databases now
have a link called "Find It", 
which, by clicking on it, will give you the range of options available
for document retrieval. If the full text of the article is available,
you will be able to find the article by clicking on the link.
If the only message you see is "Interlibrary Loan", you will need to order the article. By clicking on the red GO button provided, you will be directed to a blank Interlibrary Loan form to complete. Sometimes the red GO button will provide a link to the Online Catalog. This indicates that the journal is found in FLITE's print collection.
Interlibrary Loan and MELCAT
Interlibrary Loan is a service provided by FLITE to attain articles and books that FLITE does not own. Most often this service is used when searching for articles in FLITE databases and you are directed through the "Find It" to request the item. The first time this service is used a form needs to be completed and you will create a username and password which will be used for future requests. Article requests are emailed to you in 5-10 business days (ferris email preferred) and books will be mailed to you.
MelCat is another library service throughout Michigan which works with participating Libraries to deliver books a particular library may not own. Additional information and tutorial are provided by FLITE.
Find A Periodical
To look up whether FLITE owns a
particular journal, use the Find
a Periodical database to search for the journal title, such
as Educational
Research, Journal
of Classroom Interaction, or The
American Education Research Journal.
Remember to use the journal title, not the article title
for your search.
RefWorks
RefWorks is a online citation tool which allows you to import, enter, and develop a database for citations. Citations remain until you remove them, can be organized into folders, edited, and complied into bibliographies. Signing up for an account is quick and easy, from the libraries home page, direct RefWorks links are located under Students Services, Faculty Services, Instruction, and Reference. For more information please see the Refworks Tutorial.
Useful Guides
Guide to Searching ERIC
Guide to Searching Education Abstracts
APA Citation Style Guide
FLITE RefWorks Tutorial
Research Guide: Education
On the Web
There are several good sites on the Internet for resources about education topics:
The Educator's Reference Desk
Michigan Educators' Resources (Formerly Michigan Teacher Network)
EBSCO Teacher Reference Center
If you have any questions regarding using the library for research,
Email Kristy Motz or click here for the general email reference form.
Don't forget, you are welcome to come to the South Service Desk and ask for help at any time. You can also call us 231-591-3602 or chat with us.
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Last Update: May 15, 2007