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.
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). Please read Off-Campus Database Access if you want to do your searching from home.
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 "Request document via Interlibrary Loan", you will need to order the article. By clicking on the link in the window provided, you will be directed to a blank Interlibrary Loan form to be filled out. Sometimes the "Find It" button will provide a link to the Online Catalog. This indicates that the journal is found in FLITE's print collection.
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.
Scholarly Journals
The library has developed a Guide to Popular and Scholarly Periodicals to assist you in determining if articles come from Scholarly Journals, also called Academic Journals, Peer-Reviewed Journals, or Refereed Journals. To search for Scholarly Journals in different databases, please use the guides below for more specific assistance.
Useful Guides
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 the Michigan Teacher Network) from the Michigan eLibrary
- EBSCO Teacher Reference Center
OWL - Purdue University Online Writing Lab
The Online Writing Lab at Purdue (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/) is an invaluable reference for writing research papers. Covering everything from creating a thesis statement and coping with writer's block to formatting citations and the principles of academic writing, this comprehensive web site is a resource tool for every paper you'll ever need to write.
Citations
Check out our new Citations web page for help with your references and bibliographies! Avoid plagiarism by properly citing your sources.
The following links provide information on how to use APA
Citation Style Guide: APA (PDF)
An APA Citation Style guide with examples created by FLITE.APA List of References
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the APA format.APA Citation Style for Electronic References
A link to the APA site for newly updated information about Electronic Media and URLs.Citations in Text for Electronic Materials
APA instructions for placing citations in text for electronic references.
Copies of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition, are found in the Ready Reference section near the FLITE Oval Information Desk.
KnightCite, RefWorks and Son of Citation Machine - Help with Citations
KnightCite, a tool prepared by the Hekman Library at Calvin College, will help you format your citations properly if you are having trouble figuring out the proper form.
RefWorks and Son of Citation Machine are tools which you can use to create bibliographies. Please be aware that you will have to review your bibliography to ensure it is correct.
- KnightCite: www.knightcite.com
- FLITE's RefWorks Tutorial: RefWorks
- Son of Citation Machine: http://citationmachine.net
If you have any questions regarding using the library for research,
Email Kristy Motz.
Don't forget, you are welcome to come to the Oval Information 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: January 23, 2008