| Judith Downie
Humanities Librarian
CSUSM Library
KEL 3424
jdownie@csusm.edu
(760) 750-4374 Gabriela Sonntag
Instruction Librarian
CSUSM Library
gsg@csusm.edu |
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The purpose of this guide is to familiarize you with the
variety of methods to locate educational journals and
articles for your research needs and publication venues.
Getting Started
CSUSM provides a
large number of journals in the education field. There are
several challenges, not unique to Education by any means, in
locating and using these sources. Some questions you may
have are:
- Where do I look?
- How do I narrow to the specific focus of education
that is important to me?
- Is full text available?
- How do I obtain full text if it is not available in
the source I have?
- How do I find information for submitting my
manuscript for publication?
The following
sections should answer these questions, so let's get
started!
Locating
Journals
- Where do I look?
- How do I narrow to the results to the specific focus
that is important to me?
Where to look is determined by what you are looking
for--a journal, or an individual article? The best place to
start is almost always the Library Catalog (see Example 1and
2).
If you have
very a specific citation to an article that you want, see
Examples 3 and 5.
How to narrow the results is shown in Examples 2,
4 and 6.
| What you want |
Where to Look |
How to Search |
|
| Any Education Journal |
Library Catalog |
Keyword |
Example
1 |
| Journal by Subject |
Library Catalog |
Subject |
Example 2 |
| Journal by Title |
Library Catalog |
Title |
Example 3 |
| Journal by Genre/Format |
Library Catalog (CSUSM) |
Genre |
Example 4 |
| Article by Topic |
Research
Database |
Keyword or Subject |
Example 5 |
| Article by Citation |
Catalog→Research Database |
Title or Author |
Example 6 |
Finding Article Text
- Is full text available?
- How do I obtain full text if it is not available in
the source I have?
Many of the research databases offer full text, but do
NOT limit yourself to those titles alone. Many more journals
have not yet migrated to the electronic environment, and
some of the most important tools available to education
researchers are indexes and abstracts of what exists, rather than full
text. Here are some of the options and how to obtain
full text:
Full Text Databases (Click on the title, PDF or
HTML link offered in the search results list as shown in
Example 5 above.)
Academic
Search Premier
Full-text. A multi-disciplinary database
offering full text for nearly 1,850 scholarly journals,
including more than 1,250 peer-reviewed titles. Use the
Advanced Search feature to limit your searches to scholarly
material.
ProQuest Direct
Includes complete ABI Inform (business) and Newsstand
publications.
ScienceDirect
Provides full text access to over 1,000 journals
covering all fields of science.
JSTOR
Full-text.
Contains complete full-text back files (EXCEPT for the
latest five years) of core scholarly journals in such areas
as sociology, history, economics, political science,
mathematics, African-American studies, Asian studies and
others.
Project MUSE
Full text. Scholarly article collection which
supplements the holdings on some titles in JSTOR.
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory
While not the article provider that our other databases
are, this is the premier database for finding
publication information on journals and other
periodicals; includes 250,000 + academic journals,
magazines, and other hard-to-locate serials.
Abstract and Index Databases
(Use the
 button
to check our other resources for full text.)
ERIC
A national database of education literature, including
reports and journal articles.
PsycINFO
Available via EbscoHost: A comprehensive international
database of psychology, covering the academic, research, and
practice literature in psychology from over 45 countries in
more than 30 languages.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Provides abstracts of articles from about 2,000 journals
(published worldwide), coverage of recent books, book review
citations and dissertation listings.
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA)
Combined search of five databases: ERIC, Linguistics and
Language Behavior Abstracts, PAIS International, Social
Services Abstracts, and Sociological Abstracts.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Provides abstracts and full text for more than 200
communication journals.
Have a Citation and We Don't Own Full text?
Request the material through Interlibrary Loan, either
through the
option or the
ILL
request page. Keep in mind the delivery may
take 5-10 working days. The more information you can provide
on the form, the better success in getting what you asked
for!
Author Guidelines
- How do I find information for submitting my
manuscript for publication?
Publishers provide written guidelines for authors
describing a variety of topics including: desired content,
required format, and peer review procedure may be called a
number of different things:
- Submission Guidelines
- Instructions for Authors
- Manuscript Submission
- Author Resources
- Publication Criteria
- Call for Papers (this term is normally used for
papers presented at conferences, but an editor may be
interested in submissions with a specific focus and put
a call out.)
Some journals will provide this information in every
print issue, but this type of information is generally not
included in the research databases where the actual
articles are. Many publishers will include this information
in their websites and you will find the most current
guidelines there. A good idea is to get a current issue or article
similar to what you will be submitting to see a model of
accepted work. Be aware that if you are using an older
issue, the guidelines may have changed which will cause you
more revision or even cost you getting the article accepted.
Some sites of publishers for educational journals (keep
in mind there can be scholarly journals published by
University presses or individual publishing houses as well):
Citing Your Sources
As you write your paper, you'll need to cite passages and
ideas from the sources you've found.
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APA: Publication
manual of the American Psychological Association.
5th ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological
Association, 2001
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