PAS500

Exploring the literature & research strategy development **Learn more about your topic to generate keywords and subject terminology** (a selection of ebooks)
 * Encyclopedia of African American education
 * Encyclopedia of bilingual education
 * *Encyclopedia of diversity in education
 * Encyclopedia of giftedness, creativity and talent
 * *Routledge encyclopedia of language teaching and learning
 * Encyclopedia of mathematics education
 * Encyclopedia of science education
 * Psychology of classroom learning: an encyclopedia
 * Encyclopedia of educational psychology
 * Encyclopedia of the sciences of learning

Research Databases: search tips
 * ** How to identify and read a research study article **
 * **Literature Reviews: an overview for graduate students** (video tutorial)
 * Combine search terms and concepts using AND/OR (Boolean search strategy)
 * use OR to broaden your search to include synonyms and related terms
 * use AND to narrow your search by combining concepts
 * Additional search tips:
 * Use truncation to find variants of a word
 * Use phrase searching to find words in a certain order
 * Use database limiters to further refine results (but don't overdo it!
 * How do I get the full text? Click Find It! to locate full text. If Find It! doesn't find it, search Journal Finder using the title of the journal. If you still can't find the full text, try searching to see if it is free online. Last resort: try Article Request (it may take up to 10 days to process your request).