Vol. 3, No. 21

CLIC WORKSHOPS

TOPIC: Using RefWorks with EBSCO HOST's education databases and Google Scholar
PRESENTER: Carole Lohman
TIME: 10am-11am You need only attend one session.
DATE: September 21, 22 and 24
LOCATION: In the CLIC, 3rd floor of Ruffner Hall
DESCRIPTION: EBSCOhost provides the search interface for many of the education databases used by Curry students, for example, Education Research Complete, ERIC, and SportDiscus.

In this class, you will learn to effectively search these databases by using subject, keywords, author, and journal title. The use of Boolean search operators in a search strategy will be emphasized as well as learning to locate articles in peer reviewed journals. Tips will be provided for locating articles such as longitudinal, qualitative, and quantitative studies.   After locating the citations, you will learn to export the citations into RefWorks and retrieve the full text.

We will also review Google Scholar search strategies and review setting up Google Scholar to import citations into RefWorks.

TOPIC: Using RefWorks with PsycInfo or Google Scholar
PRESENTER: Kay Buchanan or Carole Lohman
TIME: 3pm - 4pm You need only attend one session.
DATE: Sept. 21, 22, and 24
LOCATION: In the CLIC, 3rd floor of Ruffner
DESCRIPTION: Learn to use the new PsycINFO database interface to locate journal articles and book chapters by subject, keywords, author and journal title.. Learn to set up an effective search strategy to get the best articles. Learn to limit your search results to empirical articles, literature reviews, meta-analysis, case studies, peer reviewed articles, or to articles using a specific test instruments, etc. After locating the citations, you will learn to export the citations into RefWorks and retrieve the full text.

We will also review Google Scholar search strategies and review setting up Google Scholar to import citations into RefWorks.

NEW HANDBOOK
TITLE: Childhoods: A Handbook
LOCATION: Handbook Area
CALL NUMBER: LB 115 .C516 2010
Table of Contents

NEW HANDBOOK
TITLE: Handbook of Psycholinguistic and Cognitive Processes : Perspectives in Communication Disorders
LOCATION: Handbook Area
CALL NUMBER: BF455 .H26 2010
Table of Contents

 

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DIGITAL LIBRARY (ICDL)
The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community. Check out their collection.

TEA & TECHNOLOGY
Thursday, September 16th from 12 Noon -1pm

LOCATION: Curry Library Innovation Commons, Room 302, Ruffner Hall,
PRESENTATION BY: Bill Fester, PhD
TOPIC: Data Visualization

Dr. Bill Ferster is director of visualization for the U.Va. Sciences, Humanities and Arts Network of Technological Initiatives (SHANTI) with a joint appointment in the Curry School. Among other accomplishments, Bill developed the first non-linear digital video editor. His most recent project, VisualEyes, is a web-based authoring tool developed to weave images, maps, charts, video and data into highly interactive and compelling dynamic visualizations. In this Tea and Technology session, Bill will discuss ways in which effective use of the visualizations can reveal and illuminate relationships among multiple kinds of information across time and space more effectively than words alone.

APA CITATIONS AND THE DOI

The American Psychological Association now requires DOIs for articles that you cite. What is a DOI?

A DOI, or digital object identifier, is like a social security number for a document online. It’s a unique and permanent identifier that will take you straight to a document no matter where it’s located on the Internet. You can read more about DOIs on pp. 188–192 of the 6th edition of the Publication Manual as well as in APA's FAQ on DOIs. They figure prominently in the 6th edition reference citation style.

If you search for an article in the PsycInfo database, the citation will include the DOI if one is available. If you search other databases such as ERIC or Education Research Complete, they may provide DOIs for some articles but not all articles. Why not? I'm not totally sure why, I'm betting the answer is complicated. So, instead of trying to find out why not, I'm going to explain you how you can locate the DOI if one has been assigned to an article.

CrossRef is the ultimate authority on DOIs. First you need to register for a free CrossRef Account. Then, you paste the entire citation into the CrossRef search box and the DOI will display. So, I pasted in:

Crosnoe, R., Leventhal, T., Wirth, R. J., Pierce, K. M., & Pianta, R. C. (2010). Family socioeconomic status and consistent environmental stimulation in early childhood. Child Development, 81(3), 972-987

and CrossRef displayed the DOI in Red
doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01446.x

I then added the DOI to the citation in my paper. Of course if you are using RefWorks, you would use the edit function in RefWorks and add the DOI number to the DOI field.

Below is an example of a complete citation with DOI.

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