Research in Education

Library Research Exercise (ITEC Class) Gonzaga University John S. Spencer, Librarian Foley Library

Name______Date ______

1. Define your topic and decide on the key terms to use in your search to find resources on your topic. Write your TOPIC below and CIRCLE the most important KEY TERMS:

______

2. FIND a BOOK relevant to your topic using the PRIMO discovery search from the Library’s home page (www.foley.gonzaga.edu). Write down the title below.

a) BookTitle: ______

b) Call Number ______

2. FIND an E-BOOK relevant to your topic using the PRIMO discovery search from the Library’s home page (www.foley.gonzaga.edu). Write down the title below.

a) BookTitle: ______

3. FIND a JOURNAL ARTICLE relevant to your topic using the PRIMO discovery search from the Library’s home page (www.foley.gonzaga.edu). Write down the citation info below.

a) Article Title: ______

b) Journal Title:______

c) Is the full-text available? _____YES _____ NO _____HTML or ______PDF

4. Using PRIMO, find a VIDEO on your topic.

a) Video Title: ______

5. What are the steps you follow to transfer citations of articles or books from PRIMO to RefWorks?

Step 1: ______

Step 2: ______

Step 3: ______6. . What are THREE STEPS for creating citations in Refworks using the APA style?

a) ______

b) ______

c) ______

7. FIND a FULL-TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLE in the ACM Digital Library. Write down the article title and publication name below.

a) Article Title: ______

b) Publication______

d) Search Terms? ______

8. What are TWO ways you can limit your search in the ACM database?

a) ______

b) ______

9. Find a CONFERENCE PROCEEDING in the ACM Digital Library. Write down the title of the proceeding.

a) Title ______

b) Conference ______

10. Find TWO related SIGs in the ACM digital Library.

a) ______

b) ______