Presentation for our Special Education classes to demonstrate how to find scholarly articles and books using the University of Kansas Libraries system.

1. Academic
Research
At the
Regents Center
Library
Database & Online
Search Process Lord llord@ku.edu
Lissa
Spring 2013

2. Regents Center Library
http://www.lib.ku.edu/RCLibrary/
Edwards Campus
http://edwardscampus.ku.edu/
Dissertation Research Blog
http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com
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3. We need to know this:
(1)How to use databases to find articles
(2)How to request full text articles if we find only abstracts
(WebRetrieve)
(3)How to request articles the library does NOT have
(4) How to use Google Scholar from the list of library
databases
(5) How to find books using the online catalog and request
delivery to Edwards Campus 3

4. Using databases
to find
articles
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5. http://www.lib.ku.edu
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9. PsycINFO
Contains citations and summaries of journal
articles, book chapters, books, and technical
reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all
in the field of psychology and psychological
aspects of related disciplines. The journal
literature spans 1887 to the present. PsycINFO
indexes journal content published by the
American Psychological Association that is
available through PsycARTICLES. Current
chapter and book coverage includes worldwide
English-language material published from 1987-
present.

11. I limited the original
309 results by peer
review, date and
relevance and got
121 hits.

12. Click for online screen

14. school AND autis* AND “family therapy”
A new search that boils down to 17 focused
results after limiting by peer-review and date. . .

16. http://www.lib.ku.edu/RCLibrary/
Can I browse issues of the
Journal of Marital and Family
Therapy?
Yes.
Select E-journals from the
Libraries’ homepage at
http://www.lib.ku.edu or the
Regents Center Library
homepage.

17. Sear
c
and h for th
, if t
you he l e journ
ibra
’ve g
ot it ry o al title
. wns
it,

18. Request full-text
of an article
when you have only the
abstract

19. Get at KU
All the databases are searched for the article
you can’t get in full text and, in this case,
three databases came up with the article!

23. Review:
Libraries’ Homepage http://www.lib.ku.edu
Articles, Databases and More
Databases contain the journals we need to do research
Searched Education and found the PsycInfo database
Full text for one abstracted article by using Get at KU

24. What if the library does
not have a copy of an
article I need?

25. For example, can you get this article for me:
Parental bonding in the treatment of Autistic
behavior that is published in the journal Ethology
and Sociobiology, 1991 vol 12 issue 1
I tried Get at KU and the article wasn’t found.

26. Wha
t
KU” d to do if “G
oesn e
’t get t at
it?
This takes you to

27. Use
Web Retrieve
If you can’t find an article or book
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28. mit
Sub uest
Req

29. What happens next?
The library will locate the article
and send you an email with a
link to the PDF article you
requested—within 48 hours
(99% of the time)
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30. Google Scholar

31. Google Scholar is a good way to search for
scholarly articles using the Google search
strategy
Note: search Google Scholar from the
Libraries list of databases
Why? KU Libraries have partnered with
Google to connect your search results
with the Libraries databases.
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32. http://www.lib.ku.edu
Select G for
Google Scholar
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36. Finding Books
Library Catalog
Deliver to Edwards
Campus
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37. ed u
.lib .ku.
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38. Note
: Clic
right k to s
from ee eB
the C ook
at al o
g!

40. Back to the catalog
and a non eBook
record. I want this
book but it is at
Anschutz Library in
Lawrence.
Can the library send
it to me at the
Edwards Campus?
Yes:

42. Sign in with your KU ID

43. This requested book will
be sent from the
Lawrence campus to
Edwards Campus in your
name. Pick it up at our
library after you receive
an email telling you it is
here. This usually takes
one to two days!

44. The Blog:
Dissertation Research
http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com
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45. Find articles through the libraries Databases
Find books through the Catalog
Find research news through the Blog
Questions?
Ask the Librarian
Lissa Lord
llord@ku.edu
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