Presentation by Monica Berger & Maura Smale for New York City College of Technology, Faculty Commons, Nov. 5, 2012.

1. Strategizing the Literature Review
and Identifying Publication Venues
Monica Berger
Maura Smale
November 5, 2012

2. Strategizing the
literature review

3. Finding Relevant Literature
remember to consider literature of:
general SoTL
specific pedagogies
discipline specific SoTL

4. Finding Relevant Literature‐‐Books
Seminal/Core SoTL texts:
Ernest Boyer, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the
Professoriate (1990) and
Various books by Lee S. Shulman.

5. Finding Relevant Literature‐‐Books
Well‐known publishers (general):
Jossey‐Bass (publishes Carnegie Fdn’s SoTL books)
Indiana University Press
Stylus
Bibliography from Vanderbilt
National Academies Press—recent book on STEM
And possibly AACU for general pedagogy

6. Finding Relevant Literature‐‐Books
Search the catalog:
searching catalog, keyword ‐‐> subject
Searching online catalog by subject
su:mathematics‐‐Study and teaching (Higher)
su:Active learning‐‐Study and teaching (Higher)
Can’t find what you want? Try WorldCat for interlibrary
loan outside of CUNY

12. Finding Relevant Literature‐‐Books
CUNY books available via CLICs

16. Finding Relevant Literature‐‐Books
Couldn’t find what you want in CUNY?
Use Illiad for easy Interlibrary loan. You need to sign up
for an account.
https://www.worldcat.org/ might be easiest to push
data into Illiad

24. Finding Relevant Literature‐‐Books
Searching ebooks: allows for searching full text of
ebooks
Our licensed/purchased ebooks are in catalog: easiest
way to find or
Search ebrary or
Search Google Books or Google Scholar (can be messy
and difficult)

30. Finding Relevant Literature‐‐Education
Databases
Education Databases (and journals): filter by subject
in database pages
ERIC and Education Source; easier to search ERIC via
Ebsco; problems with ERIC pulling much FT ERIC Full‐
text Availability Limited Due to Privacy Concerns Aug.
2012
ERIC offers searching by descriptors/thesaurus

37. Finding Relevant Literature‐‐Internet
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning: http://www.issotl.org/
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org
Association for Integrative Studies:
http://www.units.muohio.edu/aisorg/

38. Providing Context: Data
City Tech:
http://air.citytech.cuny.edu/air/nycct_data.aspx
CUNY: http://www.cuny.edu/ir
Pew: http://www.pewinternet.org/,
http://pewresearch.org/millennials/
ICPSR: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/

39. Internet and Library Tools
Live searches for Google Scholar, SFX, Serial Solutions
browse by subject

40. Keeping Up: Alerts and Feeds
Table of Contents or new articles from journal
websites and blogs
Subject search alerts:
In databases, look for “Save” or“Alert”
At publisher websites, sign up for updates
On Google, create account and search from
http://www.google.com/alerts
Usually must create an account, results via email or
RSS

41. Research and Citation Management
RefWorks: Access via http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/
Find Articles Databases RefWorks
Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/
Mendeley: http://www.mendeley.com/

42. Identifying publication venues

43. Library Tools
Ulrich’s
Available at NYPL , no longer available remotely, use
on‐site only at research divisions
Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities
Available at CUNY Graduate Center

44. A Plug for Open Access
Open Access Scholarly Literature:
Freely available online
+
Author allows anyone to copy, use, share, etc.

45. Resources for Making Your Work OA
Directory of Open Access Journals:
http://www.doaj.org/
Guide to publisher copyright policies and self‐
archiving: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/

46. Non‐Traditional Materials
Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy:
http://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Hybrid Pedagogy: http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/

47. Professional Organizations
education/discipline‐based professional organizations
and their journals; e.g. CHRIE for hospitality
educators Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
Education
Pathfinders of discipline‐related journals:
CASTL‐Higher Ed. SoTL journals by discipline
U. Regina guide to SoTL journals by discipline
Vanderbilt’s SoTL resource, journals in general & links to
by discipline
Mostly science‐related education
journals http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/professional_
development/sci_ed_journals.html

48. Evaluating Publication Quality
Databases that provide publication metrics (impact
factor, H‐index, etc.): Scopus, Web of Knowledge
Very expensive! Grad Center subscribes, and NYPL
DIY evaluation:
Check editorial board (and editors’ websites)
Browse publications list
Skim articles
Beall’s list of predatory OA publishers

49. Thank you!
Questions?