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A Guide to Accessing e-Resources This guide has been compiled for the benefit of educators by the Research Team of the English Language Institute of Singapore.
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Table of contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Possible libraries ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Databases of journal articles ...................................................................................................................... 1 Using your SOE computer ......................................................................................................................... 4 Available e-journals at READ@Academy .................................................................................................. 5 Another online resource: Google Scholar ................................................................................................ 6 Aggregating and searching across libraries ............................................................................................. 6 Accessing articles from other sources ...................................................................................................... 9 Maintaining your personal library and importing references..................................................................11 Other resources available at the READ@Academy ................................................................................ 13 Queries ...................................................................................................................................................... 13
Introduction This guide is written for those of us who do not have easy access to university libraries such as NIE’s.
Possible libraries Education officers have a choice of two libraries, READ@Academy and the National Library Board. In the case of READ@Academy, you will need to show your MOE credentials in order to collect the list of passwords you will need to access the various databases. The web address to the eresources is: http://readacademy.moe.edu.sg/resources-and-services/e-resources/. In the case of the National Library Board, you will need to become a member. Citizens can do this online. Non-citizens will need to visit a physical library in order to join although subsequent transactions can all be done online. Once you are a member, your individual password will allow you access to all the resources (including e-books, e-journals, etc.) The web address to their eresources is: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/index.aspx.
Databases of journal articles Those of you who are used to using university online libraries may be used to using one search screen to access all available databases. In the case of the two libraries available to us, we need to search the databases one by one. Listed in the table below are the main databases that you will need access to. The table indicates which are available at the two libraries:
EBSCOhost Proquest JSTOR Taylor & Francis Web of Science
READ@Academy
National Library Board
(Both libraries provide access to other databases but these are the main ones to consider. There is a possibility that Web of Science will be added in the future.) Each of the databases has different screen designs but the services are largely the same across them all. Each provide references (with abstracts, citation for export to EndNote, etc.), some with full text downloads. Here, EBSCOhost is used as an example of how you may want to start your searches. When you open EBSCOhost, you will be shown a line where you can type in your search request. Note that not all EBSCOhost databases will be included in the search. You might want to be kiasu and choose as many databases as possible. To do that, click on ‘Choose Databases’ circled in the picture below. 1
You will then see the following screen.
Ensure that ‘Select / deselect all’ is checked. (Ignore the warning note.) Click on ‘OK’ and you will have access to all the EBSCOhost databases. Enter text into the search line as shown in the picture to the left. (The example is ‘disciplinary literacy’.) If you only want references from peer-reviewed journals, ensure that the ‘Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals’ box is checked. If you want only references that have the full text attached, ensure that the ‘Full Text’ box is checked. These have been highlighted in the screenshot. (Note the PDF icons below the references.) 3
To save you doing the work, you can download citations directly to, for example, EndNote. At the right-hand edge of the reference, you will see a file icon with plus sign in the middle. Click on the icon.
You can do this for any number of references. Once you are ready, click on the ‘Folder’ icon in the red menu bar at the top of the page. The folder should open showing all the references you have added to the folder. Click on the ‘Export’ icon in the right-hand panel. In the new screen, ensure that the first option ‘Direct Export in RIS Format’ is chosen and then click on ‘Save’. A message will ask for permission to open EndNote or similar software. If you click ‘OK’, the citation will be downloaded to your EndNote library.
Using your SOE computer You can access the READ@Academy and National Library Board facilities from your home computer. However, in order to use the e-materials from READ@Academy on your SOE computers, you must make a slight adjustment to your Internet Explorer settings. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Open your I.E. Click on ‘Tools’. Click on ‘Internet Options’. Go to the ‘Connections’ tab. Click on ‘LAN Settings’. Ensure that ‘Use automatic configuration script’ is not ticked. (Ticked is the default.) Click ‘OK’ and click ‘OK’.
You will need to make these adjustments fairly regularly, certainly after every reboot of your computer, as the SOE computers seem to reset themselves after certain intervals. If you prefer to use FireFox, however, your life may be a little easier as you need to make one adjustment once only and it seems to work from then on. Here are the steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Open FireFox. Click on the FireFox dropdown menu in the top left-hand corner. Click on Options Options. The main Options menu will open. Click on the ‘Advanced’ submenu. Click on the ‘Networks’ tab. Click on the ‘Settings’ button. Ensure that ‘No Proxy’ is selected. Click ‘OK’ and click ‘OK’. 4
Available e-journals at READ@Academy The following table lists journals commonly accessed by colleagues (first column). The second column indicates the URL of the publisher. The third indicates its availability through the READ@Academy website and the final column indicates the database(s) where you can find it. Journal
URL
Availability
Where
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy ELT Journal English Journal
http://www.alea.edu.au/resources/ajll-archive/ajllarchive-2011
Full Text
EBSCOhost
http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.ncte.org/journals/ej
Full Text Full Text
EBSCOhost Proquest
English Teaching: Practice and Critique Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy Journal of Asia TEFL Journal of Literacy Research Literacy learning: The middle years Literacy Research and Instruction (previously ‘Reading Research and Instruction’ and ‘Reading World’) Practically Primary Reading Research Quarterly RELC Journal Research in the Teaching of English TESL-EJ Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language TESOL Journal
http://edlinked.soe.waikato.ac.nz/research/journal/ind ex.php?id=1
Full Text
EBSCOhost, Proquest
http://www.reading.org/General/Publications/Journals /JAAL.aspx
Full Text
EBSCOhost, Proquest
http://www.asiatefl.org/journal/journal1.html
Not Available
http://jlr.sagepub.com/
Links only
EBSCOhost
http://www.alea.edu.au/resources/ll-archive
Full Text
EBSCOhost
http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ulri20
Full Text
Proquest, Taylor & Francis
http://www.alea.edu.au/resources/pp-archive
Full Text
EBSCOhost
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rrq.2011.47.is sue-1/issuetoc
Full Text
EBSCOhost, Proquest
http://rel.sagepub.com/ http://www.ncte.org/journals/rte
Links only Full Text
EBSCOhost Proquest
http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/
Full Text
EBSCOhost
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tesj.2012.3.is sue-1/issuetoc http://www.reading.org/general/Publications/Journals/ RT.aspx
Not Available
The Reading Teacher
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Full Text
Proquest
Another online resource: Google Scholar Some officers have found Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/) to be a convenient resource in searching for research articles. One of its key features is the ability to aggregate libraries (which you may have access to), so that you can search across them. Other features include searching for articles that may be found from sources other than the libraries, and maintaining your own personal library and exporting references for easy citation.
Aggregating and searching across libraries Here are the steps to add libraries into the search function of Google Scholar: 1.
Open your Internet Browser.
2. Go to http://scholar.google.com/ 3. Click ‘Settings’.
4. Click on ‘Library Links’.
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5. Type in a library name, for example, ‘national institute of education’ and click the search button.
6. Check the boxes next to the libraries that you would like to add to the search and click ‘Save’.
7. Go back to http://scholar.google.com/ 8. Do a search, for example ‘Disciplinary literacy’.
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9. The search results now display links to the online libraries where the article can be found. You can click on those links to access the articles from there.
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Accessing articles from other sources Some results in Google Scholar come with their own link to full text articles. This is indicated by a [PDF] or [HTML] link to the right of the search result’s title. You can try clicking on the link to access the article, as shown in the following screenshots.
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You can also click on ‘All versions’ to look for other links to the full text articles.
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To make your searches more specific, click on the ‘Advanced Scholar Search’ button on the right hand side of the search bar, as shown below.
Maintaining your personal library and importing references Google Scholar allows you to maintain a personal collection of articles, provided you have a Google account. You can save articles right off the search page, and organize them according to your liking. You can also get formatted citations for easy import into your document or bibliography manager.
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Here are the steps to maintain your personal library and import references. Saving an article into your personal library 1. Sign into your Google account. 2. After searching for an article within Google Scholar, click on ‘Save’.
To get a formatted citation or import references 1. After searching for an article within Google Scholar, click on ‘More’.
2. Click on ‘Cite’.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to save a formatted citation or import it into a bibliography manager.
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Other resources available at the READ@Academy The READ@Academy has two computers loaded with the following software: 1. IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) (Base & Standard modules) – Software for quantitative data analysis 2. Nvivo 10 – Software for qualitative data analysis To use the software, you will need to visit the Library.
Queries If you have any difficulties or suggestions, please let us know at MOE ELIS Research [email protected].
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