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= Educational Research Resources = [Workshop Handout]

The handout is also available in PDF format Educational Research Resources (workshop handout) (opens in new window)
// NOTE: This resource list is a guide to a presentation I give to undergraduate candidates who are taking one of the core education courses at the University of South Carolina. I show the sites that have bullets beside them, but I usually run out of time during the demonstration. Notice that I have also included links to additional resources the students may be able to use in other courses as well as information about accessing University resources from off-campus. // //- SWQ//

 On this list...  University of South Carolina  - USC Libraries  - Computer Labs on Campus  - Accessing USC Library Resources from Off-Campus  Additional Sites of Interest to Educators  Additional Sites of Interest to Researchers - Legal Issues: Copyright, Fair Use, Plagiarism, etc - Evaluating Online Resources  - Citation and Style Guides

USC Libraries
 • USC Libraries []

• (USC) LibGuides http://guides.library.sc.edu/index.php - Using Electronic Resources http://guides.library.sc.edu/content.php?pid=232138 - Citation Formats http://guides.library.sc.edu/citationguides - LibGuides @ USC Subjects: Education http://guides.library.sc.edu/cat.php?cid=531

(USC) Ask a Librarian http://www.sc.edu/library/ask.html There are four ways to ask a question: phone, online chat, instant messaging (IM), and e-mail.

Computer Labs on Campus
Thomas Cooper Library's Technology Lounge http://library.sc.edu/complab/

Center for Adaptive Technology http://library.sc.edu/catlab.html "The CAT is located in the rear of the computer lab. It accommodates the computing needs of students with disabilities by providing specialized software and hardware."

Computer Labs on the USC Columbia campus http://www.uts.sc.edu/academic/labs.shtml

Accessing USC Library Resources from Off-Campus
//If you are off campus, you will be prompted to use the EZ Proxy Login to access many of the USC Library resources. You must have a current USC ID. You will be prompted to enter the last 4 digits of your ID and your last name. Be sure to read the information about using the EZ Proxy system on the Frequently Asked Questions page. //

EZ Proxy Login (USC ID required) http://www.sc.edu/library/proxy/proxy.html

EZ Proxy Frequently Asked Questions http://www.sc.edu/library/ezproxyfaq.html

Electronic Indexes Help Guide http://www.sc.edu/library/eihelp.html

At a Distance: Distance services for students, faculty or staff working remotely http://www.sc.edu/library/pubserv/disted.html

<span class="wiki_link_ext">University of South Carolina System Libraries http://www.sc.edu/library/pubserv/distedlibs.html This page contains general information about accessing the University library resources and information about the libraries on the regional campuses.

//Additional Sites of Interest to Educators//
• ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center [US Department of Education] []

NOTE: (September 2012) ERIC has security issues with the full text documents. When you try to access many of them online, you will get a message that tells you about it and gives a link to request a document, but they say that it may take several weeks. A copy of the message can be found. (This is a .jpg file that opens in a new window. The source is found in the image.)

Guide to Finding ERIC Documents []

<span class="wiki_link_ext">• US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/ - <span class="body_bold">Search ED.gov Click on [Advanced Search]

<span class="wiki_link_ext"> • National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) http://nces.ed.gov/ - <span class="wiki_link_ext">Tables & Figures http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/ - <span class="wiki_link_ext">Kids Zone (just for fun!) http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/

<span class="wiki_link_ext">• SC State Department of Education http://ed.sc.gov/ - Type keyword beside Search in upper, right corner, click on [Go], then click on Advanced Search.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">• Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/ This site has lesson plans, links to information, and an archive of question/responses about education. It is from the Information Institute of Syracuse and is the location of much of the information previously on the AskERIC web site.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ This site is one of the premier resources of information for educators. The design indicates that it is for K-12 teachers, but many of the topics are also of interest to educators in other areas and at all levels of teaching and training. It describes itself as a "categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning."

<span class="wiki_link_ext">The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) http://www.thegateway.org/ The Gateway is an "effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites." The Gateway is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Many of the resources are free.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">EdHelper http://www.edhelper.com/ This excellent educator resource site includes thousands of lesson plans, worksheets, and WebQuests, organized by subject. It also provides additional information useful to educators.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">Filamentality http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/index.html "Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities. It helps combine the "filaments" of the Web with a learner's "mentality"" The types of tools are Treasure Hunt, Hotlist, Scrapbook, Subject Sampler, and WebQuest.

//Additional Sites of Interest to Researchers//
[] This site is from USC Beaufort. Excellent!
 * •** Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web

Education Research Global Observatory: Directory of Open Access Journals in Education http://www.ergobservatory.info/ejdirectory.html This is a "complete and current directory of open access peer-reviewed journals in education."

Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ This is a great resource for everything related to research and writing for various purposes.

//Legal Issues: Copyright, Fair Use, Plagiarism, etc//
<span class="wiki_link_ext">Use of Copyrighted Materials on the Internet [University of South Carolina ] http://www.sc.edu/dmca.html This page gives the basics of the University policies and information about reporting suspected problems.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">Copyright and Fair Use Information [University of South Carolina - Beaufort ] http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/liblink/fairuse.shtml This is a well-written interpretation of the law as it applies to non-profit educational institutions. It also includes a list of other useful sites.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html "An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication" by Brad Templeton.

Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center (CDSC) Frequently Asked Questions http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/cdsc/resources/faqs

Copyright Law & Public Domain http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-law

The 'Fair Use' Rule: When Use of Copyrighted Material is Acceptable http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/fair-use-rule-copyright-material-30100.html

Fair Use and Copyright Overview (USC) http://www.sc.edu/copyright/fairuse.shtml

Citing Your Sources http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/biology/citingsources This is from the NCSU Libraries' online biology tutorial, which is a "self-paced guide to identifying, locating, and using scholarly information in the biological sciences." Many of the topics are appropriate for any subject.

Plagiarism.org http://www.plagiarism.org/

Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It [Indiana University] http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

What is Plagiarism? http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html This is from KidsHealth and explains this issue in simple terms.

Downloading alternatives (USC) http://www.sc.edu/copyright/alternatives.shtml "The University of South Carolina is committed to providing alternative options for legally downloading media files."

<span class="body_bold">//Evaluating Online Resources//
<span class="wiki_link_ext">Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Teacher Helpers: Critical Evaluation Information http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html This page begins with evaluation tools for children, which may come in handy if you are a parent or educator, but don't stop there. Kathy Schrock has an extensive list of links to information about this topic. She includes an area at the bottom called, "Sites to Use for Demonstrating Critical Evaluation.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">Critical Evaluation of Resources [University California, Berkeley ] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Evaluation.html

Authenticating Online Information http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/wa_teachers/fact_or_folly_teachers/index.cfm

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html

Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources [University of Southern Maine] http://library.usm.maine.edu/research/researchguides/webeval.php?ID=0

//Citation and Style Guides//
<span class="wiki_link_ext">Style Manuals and Citation Guides [USC ] http://www.sc.edu/library/styleresources.html

Citing Sources: Guide to citation styles and tools for managing and formatting citations [] This site is from the library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Documenting Sources: Overview http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/584/01/ This is from Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab), a great resource.

Citing Sources [Duke University] http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/index.html

<span class="body_text">//Updated: January 2012//

<span class="body_text"> Please let me know if you find broken links or other errors in this list or if you have ideas for additional resources for this topic. <span class="body_text"> Thank you, SWQ

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