Ernest Boyer, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate (1990) and
Various books by Lee S. Shulman.
Finding Relevant Literature‐‐BooksWell‐known publishers (general):Jossey‐Bass (publishes Carnegie Fdn’s SoTL books)Indiana University PressStylusBibliography from Vanderbilt National Academies Press—recent book on STEMAnd possibly AACU for general pedagogy
Finding Relevant Literature‐‐BooksSearch the catalog:searching catalog, keyword ‐‐> subjectSearching online catalog by subjectsu: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
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I’m going to show a series of screenshots of how to search the catalog and how to proceed if you don’t find what you need at NYCCT or CUNY-wide
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Here’s the library homepage; Search books My search: Mathematics—Study and teaching (Higher)
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Note that the catalog can help you locate journals and societies/conferences��(look for PERIODICALS and CONGRESSES as sub-headings!)
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Many of our more recent books are electronic.
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The best book on mathematics pedagogy for college students is an ebook from springer.
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Off-campus, you will need to use your library barcode to login after you click the link to the ebook in the catalog.
Finding Relevant Literature‐‐BooksCUNY books available via CLICs
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Switch from NYCCT (on-campus default) to All CUNY libraries
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Click availability ;
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Request
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Login TWICE with library barcode to request
Finding Relevant Literature‐‐BooksCouldn’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
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With a little set up, it’s easy to push your results into our interlibrary loan form!
You need to create an account to be able to export your results to citation managers--Refworks, EndNote, and EasyBib
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Search: Nursing—Study and teaching (higher) (books)
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You can add your favorite libraries to your profile once you have an account.
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Please note that the buttons for “request item” both on the right of the result and, if searching on-campus, in the NYCCT network results box DO NOT WORK To set up Find It! For fast and easy ILL access, search in Firefox and install our LibX plugin.
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Find It window pops up
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login
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Data is transferred to form!
Finding Relevant Literature‐‐BooksSearching ebooks: allows for searching full text of ebooksOur licensed/purchased ebooks are in catalog: easiest way to find orSearch ebrary orSearch Google Books or Google Scholar (can be messy and difficult)
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Browse ebooks faster via the ebooks tab on the library homepage
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I’ve selected ebrary, our largest collection with about 80,000 titles
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You are searching full text – very different from catalog with its structured metadata Search keywords: assessment teaching nursing
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Easy to scan table of contents
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Here’s the index
Finding Relevant Literature‐‐Education Databases Education Databases (and journals): filter by subject in database pagesERIC 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. 2012ERIC offers searching by descriptors/thesaurus
Library homepage, select “FIND ARTICLES” and first choice, “DATABASES (ARTICLES & MORE)
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Filter your results by EDUCATION and don’t forget to hit GO
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Education Source (Ebsco) and ERIC (Ebsco) are your two main choices for broad literature searching
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Search in EDUCATION SOURCE: “group work” and “english as a second language” As usual, try to find the most relevant article and look at the metadata/descriptors for clues. Use the Find It button for content not in full text to connect to other databases, print, google scholar and document delivery options.
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Here’s a relevant article. Subject headings are helpful …
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A search in ERIC for “scaffolding” and “lab reports”
Finding Relevant Literature‐‐InternetInternational 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/
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Monica’s walked us through book and article resources you can access or interlibrary loan via the library, but there are also good resources on the free internet. Two major organizations for research into teaching and learning are: ISSOL, founded in 2004, holds an annual conference and publishes a journal called Teaching and Learning Inquiry Carnegie, an independent research center focused on the improvement of teaching and learning founded over 100 years ago. Held the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) from 1998-2011 and there are lots of publications that came out of CASTL Note that these sites also have lists of resources which can be a great way to find relevant sources for your research, possible places to present or publish, collaborators, etc. These broad organizations are a good place to start if you’re doing interdisciplinary work, too, which can sometimes be more difficult to research. Also, try the Association for Integrative Studies, which has a section about SoTL on its website as well with a large bibliography.
I know that Jean and Pa talked about educational research design a few weeks ago, but you should also be aware that there’s lots of data already out there that might be relevant to your research and provide context, especially for audiences unfamiliar with the CUNY system. As I’m sure you know, City Tech’s AIR collects data on City Tech students and makes it available on the college website, data on enrollment trends (graduation, retention), demographics, etc. Tammie’s office has also created a Data Dashboard to make it easier to access and view these data. CUNY’s Office of Institutional Research also has loads of data about students: enrollment trends, demographics, etc. This is the same data that the AIR site has, but for the university as a whole and for each individual school. This is great for working on collaborative projects with faculty from other CUNY schools. For both, I especially recommend the CUNY Student Experience Survey, which digs a bit deeper and has details on student attitudes and other constraints (working, family care, etc.) The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan organization that does research on a wide range of topics in the US. Particularly relevant to work with our students are the various surveys undertaken in the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and the research report on Millennials, people between 18-28 years of age (report published in 2010) Finally, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research out of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research provides datasets on a wide range of topics in the social sciences. This is a freely-available internet resource but is also listed under Databases on the library website.
Internet and Library ToolsLive searches for Google Scholar, SFX, Serial Solutions browse by subject
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Google scholar: quickly show how to do library settings to enable SFX and then search “scaffolding” and “lab reports” and “chemistry” Take one result and show how to work with HAVE A CITATION ��SS: Browse to Social Sciences: Education:: Theory and Practice (many) AND Physical Sciences & Mathematics: Mathematics: Mathematics Teaching & Research
Keeping Up: Alerts and FeedsTable 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 updatesOn Google, create account and search from http://www.google.com/alerts
Usually must create an account, results via email or RSS
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One of the nicest things about journals and other research and scholarship moving to the internet is that it’s easier to keep up with topics that interest you. Some of you might already subscribe to blogs using an RSS (really simple syndication) reader or via email, and you can also use these to get alerts about new journal issues as well as specific subjects or topics. Often you can choose which method you prefer: either have these alerts emailed to you, or collect them in an RSS reader like Google Reader. But sometimes there will only be one way. DEMO: IJTLHE current, EBSCO, Jossey Bass, Google
Research and Citation ManagementRefWorks: Access via http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/
Find Articles Databases RefWorks
Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/
Mendeley: http://www.mendeley.com/
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You may be familiar with research and citation management tools like RefWorks, Zotero, and Mendeley. Many of us think of these tools as useful at the end of our research, because one feature they all share is the ability to create a References or Works Cited list automatically in the citation style of your choosing. But these programs all can be helpful when you’re doing your research, too. You can use them to organize your sources, share them with colleagues, even take notes. They all have a web bookmarklet that lets you import the bibliographic information for your source right into the citation management tool from the library catalog, databases, and the internet. Brief mention of similarities/differences between them RefWorks: subscription-based, available for faculty and students, allows the creation of custom styles if needed, can be challenging to share, has MS Word connector Zotero: from the Center for History and New Media at GMU, free plugin for Firefox or standalone download, easy to share, seems to be popular w/Humanities scholars Mendeley: free version but also paid with more storage/group workspace, has academic networking component (usage, metrics), popular with scientists
Library ToolsUlrich’sAvailable at NYPL , no longer available remotely, use on‐site only at research divisions
Cabell's Directories of Publishing OpportunitiesAvailable at CUNY Graduate Center
A Plug for Open AccessOpen Access Scholarly Literature:
Freely available online+
Author allows anyone to copy, use, share, etc.
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I just want to briefly make a plug for publishing in open access journals and other venues. I think this is especially important for the scholarship of teaching and learning, because we want this work to be able to be read by the broadest audience possible regardless of their institutional access and ability to pay Especially congruent with CUNY’s mission to provide access to education for all OA also allows our work to have the broadest impact
Resources for Making Your Work OADirectory of Open Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org/
Guide to publisher copyright policies and self‐archiving: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
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Here are some resources to use for finding open access journals Also remember that many subscription-based publishers allow authors to self-archive their articles, sometimes a preprint, sometimes not. Here’s a great guide to publisher policies.
Non‐Traditional MaterialsJournal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy: http://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Hybrid Pedagogy: http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/
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More and more often our teaching involves technology, and we may want to publish educational research that goes beyond the traditional peer-reviewed journal article. Here are some possible venues for publishing educational research that either: Involves a format that isn’t a traditional, research-based article, for example a syllabus or assignment analysis, teaching fails, etc. Includes multimedia or online content, extensive images, video, etc. Hybrid Pedagogy specifically encourages reader participation in peer review and discussion of the articles it publishes. And these are just 2 examples, others are out there.
Professional Organizationseducation/discipline‐based professional organizations and their journals; e.g. CHRIE for hospitality educators Journal of Hospitality and Tourism EducationPathfinders of discipline‐related journals:CASTL‐Higher Ed. SoTL journals by disciplineU. Regina guide to SoTL journals by disciplineVanderbilt’s SoTL resource, journals in general & links to by disciplineMostly science‐related education journals http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/professional_development/sci_ed_journals.html
Evaluating Publication QualityDatabases that provide publication metrics (impact factor, H‐index, etc.): Scopus, Web of KnowledgeVery expensive! Grad Center subscribes, and NYPL
DIY evaluation:Check editorial board (and editors’ websites)Browse publications listSkim articlesBeall’s list of predatory OA publishers
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To finish up, just a brief note about evaluating the quality of journals and other publications you’re interested in submitting your work to Traditional measures like journal impact factor and newer measures like H-index and Eigenfactor attempt to quantify the impact of articles and publications It’s important to note that these measures are not equally relevant for all disciplines, e.g. they are used much more often in the sciences than the Humanites You can find these measures for individual journals in databases like Scopus and Web of Knowledge, which are very expensive so we don’t subscribe to them at City Tech (but the Grad Center and NYPL have them) But keep in mind that they are probably less relevant for SoTL publications Always remember to do your own evaluation of any journal or publisher you’re thinking of submitting your work to: Check the list of publications and topics covered, does it seem full of unrelated subjects or tightly-focused? Check the editorial board – are their leading scholars in the field? Can you find the editorship listed on the scholar’s website? And finally, take a look through the articles – are they any good?
