What's included in the AE 5388 guide?
This class research guide included a variety to tools for researching grants and articles to support grant applications.
These topics include:
- relevant article databases and tips for searching these databases for a research topic
- services and citation help
- links to grant writing sources including training materials, grant databases, and US agencies that offer grants.
Databases
These databases are the most useful to find articles on an education-related topic. This AE 5388 guide focuses on grants that, primarily, focused on education topics. However, the Discover database is a portal and includes a variety of topic. Nevertheless, you may want to explore the full database list if you are looking for non-education topics, such as engineering, psychology, or science.
Databases
- Discover This link opens in a new window
Blume Library's primary search tool. This robust feature helps scholars find scholarly journals and articles, books, eBooks, music, videos, government information, and more. Input the keywords of your research to generate a results list full of articles and items covering the topic. Use boolean phrases (AND, OR, NOT) and other limiters to focus a search or modify a results list. This tool searches most of the Blume Library holdings including the Library Catalog of physical items and eResources.
Learn more about this powerful resource: DISCOVER
Reach out to a Blume Librarian for research assistance: RESEARCH ASSISTANCE - ERIC (from EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. Citations, abstracts, and some full-text articles from education journals and other literature. The database includes the ERIC Thesaurus, a complete list of descriptive terms used by ERIC to index and search the database.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats, times, and disciplines. **Only use academically sound resources. When in doubt, check with a LIBRARIAN
Complete List of Blume Library Databases
- A-Z DatabasesBlume Library databases. May be sorted by subject.
Blume Library Services
Blume Library resources to 1) determine journals available and 2) request materials from other libraries.
- Journals ListLooking for a specific journal? Use Journals List to search for the title of a journal, newspaper, or magazine and tell if the library offers online access or print access to the publication.
- Interlibrary LoanForms to request articles or books from other libraries if the Blume Library does not own an item.
Citation Help
- Citation and Documentation GuideGuidelines and examples of citing information using other citation formats, e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago, etc..
- Purdue OWL: Research and Citation ResourcesDiscusses how to use research sources including summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting. Also provides tips on APA, MLA, and Chicago citation styles as well as using citation tools.
- Zotero Citation Software guideBlume Library guide describes the free Zotero citation management program with instructions on how to install and use Zotero to easily manage and cite sources.