Information Sources in Education & Technology
ED 6030 Technology & Education: Applications & Implications
Dr. Patricia Lucido

Instructed by
Kim Cullinan, M.Ed, M.L.I.S.
Head of Public Services, Greenlease Library
Spring 2010

Information Literacy Competency
The Information Literacy Competency for Rockhurst University Students document outlines the needed competencies for a person to be considered "information literate" in today's world. You will develop competencies in many of these areas in this course and in the future courses you will take in your program. Several of these competencies will be addressed in today's presentation.

Ask A Librarian Research Assistance
This instruction page will likely inspire additional questions on your research when you return tothis page to use the recommended resources. Please visit our Ask a Librarian page to get additional help from a librarian.

Frequently Asked Questions about the library's services and resources.

Access to Databases
On campus access to most of the library's subscription databases is available on the "Electronic Resources" page on the library's web site. Use either the alphabetical or subject lists of databases to find the one you need.

Off campus access is available through the Rockhurst portal my.rockhurst.edu. The portal page will provide an icon and linkage to the librar databases. If you link directly to the library's web site outside of this portal page you will not be able to use the databases.

Proper Citation of Sources
When using information from other sources, whether copyrighted or not, it is necessary to give attribution to those sources. Doing so will help you avoid plagiarism.

More information about copyright is found on the Copyright and Fair Use guide.

Information on how to avoid plagiarism is on the Avoiding Plagiarism guide.

RefWorks
The library provides the RefWorks bibliographic management system. This is a bibliography management program that allows Rockhurst University faculty, students and staff to set up their own online account to manage electronic citations imported from databases subscribed to by the Greenlease Library as well as input citation information from print sources. Only Rockhurst University email accounts may be used with RefWorks accounts. These citations are easily incorporated into documents created in word processing programs. Many citation formats are included. 

How to Export Saved Citations from a Database Into RefWorks (PDF 89 KB)* 

Adding References Manually to RefWorks

Tutorial and Quick Start Guide (PDF 2.42MB)*

Sources of Analysis and Discussion on Education and Technology Issues
Scholarly publications in these fields include information not found in other sources. One of the most important things they do is give you analysis and discussion. 

Applied Science and Technology Full Text
International and English-language periodicals, covering industries, computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, technology and much more. Includes articles, interviews, meetings, conferences, exhibitions, new product reviews/announcements, and more. Indexing from 1983 - present; full text articles 1997-present.

ERIC
ERIC is a national information center designed and developed by the U.S. Office of Education and now operated by that department's Institute of Education Sciences. ERIC indexes research reports, descriptions of outstanding programs and other documents of educational significance, plus periodical literature with coverage of more than 500 major educational and education-related publications.

ERIC is publicly available on the web at http://www.eric.ed.gov/

ERIC non-journal documents, designated with ED at the beginning of the record, are available on microfiche at the library from 1963-2003. In addition, selected non-journal documents from 1993-present are available in the public version of ERIC.   

Library Accounts
Register online for your library account or at the Circulation Desk on the main floor of the library. Rockhurst students, faculty and staff are required to use their Rockhurst email addresses in their library accounts. Library accounts expire at the end of each semester so you will need to reactivate your account next semester. This can also be done online.

You will be given a unique identification number in addition to your library account number. With this library account number and unique borrower identification number you may:

• Request items directly from the other libraries in the online catalog;
• Checkout items directly from other MOBIUS libraries;
• View your library account to see what you have checked out, renew items, view any unpaid fees on your account or view items on request from other libraries. 

Additional Sources of Information in the Library Collection
In addition to the sources listed below, the library has many print sources in the Reference collection that give information on education. Most of these sources cannot be checked out, so plan time to visit the library to consult them. Many of these are listed on the Education Research Guide available on the library web site.