Class 3
English Research Methodologies
4/25/07
James Hall & Tomoko Yamazaki
Help for Finding Research on the InternetMenu
I English Journal Sites
II Japanese Journal Sites
III How to Look up Books and Journals from our Library and other Libraries
IV How to Borrow Books and Journals from other Libraries
V Search Engines
I English Journal Sites
To go to all the sites below:
1) Go to the library home page (http://news7l1.atm.iwate­u.ac.jp/)
2) Click on 学生・職員向けの情報活用ポータル
3) Click on 電子ジャーナルデータベースページ under 電子情報の利用(Click here for the list of English Journals that Iwate University subscribes to)
Site1 BlackwellDetails
To view journals related to English Education:
Category: Social and Behavioral Sciences – Education or Language­ International Journal of Applied Linguistics­ Language Learning­ Modern Language Journal
To do a search for an article
1) Click on the “advanced” button in the search file2) Type in a keyword and select the discipline
2 Cambridge To view journals related to English Education
To view a list of related journals go to “Browse Journals” and1) Click on “By subject”.
2) Go to language and linguistics
Useful Journals­ Language Teaching (Summarizing other research articles in various fields oflanguage teaching)­ Studies in Second Language Acquisition­ Others…
To do a search for an article­ The search engine is on the upper right. I recommend an advanced search
3Elseveir To view journals related to English Education
Science­ Click on the “journals” button
Direct­ Select journals to view in the “Social Sciences”
Useful Journals­ English for Specific Purposes­ Journal of Second Language Writing­ Language and Communication­ Linguistics and Education­ Teaching and Teacher Education­ See Appendix 1

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To do a search for an article­ Click on the search button­ Make sure the area is Social sciences­ Use the “and” option to enter more than one keyword
The Ingenta site allows you to search for articles located on various websites:
To do a Search:­ Click on “Advanced Search” which is located towards the top of the page5

Oxford This site contains a few important journals published by Oxford University Press
To view journals related to English education
UniversityPress­ Under “Journals by Subject” click on Humanities
Useful Journals­ Applied Linguistics­ ELT Journal(Interesting Feature: Click on “The 50 Most Read Articles”)
6 ERICThis site is the largest site of educational journals in the world.
To do a search
I recommend searching “Key words all fields” and typing in more than one keyword
separated by “AND”
7. Online
Asia TEFL Journal
Journals
The Language Teacher
The Internet TESL Journal
II Japanese Journal Sites
To go to sites 1 and 2
1. From the library home page click on 学生・職員向けの情報活用ポータル
2. Under 電子情報の利用 click on 分野別オンライン情報源 (サブジェクトゲートウェイ)
Site1 GeniiDetails
This site enables you to find Japanese resources on English education. Somearticles are viewable on­line.
To search for research papers written in Japanese
1. Click on CiNNI
2. Do a 検索!
To search for books or magazines

2Webcat This site enables you to look for magazines, journals and books in libraries
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throughout Japan.
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Asahi The link to Asahi Shimbun is located under 電子情報の利用
ShimbunIII How to Look up Books and Journals from our Library or other Libraries
To go to the links below:
1. From the library home page click on 学生・職員向けの情報活用ポータル
2. The following sites are under 岩大作成データベース
Site1 OPAC

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From OPAC you can search for books and journals in Iwate University library andother libraries. You can also access Webcat Plus and Genii from here.

IV How to borrow books and journals in other libraries

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From the library home page click on 学生・職員向けの情報活用ポータル
Go to the 依頼受け付けページ under 教員専用ツール
To request a copy of a journal article click on 複写依頼申込書＊, print out the form andgive it to the library.
To request to borrow a book in another library click on 相互貸借申込書 under 相互貸
借図書の依頼について

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AltaVista: Good to search for specific terms or obscure information.
Hotbot: A good search site for someone who is not used to doing internet searches.
Northern Light: A search site for journal articles and periodicals.
Excite: Recommended for current events.
Infoseek: Recommended for current events.
Lycos: Recommended for locating sites rated high by viewers as well as locateing
images and pictures.
Google: This is a very popular search engine but not the only one!
Yahoo: This is the oldest and best known directory. It is recommended for searching forsites by subject area.