Friday, October 20, 2017

Database Trial: Sage Research Methods

Our library is currently conducting a trial of SAGE Research Methods, a platform designed to support the teaching and learning of research methodology at all levels, step by step.

We have access through November 10, 2017, at this link: http://methods.sagepub.com/.


PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION:

SAGE Research methods has a wide array of tools and materials to support research and teaching, by providing not only more than 800 reference works, books and journals, but also interactive tools such as methods lists and the methods map.

What is SAGE Research Methods?

For Student Research:

• Over 220,000 pages of content covering hundreds of methodological approaches help students at every step of their project
• Concise author videos answer basic questions like “How do I choose between different research methods?” and “What do you mean by the term‘ethnography’?”

For Faculty Research:

• Offers critical support in learning new techniques and methods
• Provides crucial resources to help faculty write up their methodology for publication in the best research journals
• Provides in-depth understanding of advanced methods and includes online access to the complete Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences (QASS) series, also known as “The Little Green Books,” as well as the Qualitative Research Methods Series (QRMS), or “The Little Blue Books” Teaching Research Methods
• Perfect complement to coursework and traditional textbooks in research methods courses for Business, Communications, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Psychology, Political Science, Social Work and Sociology
• Sample assignments help students easily connect to concepts
• Aids faculty who oversee research papers and theses requiring original research

More information is available on the SAGE Research Methods guide or in their brochure.

You can try a search below.  Please note that the trial is only available on campus.  If you have any questions, please contact the Reference Department.  Let us know what you think!

Friday, October 13, 2017

New Database Feature: Save PDFs Directly to Google Drive

In any EBSCOhost library database, you now have the option to save the PDF Full Text of an article directly to your Google Drive.  Our EBSCOhost databases include:
To save an article to your Google Drive:

From the article detail page click the Google Drive icon in the tools menu on the right.



If you are not logged into your Google Drive account, you will be prompted to do so.

Note: Google authentication opens in a new window. If your browser is set to block pop-up windows, you may need to allow your browser to open a new window in order to log in.

Click Allow to authorize EBSCO to view and manage files in your Google Drive.


Click OK to close the Google Drive panel after it has indicated that your article has been saved.


Your articles are saved to Google Drive in an "EBSCO" folder.


This is a great new way of saving articles efficiently.  Please contact the Reference Department if you have any questions.