Your research paper must follow APA 7th edition guidelines. Use your resources to conform to these guidelines correctly.
In TESOL 6299, you will be(gin) working on the research paper required for graduation. In order to create scholarship, a scholar must enter into conversation with the experts that came before them. This requires being able to locate, consume, and make meaning of information. This guide will help guide your process in locating effective resources and using them ethically.
Databases allow you to search lots of content at once. Unfortunately, each database contains different published content depending on its scope.
Contrary to what Google would have you believe, most information is not free. Rod Library pays a lot of money for the resources you access through our databases, unfortunately, budgets never go as far as we wish they would. If we do not have access to the material you need, our Interlibrary Loan staff will try to get it for you.
In addition to filling out the form, many of our databases include "Find It" buttons.
These buttons will sometimes open the article's full text from another product we subscribe to. However, if we do not have full-text access, they will take you to a library catalog (OneSearch) screen where you can "Request from ILLiad."
NOTE: You must sign in to your Rod Library account using your CatID to see this option in the library catalog.
Google Scholar is a wonderful tool for your toolbox, but like any other tool, it cannot be the only one you use. Use Google Scholar with eyes wide open and