Tip sheet is available online at library home page > Distance Education Services > Research Tip Sheets.
Online Library Resources
In-depth assistance is available at How To Do Library Research on the Distance Ed Library Services page (see the Handouts and Demonstrations).- go to the Library
Catalog to search for books/videos/DVDs, etc.
- enter your term and select the index you want to search (author, title, subject, keyword)
- your search may bring up journal titles with online links; click the "ENMU Portales online access" link to go to our Full-text Online Journals (see Full-text Online Journals, below, for instructions)
- to find journal articles, use a periodical database
- the library database links do not always work from within Blackboard, so it's best to go directly to the library home page or to the library’s Periodical Databases page and select one of the databases listed below (click the letter that begins the database name at the first alphabetical list in the upper right)
- if you are off campus, type your ENMU ID# at the remote authentication screen
- APA Style and Formatting Guide
- What is a peer-reviewed journal?
Databases for Education Research
- Education Research Complete--scholarly, full text
- ERIC--full text for ED documents only; capture journal citations and search Full-text Online Journals for articles
- Academic Search Premier--scholarly, full text
- JSTOR--scholarly, full text
- Teacher Reference Center--full text
- Informe--Spanish language, full text
- Reading Online--full text; reading education
- Wilson/OmniFile--scholarly, full text
- Physical Education Index--limited full text; HPE
- Mental Measurements Yearbook--full text; Ed Counseling, SPED
- PsycINFO--scholarly, limited full text; Ed Counseling, SPED, HPE
- PubMed Central (older articles, full text); SPED, HPE
- PubMed (current articles, some free full text and abstracts); SPED, HPE
- Science Direct--scholarly, full text is indicated by green page icon to the left of the citation; SPED,HPE
- Westlaw Campus--full text, education law
- Directory of Open Access Journals
Full-text Online Journals
If you are unable to locate full-text material in the database you are searching, try using our Full-Text Online Journals, at the second alphabetical list in the upper right of the Periodical Databases page:- click the 0-9 link and type journal title in the Search box; if journal is available, click a link and then "Search Within this Publication" (type article title in search box or perform an open search)
- or, click a year/volume/issue link that corresponds to your citation and search the issue's table of contents for your article title
- or, go directly to our Full-text Online Journals in Education and Full-text Online Journals in Special Education to see the specific journal titles we have available
Education Web Resources
StatisticsUS Department of Education Research and Statistics
NCES
EdStats
FedStats Education
NM Teaching Resources
Teach NM
NMPED
NM Teacher Assessments
SPED Resources
Research in Special Education: Scientific Methods and Research-based Practices
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
LD Online
Special Education Resources on the Internet
Traumatic Brain Injury Site
National Center for Special Education Research
CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology
National Association for Gifted Children
General Resources
Children's Literature Web Guide
Educational Research Network Newsletter
Education Week
EDUCAUSE
Education World
Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation
Radical Pedagogy
Reading Online
School Psychology Resources Online
Bilingual Education Resources
Audio-based American English Pronunciation Course
ESL Resources for Teachers
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
Internet TESL Journal(full text)
Language Learning and Technology
UIUC's ESL Resources
See the Internet Resources page for general and reference works, and eBooks.
Requesting Material
Register with the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system and create your personal ILLiad account. Go to the Interlibrary Loan link and click the ILLiad Log In/Register link on the left-hand sidebar. Click the "First Time Users click here" link and register with the system. Enter your ENMU email address, create an ILLiad username of your own choosing, and enter your ENMU ID number as your ILLiad password. Return to the same ILLiad Log In/Register link and logon to ILLiad to use the system.Distance education students may request anything not available full-text online via ILL, including items from Golden Library's catalog. Items requested from distance education students will be sent directly to them. 95% of articles will be available electronically via your ENMU email account; some may arrive in your ILLiad account--login to your account and click the Electronically Delivered Articles link in the left-hand sidebar. For items we must request from other libraries, the turnaround time may be as long as two weeks for books; most articles arrive in 2-3 days. Golden Library has no control over lending terms and renewal policies set by other libraries.