Education CEO Library Assignment

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Topic 3 COE Library Research Worksheet

Directions: Type directly into this document. Be sure to address all questions within the document. When you have finished, save the document and submit it to the dropbox in your digital classroom.

Before starting this assignment, review the GCU Library Walkthrough: https://libguides.gcu.edu/tutorials

After reviewing the library walkthrough paying close attention to the “Finding Articles & Databases” and “Using Boolean Operators” sections, complete the following steps:

Part 1

1. Go to https://library.gcu.edu.

2. Click the “Peer Reviewed” box.

3. Type “education policy” in the LopeSearch search box and click “Search”. (you may have to sign in with your GCU login information).

a. How many search results did “education policy” yield?

4. You will see a new internet browser window open with three search boxes and more options for searching. In the first search box is “education policy”. Now, type “implementation” in the second search box (below where you typed “education policy”).

a. How many search results did this added term yield?

5. Finally, type “reading instruction” in the third box (below where you typed “implementation”).

6. Confirm the default selection to the left of each search box in the dropdown box is the “AND.” Click Search. (If you did not click Peer Review, on the main library page, before clicking search, scroll down the page to “Refine Results” located on the left side of the page. The “Academic (Peer Review) Journals” option is located under “Limit To.”)

7. Scroll through the search results and locate the journal article titled “Big Waves on the Rocky Shore: A Discussion of Reading Policy, Infrastructure, and Implementation in the Era of Science of Reading .”

8. Click on the article title.

9. Locate the “cite” icon on the right side of the screen.

10. Click on the cite icon, find the APA citation, and highlight and copy the APA citation (right click on the highlighted selection to copy). Paste it in the box below. Right click on the mouse in the box below and under the “Paste Option” select the icon for “Merge Formatting.”

(If the citation does not copy over with a hanging indent, use Control + T)

11. Always review the appropriate style guides to make sure the reference from the database citation tool correctly follows the rules for the appropriate citation and style format that you are using. The GCU library database citation tool may use information from electronic resources that is not yet standardized, so it is important to review the citation information carefully and update as needed to reflect the proper format.

GCU Library’s Citing Sources Guide: https://libguides.gcu.edu/CitingSources

Part 2

1. Go back to your internet browser and your library database search results (If you are timed out or have closed your previous results, start again at https://library.gcu.edu). Click on the Peer-Reviewed box, type “character education” into the search box and click “Search.”

a. How many search results did “character education” yield?

2. Type “social media” in the second search box (below where you typed “character education”).

a. How many search results did this added term yield?

3. Type “cyber bullying” in the third search box (below where you typed “social media”).

4. Confirm the default selection to the left of each search box in the dropdown box is “AND.” Click Search.

5. Scroll through the search results and locate the journal article titled “Cyber Bullying, Social Media, and Character Education: Why It Matters for Middle School Social Studies.” As you did in #8, copy the APA citation and place it in the box below (Make sure you have a hanging indent, and the citation is correct.):

6. Copy and paste the “Abstract/Summary” in the box below:

7. Read the “Abstract/Summary” and write two to three sentences, briefly summarizing what the article is about in the box below:

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