Open Educational Resources tab

The Open Educational Resources tab has just that—resources that are free and open to the public.

These are available in two ways—gratis and libre.

Gratis is when the research is made available for people to read without paying for it, however they cannot make copies or modify it.

Libre does the same thing, but it gives more rights like creative commons license and people are able to use the work as well as read it.

If you go into the tab and click on the link “Open Educational Resources” you will find similar definitions as above and then listed on the left hand side of the page are 30 different open access resources. These range through all sorts of subjects. Feel free to poke around in them!

Have any questions? Ask Us!! 

--Michelle Joy, Distance Learning Librarian 

Database Spotlight: A-Z List of E-Resources

Do you ever find yourself searching multiple databases for a specific article and still coming up empty? 

If so, A-Z List of E-Resources is exactly what you need to identify which databases possess your article!

A-Z List of E-Resources is a searchable index of electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers available online in Saint Leo University Library Databases.

With the A-Z List of E-Resources, you can:

•      Search by the article citation
•      Explore all issues within a specific journal 
•      Locate all journals with particular keywords
•      Browse through all of the journals

Do you know the article title, but not the citation? Just do a Google search on the title to retrieve the article and citation. Remember: You must use the library’s databases to access the articles for free!

Assignment: Your professor wants to locate the following article:

Early childhood pre-service teachers' response to mobile technology: creative projects, analysis, and reflection on learning experiences. (2013). Education, 134(2), 161-166.

Steps:

• To locate the article, click on A-Z List of E-Resources on the library website homepage.

• Once in the A-Z List of E-Resources, locate journals in one of two ways:  

1. Search by journal title or partial title 
2. Browse all journal titles

• Just type in your topic - locate the journal, then the databases it is located within.

• Click on one of the databases to open up the journal.  From there, you will see a list of years which hold all of the issues published for those dates.

• Click on the year to open up all of the volumes/issues and click on the one that is listed in your citation.

• Once you do that, you will see all of the articles published within that issue.  The article for the assignment is the third article down.  Voilà – you found your article without having to search through multiple databases!

It's as simple as that. If you need any further assistance with the A-Z List of E-Resources or any other type of research question, contact the reference desk.

- Theresa Whitehead, Distance Learning Librarian