Library Guide to Math Education Research

Starting Point = Library homepage

http://library.syr.edu

To get to the MTD 830 page start at the library homepage and click on Subject Guides. Then click on mathematics. The link is on the right side of the page.

Use the Library homepage as a starting point to access SUMMIT, Databases, and the E-Journal page

Finding books or journal title holdings in SU Library

Start from the Library homepage.
Click on SUMMIT Catalog.

Finding Databases covering Mathematics Education

Start at the Library page: http://library.syr.edu
Click on Databases .
Click on Education (from within the Social Sciences grouping)
Scroll to the desired database.

If accessing from off campus you will need to input your SU ID number. Be sure to include the 10th digit.

ERIC

Index to over 800,000 references to educational topics. Includes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. Covers 1966 to the present; updated monthly.

ERIC (from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Index to over 800,000 references to educational topics. Includes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. Allows for limiting search to peer review articles.

Education Abstract

Indexes many mathematics education journals.

MATHDI

MATHD is the online version of International Reviews on Mathematical Education. International in scope covering journals, books, reports, etc, since 1976.

WorldCat

Use WorldCat to find books, proceedings, and more.

EdRESEARCH ONLINE

Database of articles from leading educational journals hosted by the ACER Cunningham Library of Australia. Check the SUMMIT catalog for Syracuse University Library print or full-text holdings.

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Proceedings

Full-text of the PME Proceedings or the ERIC Accession number for finding the full-text in the ERIC database.
Click on Publications and select proceedings. Select past proceedings or ERIC Numbers.

If you use ERIC to obtain the full-text of a PME proceeding, search the ERIC number (eg. ED466950) in ERIC with an ACCESSION NUMBER search.

PME-NA 2005 Annual Conference

To see the online Proceedings, you may login to PME with the username and password that you assign when you register online. Alternatively, Guest access is available at this webstie:http://convention2.allacademic.com/index.php?cmd=pmena_guest

To see the Proceedings, you should select "View Program". Choose the "Events Calendar" tab to view the Proceedings via the conference schedule. Select the "Search Schedule" tab to search for specific sessions or people.

For ongoing updates and links to all items related to the Proceedings and program, please consult this website: http://www.math.vt.edu/people/lloyd/pmena2005/proceedings_info.htm

 

MERGA Proceedings

Online access to Proceedings of Mathematics Education Research Group Of Australasia (MERGA) beginning with 2004.   The Syracuse University Mathematics Library has 2001- in print QA11.A1 M374  and MERGA 2000 (QA11.A1 M2 2000)

 

Finding Dissertations

Current Research @ Syracuse University

Index to dissertations and theses from Syracuse University. You can search citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by SU and published in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database, view 24 page previews of dissertations and theses published after 1996, and download the full text of dissertations and theses published after 1996.

Finding E-Journals to locate the full-text of a journal article

From the Library homepage
Click on E-Journals.
The E-Journal page is especially useful for finding electronic journals that have full-text within a general database. For example, Proquest Research Library.

Interlibrary Loan = ILLIAD

From the Library homepage
Under the Services heading, click on Interlibrary Loan.

Interlibrary Loan services obtain books or articles now owned by SU Library. There is no charge, but first time users must register.

Browsing the Math Library collection for books

For books on mathematics education see the following call number areas:

QA 1 .N29 (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbooks)
QA 11 - QA 14
QA 135.5

Mathematics Education Internet Resources

SU Library Math Education homepage will direct you to many resources.
(http://library.syr.edu/research/internet/mathematics/matheduc.html)

Research tips = What if you aren't finding anything

• Check your spelling
• Use fewer words in your search request.
• Take off any limits on your search.
• Try different words in your search request.
• Use "descriptor" terms from articles you have found to broaden or redirect your search.
• Use a different database.



• Find one good article, then:
• Look for more by the same author.
• Look at the descriptors used to describe that article and use those terms
• Look at references at the end of the article.
• Use words from the title, article, or references to find better searching words.



• Find an author that writes on your topic. Maybe your professor can help with this.
• Look for more by the same author.
• Look at the descriptors used to describe that article and use those.
• Look at references at the end of the article.