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SPAA 371: Child Language Disorders (Wagner)

Library resources helpful for finding the article you need for your Reaction Paper, and for other research you may need to do related to child language disorders.

About this guide

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This guide brings together the library resources which will be helpful for doing research for your assignments in SPAA 371.

 

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Use the search box at the top of the screen to enter in your topic.

Search box that says "Anywhere: cluttering and children"

To limit the results to articles which are more likely to be experimental, look on the left and choose the "Research Article" limiter under "Article Type."

box that says "Article Type" with a large arrow pointing to "Research Article"

Many articles will have a red lock indicating you cannot read them.  There are two ways to check if you can get to the full-text:

  • Install the LibKey Nomad browser extension (see box on this page) to help link you to articles the BSU libraries have access to.
  • OR, Copy and paste the article title into OneSearch on the Ball State Libraries' homepage to see if we have access to the title.

TIP: You may want to focus on articles in the ASHA journal called Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools as Dr. Wagner reports that the articles in there tend to be more readable.

Useful library databases

These library databases are also helpful as you do more research on your topics.

APA PsycInfo and ERIC have a new look

Logo of EBSCOhostIf you've used APA PsycInfo and ERIC in the past, you'll notice that they have a new user interface.  Don't worry!  Most of the changes are intuitive, and there are some new features you'll love.

This brief video from EBSOhost (the database provider of APA PsycInfo and ERIC) highlights the use of the new interface.

Identifying experimental articles

To make sure an article is reporting on an experiment, look for these headings within the article:

  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion or Conclusion

Find the full article

When you're ready to read the full article, look for the Access Now button.

If the article you want doesn't have say Access Now, it should have an Access Options button, where it will provide a Find It @ Ball State link.  Click there to determine if we have full-text access through some other means.

Two records in a database, pointing out the "Access now" and the "Access options" buttons.

Read on for more information about Find It @ Ball State and how it can help you get your full article, even if you have to request a copy from another library through InterLibrary Loan .

Find It @ Ball State: Helping you find the full text of the title you want

When you'button with this text: "Find It @ Ball State"re using a database, and can't find a link to the full text of an article, look for a Find It @ Ball State button, sometimes under "Access Options."

Find It helps you to search the Libraries' other databases and subscriptions to see if the full text is available through another resource.  

  • If it is available, Find It provides a link to the text of the article.
  • If it cannot find the full-text, Find It provides a link to Interlibrary Loan so that you can request that we get a copy of the article from another library.

To use Find It, click on the red Find It @ Ball State button.  (Sometimes you must click on "Access Options" to see "Find it @ Ball State.")

If we DO have full text access to the article, a page will be displayed with options for access under "Full Text Format Options."  The typical options are:

  • PDF: the file format reflecting the formatting for a printed page
  • Link: taking you to the webpage version of the article

red arrow pointing to area with Full Text Format Options

If we do NOT have immediate full text access to the article, the OneSearch record for the article will be displayed.

Links "Request the item with Interlibrary Loan / ILLiad"