CTE 525: Learning Theories in Career & Technical Education

It's a good idea to keep track of the articles you find, so it's easy for you to refer back to them when you're writing your reference list. Here are a few ways you can do this:

• Use the folder functionality in each database
• Download the articles and store them in a Google Drive folder (or on a USB drive, or your computer, etc.)
• Save the URL of useful articles

Education Combo

For the time being, I don't recommend you use the "save" or bookmark functionality in Education Combo. The database provider, Ebsco, recently updated their interface, and as of January 2025, you cannot select all your saved items and email them to yourself.

Education Database

First, select the item you want to save, and then click the file box icon (third from the left) to save it to My Research. You can click on the folder icon at the top of the page to access your saved items.

If you access your saved items, you can email yourself the saved items. You can also create a My Research account if you would like to access your save items at a later time.

One of the easier methods for keeping track of your articles is to download PDF versions of the articles, and save them on Google Drive, a USB drive, or your computer. 

Search results that have PDFs available will either:

• Display an Access options dropdown - if a PDF is available, it will show in the dropdown; 
• Display an Access now (PDF) button. 

Both of these possibilities are pictured in the screenshot below. 

VERY IMPORTANT: Do not copy the URL from the address bar! That is a temporary URL that will expire after a short time.

I also recommend that you do NOT bookmark articles - it saves the temporary URL, not the permanent one. If you want to save URLs, your best bet might be to dump them into a Google doc or something similar. 

Education Combo

1. Click the share icon () in the upper right. (This is marked #1 in the screenshot below.)

2. Click Create link. (This is marked #2 in the screenshot below.)

3. Click Copy to clipboard. (This is marked #3 in the screenshot below.)

Education Database

Click on the Copy URL button in the upper right corner of the page (it is outlined in red in the screenshot below).