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Sociology 360: Quantitative Research Methods

Sociology 360: Quantitative Research Methods. Library Presentation by Hua Yi Spring, 2005. Objectives. For your assignment Search for books (brief) Search for research articles Citation . Reference Sources . The practice of social research H62 .B2 2004

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Sociology 360: Quantitative Research Methods

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  1. Sociology 360:Quantitative Research Methods Library Presentation by Hua Yi Spring, 2005

  2. Objectives • For your assignment • Search for books (brief) • Search for research articles • Citation

  3. Reference Sources • The practice of social research H62 .B2 2004 • Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches • Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods • Case study research : design and methods   H62 .Y56 2003 • Encyclopedia of sociologyHM425 .E5 2000 • A statistical portrait of the United States: social conditions and trends REF  HA214 .S73 1998

  4. Book search:Databases Available • CSUSM Library Catalog(our library) • The Circuit(4 academic libraries in San Diego area) • Melvyl(UC system)

  5. Subject Search: Search subject field of a record • [a social issue] + aspecte. g. abortion religious aspects • [a social issue] + region e. g. capital punishment Texas

  6. Keyword Search:Search different fields of a record • abortion and gender • race and (capital punishment or death penalty) • Will discuss in detail in article search

  7. Article Search Steps • Write your topic statement: clearly define what you are looking for. • Break the topic down into concepts and choose the terms to express the concepts. • Connect the terms with the operators "and" "or". Use truncation and parenthesis when needed. • Select the best database for your topic. • Review your results & select the articles for your topic. • Get your hand on the article you want

  8. Three techniques for effective searches:steps 2 and 3 • truncation: i.e. "sex*" will get "sex, sexual, sexism" etc. --> more discussion • synonyms: i.e. women, woman, female, girl  --> more discussion • Boolean operators and parentheses : i.e. (women or female) and  (pictur* or  portrait*) and (mass media not tv) --> more discussion and illustration

  9. Sociology Database: Step 4 • EBSCOhost --interdisciplinary and full-text access • JSTOR--fulltext backfiles of core scholarly journals, cross-disciplinary • Project Muse--full-text scholarly journals cross-disciplinary • ScienceDirect -- full text access and cross-disciplinary. • Sociological Abstracts --comprehensive for sociology and related fields, abstracts. • Social Services Abstracts --focused on social work, human services, and related areas; abstracts. • Womens Resources International (1972-present) -- comprehensive for women's studies, abstracts only

  10. How to get full-text article:Step 6 • If full text – get it • If you see , click on it • Link to online full-text article • Give you location for print journal in our library • Give you an interlibrary loan form to fill • If you don’t see the above two choices, go to the library catalog and type the journal title in title search to see if our library has it. • If library has it, get the call number • If library doesn't have it, use InterLibrary Loan

  11. Example • topic: one’s religion is related to his/her attitude about abortion • Concept - 1. religion  2.attitude toward abortion • Search Statement - (abortion attitude* or pro life or pro choice) and (religio* or Christian) • Database - Sociological Abstracts • review results and  select an article Hamby L, Gray B. (2002) Polarization in Abortion Attitudes in U.S. Religious Traditions, 1972-1998 Sociological Forum 7 (3): 397-422 • Click on  , a link will lead you to an article online

  12. Conduct Research on the Web • Use Subject Gateway • SOSIG • SociSite • Follow Professional sites (departments, professors, librarians) • Sociological Tour of Cyperspace, • Library Research Guide: Sociology • Search Engine (when you have particular names and phrases) • Anomic Suicide • Some Database • Sociological Abstracts

  13. Citation Style Guides • ASA Style GuideHM586 .A52 1997 • See the list here

  14. Sociology Information Tutorial Library Sociology Subject Guide Hyi@csusm.edu Sociology Research & Resources Assistance

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