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Programme DJF course: How to search and evaluate information on qualitative methods in selected social science databases Filip Kruse senior advisor, subject specialist social sciences. Selected databases:.
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Programme DJF course:How to search and evaluate information on qualitative methods in selected social science databases Filip Krusesenior advisor, subject specialist social sciences
Selected databases: • Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) - Social Science contents: bibliographies, collections of full-text journals, selected websites and more • Scopus – collection of full-text journals, abstracts and citations, selected websites and more • Web of Science (WoS) - Social Science Citation Index: bibliography of journal articles, founded on citation analyses
The selected bases - some features of interest: • CSA-Social Science: thesaurus, sort options, mail, search alerts • Scopus: no thesaurus, but sort, mail and alert options • Web of Science: no thesaurus, but citation alert, advanced sort options, related articles
Some examples: • How to do a broad search for a specific subject or topic: how are case studies, interviews and story telling related in qualitative methodology? • How to search for a specific journal article: Denzin or perhaps Densin and the title is something about an elephant… and it is about evidence-based research
Other relevant databases… • International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences • Encyclopedia of Social Measurement • Some examples… • See also separate list
To sum up: • Use the database’s tech-facilities, in combination with • Your professional knowledge of the subject • Check for related terms in the presentation of the document • If too few hits, try more general search terms • Use the personalization options
And who was the teacher? • Education: cand. rer. soc. (economics and social science) cand. mag. (communication) • Lecturer • Gast-Dozent FHSS, Berlin • Social researcher, Aarhus Kommune, Aarhus Amt • Areas of research: welfare studies: the elderly, social psychiatry, user field studies, evaluation projects, usability studies etc. • Consultant • Senior Advisor, State and University Library