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Sociology 501: Pro-seminar in Sociological Practice

Sociology 501: Pro-seminar in Sociological Practice. Library presentation by Hua Yi Fall, 2005. Objectives. For your Paper Find books Find articles APA Citation Style. Book search: Databases Available. CSUSM Library Catalog (our library)

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Sociology 501: Pro-seminar in Sociological Practice

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  1. Sociology 501: Pro-seminar in Sociological Practice Library presentation by Hua Yi Fall, 2005

  2. Objectives • For your Paper • Find books • Find articles • APA Citation Style

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

  4. Subject Search: Search subject field of a record • [a social group] + area of studiese.g. minorities education higher              immigrants education African American social conditions • Area of studies + [a social group]e.g. united states armed forces gays              social work with children • [a social issue] + a area of studiese.g. segregation in education               alcoholism prevention

  5. Keyword Search:Search different fields of a record • adoption* and (race or racial) • (black* or African American) and (media image* or stereotyp*) • Sex offender* and (law or polic*) Will discuss in detail in article search

  6. Article Search Steps • 1: Write your topic statement: clearly defines what you are looking for. • 2: Break the topic down into concepts and choose the terms to express the concepts. • 3: Connect the terms with the operators "and" "or". Use truncation and parenthesis when needed. • 4: Select the best database for your topic. • 5: Review your results & select the articles for your topic. • 6: Get your hand on the article you want

  7. 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.

  8. EBSCOhost --[SFX Enabled] 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 --[SFX Enabled], comprehensive for sociology and related fields, abstracts. Sociological Abstracts --[SFX Enabled], focused on social work, human services, and related areas; abstracts. Womens Resources International(1972-present) -- comprehensive for women's studies, abstracts only. Sociology Databases: Step 4

  9. 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

  10. Examples • Topic: discrimination against sexual orientation by law • Concept - 1.  sexual orientation  2. discrimination 3. law • Search Statement - (sexual orientation or gay or homosexual)  and (inequality or discriminat*) and (law or legal or court)Database - Sociological Abstracts • Review results and  select an articleSoule, Sarah A, "Going to the Chapel? Same-Sex Marriage Bans in the United States, 1973-2000” Social Problems, 2004, 51, 4, Nov, 453-477 • Click  ,SFX window reveals the library has print copy and you can also get it via EbscoHost database.

  11. APA Style(library has the book & an online guide is here) • BookBllom, A. (1987). The closing of the American mind. New York: Simon And Schuster. • ArticleHenry, A. (1990). Making the grade in today's schools. Time, 135, 28-31.Pipho, C. (1998). Voter apathy or voter overload? Phi Delta Kappan 6 (2), 101-102. Retrieved January 14, 2003 from Academic Search Elite database. • Web SiteKearl, M. (n.d). Gender & Society. Retreived January 14, 2004 from http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html

  12. Citation Style Guides • ASA Style Guide • See the list here

  13. Library Sociology Subject Guide Hyi@csusm.edu Sociology Research & Resources Assistance

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