Livingston Lord Library

 Sociology 350 Social Research  

Library Web site:  http://www.mnstate.edu/library

I.    Finding Books

 Online Catalog – WebPALS  

II.  Finding Journals

      Online/Electronic Indexes - If you have a computer off-campus with Internet access, make sure and set up the Off Campus Access to Library Databases.

A.    Social Services Abstracts:  Provided in collaboration with NDSU, CSA Social Services Abstracts provide bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development, and is updated monthly.  Major areas of subject coverage include:  Community development; Crisis intervention; Evaluation research; The family and social welfare; Gerontology; Policy, planning, forecasting; Poverty and homelessness; Professional issues in social work; Social development; Social work education; Support groups/networks; Violence, abuse, neglect; and Welfare services.  Published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, and covering the dates of 1980 - current. 

B.     Sociological Abstracts:  Provided in collaboration with NDSU, CSA Sociological Abstracts is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, and is updated monthly.  The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations.  Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.  Major areas of subject coverage include:  Community development; Culture and social structure; Demography and human biology; Environmental interactions; Evaluation research; Family and social welfare; History and theory of sociology; Management and complex organizations; Mass phenomena and political interactions; Methodology and research technology; Policy, planning, forecast and speculation; Radical sociology; Rural and urban sociology; Economic development; Social development; Social differentiation; Social psychology and group interaction; Sociology of the arts, business, education; Health and medicine and law; Religion and science; Studies in violence and power; Welfare services; and Women's studies.  Published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, and covering the dates of 1963 - current. 

C.   Professional Collection. - Gale   Part of the Gale/IAC databases suite, the Professional Collection is a custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.

D.   Academic Search Premier - EBSCO
This resource contains full text for nearly 3,400 scholarly publications. This collection provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

E.   MasterFILE Premier - EBSCO
Provides full text for 1,830 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and a wide variety of general interest topics.

F.   PsycARTICLES - EBSCO
This database provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, spanning from 1985 to the present. PsycARTICLES includes more than 39,000 full-text articles from 53 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations.

G.   PsycINFO - EBSCO
PsycINFO contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which dates back to the 1800s, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 35 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year.

H.  ERIC:   Available via Social Services Abstracts and Sociological Abstracts. 

I.     Expanded Academic Index:  Multidisciplinary journal citation database. Includes many full-text articles.

J.     Health Index:  Medical, consumer health, wellness database.

K.  CINAHL.  (Click on "Collections")  Designed specifically for nursing programs in academic institutions as well as hospital libraries, CINAHL PlusText covers a wide range of topics, including nursing, allied health, alternative therapies, biomedicine, consumer health, and health administration. This database offers over 1,200 titles (with more than 260 in full text) and coverage from 1982 to the present. 

L.    Ingenta (formerly Carl Uncover).   Multidisciplinary journal article database.  

M. OCLC FirstSearch Databases:  FirstSearch contains over 80 databases ranging in coverage from Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Conferences & Proceedings, Consumer Affairs & People, Education, Engineering  & Technology, General & Reference, General Science, Life Sciences, Medicine & Health Sciences, News & Current Events, Public Affairs & Law, & Social Sciences.  For Sociology and Qualitative Research – connect to “Social Sciences,” & you will have access to:  Contemporary Women’s Issues; Social Sciences Abstracts; Periodicals Contents Index; and Wilson Select.  Try other categories also, such as Education and Medicine/Health Sciences.  

N.   Science Direct:   Offers access to over 1,200 journals, many in full-text. Social Science-related journals in Science Direct include:

and many more

O.  JSTOR:   Full-text of journals in many disciplines. Click here for a list of Sociology journals and years covered.

 

Originally created by Stacy Voeller, voeller@mnstate.edu, Electronic Resources Librarian. Updated 05/31/2006 by Brittney Goodman, Instruction Librarian goodmanb@mnstate.edu.

 

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