Livingston Lord Library

 Sociology 450 :  Issues Seminar in Sociology

Library Research Resources

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

Access to WebPALS, all of our online databases, research help, and more.

I.    Finding Books

 Online Catalog – WebPALS   http://www.pals.msus.edu/

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. New feature:  click on "Locate Document" to see if MSUM Library subscribes to the journal article you want. http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=msus&access=msus23&cat=socialsci

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. New feature:  click on "Locate Document" to see if MSUM Library subscribes to the journal article you want. http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=msus&access=msus23&cat=socialsci

C.    PsycINFO PlusText:  Contains citations and summaries of the journal article, book chapter, and book literature in psychology, as well as psychological aspects of related disciplines.   Journal coverage, spanning 1887-present, includes international material selected from more than 1,300 periodicals.  Current chapter and book coverage includes material published from 1987-present.  Approximately 50,000 references are added annually through quarterly updates.  Limited full-text. Use ProQuest by going to http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=UFJEPTI@   If this link does not work, click on this link -- http://www.umi.com/pqdauto and then Click on "Collections"

D.    ERIC   Available via WebPALS or through Social Services Abstracts and Sociological Abstracts at http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=msus&access=msus23&cat=socialsci

E.     Expanded Academic Index.  Multidisciplinary journal citation database. Includes many full-text articles.  Access via WebPALS or through Gale at http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mnamoor 

F.     Health Index.  Medical, consumer health, wellness database.  Access via WebPALS or through Gale at http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mnamoor   

G.    Ingenta (formerly Carl Uncover).   Multidisciplinary journal article database. http://www.ingenta.com 

 

H.    OCLC FirstSearch Databases:  http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/FSIP 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.  

 

I.   Science Direct: http://www.sciencedirect.com.  Offers access to over 1,200 journals, many in full-text. Social Science-related journals in Science Direct include:

and many more

To see a list of journals in an area, click on "Browse."

J.  JSTOR.  http://www.jstor.org. Full-text of journals in many disciplines, including Sociology. Click here for a list of Sociology journals and years covered.

 

Created 1/24/02 by Brittney Goodman, Instruction Librarian goodmanb@mnstate.edu.

 

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