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PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG
Look in the online catalog for books
on your topic. You may search by author, title, subject or keyword. You
can also search for government documents and vertical file items by use
of the Public Access Catalog.
REFERENCE SOURCES
Search the reference collection for brief
facts, biographical information, addresses, telephone numbers, statistical information,
articles in encyclopedias, general and subject, on all aspects of human knowledge.
Much information is included in the general encyclopedias, such as Compton's,
Academic American, or World Book. However, more specialized information
is included in subject encyclopedias. Additional information can be found in
these sources:
| R 070.442 Ed4c | CQ Researcher
Published by Congressional Quarterly, the staff does research a topic of current interest, such as AIDS, gun control, abortion, lotteries, Acid rain, toxic waste, global warming, hazardous substances, environmental protection, etc. Great place to start doing research on a topic. Each weekly report contains an extensive bibliography at the end of the report. |
| R 317.3 Un3s | Statistical Abstract of the
United States
Published by the United States government. Contains statistics on many current topics, including education, commerce, health, transportation |
| Contemporary World Issues
Series
Excellent for gaining the grasp
of a topic. Each book in the series covers a different topic. Each topic
covered in the series has the following: an overview section, which has
a discussion of the main questions being asked or arguments raised about
the topic, then a chronology section, a biographical sketches section of
the main figures in the topic, facts and statistics section, documents
and reports, laws and legislation pertaining to the topic, and a directory
of agencies and organizations associated with the topic. The ones concerned
with sociology are:
306.850973 T85f --Families in America
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| R 303.603 D54e | Encyclopedia of Violence
Contains articles on all aspects of violence, such as: riots, police brutality, death penalty, hate groups, hate crimes, gun control, sports violence, vandalism, sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, gangs, and outlaw motorcycle gangs |
| R 306.43 Ed8L | Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia
Contains articles on sociology as it relates to Education, such as: gender and education, home schooling, affirmative action and education, bilingual education, high school dropouts, IQ, summer learning, teacher burnout, working parents, and more. |
| R 346.73034 Sm7l | Law of Defamation
Contains an overview to defamation law, and privacy law as it relates to defamation. There is an overview of the history of defamation, and the public figure/private figure dichotomy, truth as a defense against a libel or slander suit, what kinds of statements are considered defamatory, defamation in cartoons and song lyrics, group defamation, racial, ethnic, religious disparagement, libel as a means of combating hate speech, first amendment doctrines that protect hate speech, circumstances in which hate speech may arguably be punished, and damages. This publication is updated every year. |
| R 301.03 En1 | The Encyclopedia of Sociology--Second
edition
This second edition of this well received encyclopedia contains updated articles on adolescence, affirmative action, aggression, bureaucracy, capitalism, childhood sexual abuse, clinical sociology, drug abuse, family and religion, incest, law and society, marriage, marxist sociology, moral development, nationalism, poverty, role theory, and more. |
| R 305.8 C26d3 | Dictionary of Race and Ethnic
Relations
Provides coverage of race and ethic relations topics, such as: police and racism, racial discrimination, media and racism, racist, racial harassment, and institutional racism. Also provides articles on Latinos, holocaust, diaspora, ethnicity, and equal opportunity and affirmative action. |
| R 342.73 M25f | Freedom of Speech, Press,
and Assembly
This book is a part of the Exploring the Constitution Series. It contains chapters on: what is speech?, where can people speak?, Political speech: the clear and present danger test, Entertainment speech: the problem of obscenity, and more. |
REGULAR COLLECTION AND GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT
SOURCES
Opposing Viewpoints Series
Excellent for argumentative papers.
Each book in the series takes a controversial topic and discusses the issues
and presents both sides of the argument
| AE 2.106/ | Code of Federal Regulations
When a law is passed by congress,
it gives authority to regulatory agencies in the government to make regulations
to enforce the law. This is what the Code of Federal Regulations is. It
is a codification of rules established by agencies of the Federal Government.
The code is divided by topic into what is called titles.
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| CD-ROM | NESE (National Economic,
Social and Environmental Databank)
Compiles data from several government agencies on domestic economic, social, and environmental topics |
VERTICAL FILE
The Vertical File cabinets on the first
floor (by the Juvenile section) contain folders on numerous social topics such
as: drug abuse, abortion, race relations, gun control and more.
Unlike books, the contents of journals are not available in the SE library catalog. So where are they located? They are located in magazine and journal indexes. Magazine and journal indexes assign a subject to each article in each journal indexed in the magazine and journal index. Until the 1990's most magazine and journal indexes were in paper, now they are almost all on the Internet. Some of these journal indexes on the Internet index popular magazines, other scholarly, while others are devoted to one subject area, NO Journal Index indexes every journal that is published, so they are selective.
Step One: Look in a Periodical Index
A periodical index is a publication that indexes the content of periodicals. There are many different periodical indexes, some general and some subject specific. One thing needs to be made clear: There is not any periodical index that indexes every single periodical being published today. So each index is selective in what periodicals it indexes. Periodical indexes tend to index the most important or most popular or most respected or well known periodicals.
PAPER PERIODICAL INDEXES
For many years periodical indexes were published in paper, like a book. They would usually come out every few months with an update, and then come out at the end of the year with an annual cumulation. Paper periodical indexes are cumbersome to use and take some take to look at every year, but they can contain information on many valuable articles written sometimes years ago, and paper indexes are valuable places to search for topics in music, drama, art, literature and history.
| Basement | International Index An index to periodical literature in the social sciences and humanities. The index begins in 1907 and ends in 1964. |
| basement | Social Sciences and Humanities Index
An index to articles appearing in several hundred magazines and journals. Coverage begins in 1965 and continues to 1974. |
| Basement | Humanities Index |
| Basement | Social Sciences Index |
| Basement | Art Index |
| Basement | Poole's Index to Periodical Literature A guide to periodical literature published in 1802-1906.This is a hard index to use, so see a reference librarian. |
| Basement | Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature A general subject index to about 200 popular magazines. We have this index from 1915 to the present. |
| Basement | New York Times Index Index to the New York Times, a major national newspaper. The library has the New York Times from 1851 to the present on microfilm. The index is subject arranged. Paper indexes begin in 1929, and from 1851 to 1928 they are on microfiche. There is an online Index to the New York Times available at: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/advancedsearch.html |
ONLINE PERIODICAL INDEXES
In the 1980's many Paper Periodical Indexes became digitized and now most periodical indexes are online on the Internet. In this form they can still be called indexes, but they are usually referred to as DATABASES.Why use online databases?
There is a disadvantage to online databases for those who are researching topics in history or literature
Some Online Databases that the SE Library Has
| FirstSearch | Article First
This database contains citations to articles that
appear in journals in science, technology, social science, business and humanities,
and popular culture. With over 15,000 journals indexed, this is one of the largest
journal databases in the SE Library's collection. It covers from 1990 to
the present, |
| EBSCOHost | Academic Search Premier
The SE Library has subscribed to a new database called Academic Search Premier. This database has been designed specifically for academic institutions and EBSCOHost claims that, it is “the world’s largest scholarly, multidisciplinary full text database.” Indeed, it is larger that the database that it is replacing, Academic Search Elite. It contains full text for nearly 4,550 journals and magazines, whereas Elite has only 2050. It has indexing and abstracting for more than 8,200 titles. It contains full text for many journals back to the 1990’s and for one hundred journals there is full text back to 1975. |
| EBSCOhost, and FirstSearch | ERIC ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, is a very large education database that has been around since 1966. It was funded by the U.S. Department of Education until 2003, and since has been in limbo. So the database is current as of the end of 2003. IT contains over 1 million records in two types: (1) ERIC Documents, which are classroom guides, results of research not published, dissertations, manuals, results or research, and (2) Journal articles from almost 1000 journals. A new contractor for ERIC, called CSC, is currently putting 2004-2005 materials into the ERIC database. About 107,000 of the ERIC Documents from 1993-2004 are available full-text online. There is another online version at the Department of Education website, at: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ For more information on ERIC, go to the following website: http://www.se.edu/lib/eric.htm |
| EBSCOhost | Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world. |
| EBSCOhost | PsychInfo PsychInfo 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 late 1800's includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 35 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year. |
| EBSCOhost | PsycARTICLES "PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of searchable full text articles on current issues in psychology. The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 39,000 searchable full text articles from 44 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 52 journals. Examples of titles offered in PsycARTICLES include: American Psychologist, Behavioral Neuroscience, Canadian Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training, etc. Coverage spans from 1985 to the present." |
| EBSCOhost | Communication and Mass Media Complete "Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth in the communication and mass media fields." |
| FirstSearch | H.W. Wilson Select Full Text
Covers 1,600 periodicals from 1994 to the present. Contains records from: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts, and Business Abstracts and other Wilson databases. It is updated weekly. An important feature of this database is that all articles are full text. |
| EBSCOhost | MasterFILE Premier Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 84,606 biographies, 88,463 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost |
| EBSCOhost | MAS Ultra School Edition Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text nearly 600 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, 268 full text reference books, 84,606 biographies, 88,463 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. |
| EBSCOhost | Middle Search Plus Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 150 popular, magazines for middle and Junior high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,606 biographies, 88,463 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost |
| EBSCOhost | Primary Search Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost. |
| FirstSearch | MLA Bibliography
This database is compiled by the Modern Language Association, and is one of the top indexes of literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. It contains over 1.3 million citations to over 6,500 periodicals and other publications. It covers from 1963 to the present, and is updated 9 times a year. |
| ABI-Inform | ABI-Inform
This is a large business database, and indexes over 3000 journals, magazines and newspapers. |
Criminal Justice Periodicals Index | Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
This is a database containing journals from criminal justice. |
1. Where the Databases are located
These databases are all to be found on the SE Library's Electronic Resources Page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm
2. What EBSCOHost and FirstSearch are
The word EBSCOhost or FirstSearch to the right of the database name in the table above indicates the name of the database vendor where you can find these databases. If you look at the list of links on the ELectronic Resources page, you will see the
links organized by the type of database that they are. You will find EBSCOhost and FirstSearch under the listing of databases called Periodical Databases. When you go down the list, you will see
at least two links for both EBSCOhost and FirstSearch. The first link is for those that are on the SE campus. Click on that link, and you will be taken to the list of databases under EBSCOhost or FirstSearch.
The second link is the off campus link. This link is necessary to use if you are off of the SE Campus. This link takes you to a page where you will be asked to type in a userid or authorization number, and a password.
The userid or authorization number and password to gain access to EBSCOhost and FirstSearch is available at the SE Library Reference Desk, and also is on the proxy server.
Step Four: Check to see if the the SE Library has the journal in paper
Step Five: Use InterLibrary Loan to obtain the article from another college library that has the journal that you want
1. Obtain an Interlibrary loan form from the circulation desk or go to an online InterLibrary Loan form at:
http://www.se.edu/lib/illjournalreq.htm for a journal article and http://www.se.edu/lib/illbookreq.htm
for Interlibrary loaning a book.
2. Fill out the form, take note that those fields of the form that have an asterisk in front of them are required fields that are needed to send the information via e-mail.
Click submit after filling out the form.
3. The process of receiving something from InterLibrary loan takes about 4 days to two weeks, so if InterLibrary Loans are needed,
SE LIBRARY PERIODICALS ON SOCIOLOGY
Internet Resources
Sociology resources on the Internet can be found at: http://www.se.edu/lib/subsoc.htm
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