Sociology 416: Families in Poverty Library Presentation by Hua Yi Fall, 2004

Objectives For your research project Reference Sources for your topic Search for books Search for research articles Search for Web sources Citation

Reference Sources Poverty in California REF HC107.C2 C25 v.3, no.3 Handbook of multicultural assessment : clinical, psychological, and educational applications REF BF176.H Homelessness : a sourcebook REF HV4505.F Health and illness : a cross-cultural encyclopedia BOOK STACKS R733.L Treatment works! : where to find help in California communities for alcohol and other drug problems REF HV5280.C3 A63 Drug abuse in society : a reference handbook REF HV5825.W Domestic violence : a reference handbook REF HQ809.3.U5 M Racial and ethnic relations in America REF E49.R School violence prevention & response : final report REF LB C A statistical portrait of the United States: social conditions and trends REF HA214.S Government assistance almanac REF HC110.P63 G69

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

Subject Search: Search subject field of a record 1. [a social problem] + region e.g. crime United States immigrants California 2. [a social problem] + [aspect of studies] e.g. child support government support 3. [a public service] + [a social issue] e.g. services for homeless social work with children

Keyword Search: Search different fields of a record Cross cultur* and elderly Homeless* and (program* or service) Child* and (neglect or abus*) Will discuss in detail in article search

Sample books The sociology of social problems : theoretical perspectives and methods of intervention HN17.5.J Children in poverty : child development and public policy HV741.C Income and status differences between white and minority Americans : a persistent inequality HC110.I5 I The California cauldron : immigration and the fortunes of local communities F870.A1 C Women's work and women's lives : the continuing struggle worldwide HD6061.W Alcohol problems among adolescents : current directions in prevention research HV5135.A Social stratification : class, race, and gender in sociological perspective HM146.S

Sample series Facts on File social problem series Jossey Bass Social And Behavioral Science Series Springer series on family violence Guilford Substance Abuse Series Guilford School Practitioner Series Health Reference Series

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

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

Sociology DatabaseSociology Database: Step 4 EBSCOhost --[SFX Enabled] interdisciplinary and full-text access EBSCOhost JSTOR--fulltext backfiles of core scholarly journals, cross-disciplinary JSTOR- Project Muse--full-text scholarly journals cross-disciplinary Project Muse- ScienceDirect -- full text access and cross-disciplinary. ScienceDirect Sociological Abstracts --[SFX Enabled], comprehensive for sociology and related fields, abstracts. Sociological Abstracts Social Services Abstracts --[SFX Enabled], focused on social work, human services, and related areas; abstracts. Social Services Abstracts Womens Resources International (1972-present) -- comprehensive for women's studies, abstracts only Womens Resources International (1972-present)

How to get full-text article: Step 6 1. If full text – get it 2. If you see, click on it 1. Link to online full-text article 2. Give you location for print journal in our library 3. Give you an interlibrary loan form to fill 3. 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. 1. If library has it, get the call number 2. If library doesn't have it, use InterLibrary Loan

Example 1. topic: health services for immigrants in California 2. Concept - 1. immigrants 2.health services 3. California 3. Search Statement - (immigra* or migra*) and (health service* or medical care*) and California 4. Database - Sociological AbstractsSociological Abstracts 5. review results and select an article Berk,L., Schur, C.; Chavez, L., Frankel, M. (2000) "Health Care Use among Undocumented Latino Immigrants" Health Affairs 19 (4): Click on, links will lead you the article full-text online.

Conduct Research on the Web Use Subject Gateway – SOSIG SOSIG – SociSite SociSite Follow Professional sites (departments, professors, librarians) – Sociological Tour of Cyperspace, Sociological Tour of Cyperspace – Library Research Guide: Sociology Library Research Guide: Sociology Search Engine (when you have particular names and phrases) – Anomic Suicide Some Database – Sociological Abstracts Sociological Abstracts

Selected Web Sites for this Class National Coalition for the Homeless page provides information in the areas of housing justice, economic justice, health care justice, and civil rights. The approaches are: grassroots organizing, public education, policy advocacy, technical assistance, and partnerships. National Coalition for the Homeless Prevent Child Abuse America site provides research and assistance resources for child abuse prevention. Prevent Child Abuse America Center for Comparative Immigration Studies from UCSD. Research projects, sources and other information are provided. Center for Comparative Immigration Studies Explorations In Social Inequality from Trinity University good resources (links) for sociological study of inequality. Explorations In Social Inequality

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