2. INFORMATION RESOURCES IN POLITICS AND SOCIOLOGY
Els estudis
Social Sciences Library
October 2013

3. 1. Contents Catalogue Other catalogues Trobador+ Databases
E-journals and E-books
E-contents of journals
E-theses
E-repositories
Interesting tools and resources
Bibliographies
Access from off campus

4. 1. Catalogue Searching the catalogue we know:
How many documents there are
In which library and which area they are
If they are available, loaned, reserved or not available for loan
We find all the documents:
In any format: books, journals, maps, audiovisuals, theses, research works…
In any support: paper, digital, microform, etc.

5. Access:
Library Service Web
On the right of the page 
2) Directly from catalogue’s site

6. Results: may be saved, printed and shared on social media

7. List of results Searching options Sort records Save records Reserve
Formats

8. Items
Order code on the shelf
Loan availability
Location
Loan type

9. Journals
Access to the digital format
Location
Paper collection

10. Personalize 1) My account:
-Reservations (of documents which are loaned and available)
-Renewals
-Loan history
-My lists
-Preferred searches
- alerts (through the preferred searches)
2) Buttons 2.0
3) Search the catalogue from the mobile phone

11. Help
Searching tips
Instructions for any type of search: title, author…
Help to personalize: renewals, preferred searches, my lists…
Video tutorials

12. 2. Other catalogues
University Union Catalogue of Catalonia (CCUC) puc.cbuc.cat: the integrated catalogues of the Catalan universities, the Biblioteca de Catalunya and other institutions
Rebiun: Spanish academic libraries
Madroño: academic libraries of Madrid and the UNED
CSIC: libraries of the CSIC
More catalogues:

13. CCUC: search screen

14. CCUC: results screen
Consortial borrowing

15. The gateway to access the UAB electronic library
3. Trobador+
The gateway to access the UAB electronic library

16. Simple search
You are searching the most e-resources subscribed by the UAB
You are searching the UAB catalogue, the CCUC and Google

17. Advanced search
The advanced search allows you to refine the search criteria

18. Results Options to refine the search Full-text access Full-text access
You can export your result and save it in your e-Shelf if you sign in

19. Searching by type of e-resource
You can search e-journals by different criteria
You can search e-books by different criteria
You can search databases by different criteria and select them if they are metasearchable

20. E-shelf: personal area
Your name will appear here
You can create, rename and delete folders
You can organize your saved records into folders and delete, send by and export them

21. Other tools and pages
Pages to help you in your research and study: ARE, citations, research assessment and acreditation support, tutorials,etc.
Other tools you may need in your research

22. 4. Databases
Sociological Abstracts: references of articles with abstract of more than 2,000 journals and other publications (books, theses). Also provides academic profiles specialized in social sciences.
ProQuest Sociology: (1985--): specialized in socials, contains full-text journal articles of worldwide coverage.
Banco de datos ASEP/JDS: public surveys and opinion polls of Spain and worldwide.
Base de datos de conflictos y construcción de paz: in addition to the above database, this one provides the background information, the evolution and the actors involved in international armed conflicts. Emphasizes the analysis from a gender perspective.
CSIC-ISOC (1976--): references of journal articles, monographs, presentations, theses, etc., about Spanish social sciences and humanities.
Francis (1984--): references and abstracts of journal articles about social sciences and humanities.

23. CIAO - Columbia international affairs online: full-text of articles, books, case studies, presentations, etc., about politics and international affairs and relations.
IPSA - International political science abstracts: references of journal articles about politics.
Factiva: current database with many full-text information resources (newspapers, trade journals, reports) and photographs.
ISI web of knowledge: database of the Institute for Scientific Information: Journal citation reports, Social sciences citation index, Current contents…
OECD iLibrary: full-text monographs and journals until the end of 2011.

24. Multidisciplinary
Oxford reference online: e-dictionaries about different subjects
Databases of books and journals ISBN and ISSN

25. 5. E-journals and E-books
ScienceDirect, Emerald, Kluwer Academic, Wiley,
Springer, Ebsco, JSTOR…
E-books:
Oxford Scholarship Online (politics), Ebrary,
MyiLibrary, SpringerLink…
Libraries > Information resources > Terms of use

26. Reference works
The Blackwell dictionary of sociology: dictionary about sociology by the sociologist Allan G. Johnson.
Oxford reference online: e-dictionaries about different subjects, in which we find The Concise Oxford dictionary of politics.

27. 6. E-contents of journals
A good idea to be updated on latest news
TOC Premier (EbscoHost):
Provides the summaries of 23,000 journals and has more than 18 milions of bibliographic registres from You can create alerts.
Dialnet:
Spanish database of journals, theses, chapters of books and miscellaneous material that provides the full-text when is available. You can create alerts.

28. TOC - Ebsco

29. Database of summaries DIALNET plus

30. 7. E-theses
Dissertations and theses (1861 USA, 1988 internat.--): worldwide theses citations and research literature. Direct UAB access from the Internet.
TDX: doctoral theses presented at Catalan universities and some Spanish regions. Full-text available.
Teseo (1976--):bibliographic references of the doctoral theses presented at Spanish universities.
Redial (1980--): doctoral theses about Latin America presented at European universities.
DART-Europe: gateway of the European theses. Full-text available.

31. DDD is the UAB institutional repository ddd.uab.cat
8. E-repositories
DDD is the UAB institutional repository ddd.uab.cat

32. These resources are in Open Access
CBUC Repositories
TDX – Theses and dissertations online
RACO – Catalan journals in Open Access
RECERCAT- Catalan repository of research
MDC – Digital memory of Catalonia
MDX – Learning materials online
These resources are in Open Access

33. 9. Interesting tools and resources
Google Scholar
scholar.google.com
Search engine of specialized bibliography.
DOAJ
Directory of open access and full-text journals about all subjects.

34. Web 2.0 tools Blog BCS Politics and Sociology:
blogs.uab.cat/bcspolitiques
News and RSS:
Web resources:
delicious.com/bibsocials/tag_bundle/politica_sociologia
Library Twitter:
@bcsUAB

35. more information: www.uab.cat/libraries/mendeley
10. Bibliographies
The subscription to
finishes next 31th December
It’s time to migrate to
Mendeley Premium
more information:

36. 11. Access from off campus
ARE allows UAB users to work with the university e-resources from computers off campus:
databases
e-journals
e-books
How to connect to ARE?:
access from off campus

37. And that is all!
If you have any question or for further information, please contact the Library staff
Thanks!
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, "El bibliotecario“, c.1566
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