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WISER Social Sciences
Information sources for education,
sociology and applied social sciences
Louise Clarke & Judy Reading
Oxford University Library Services
Session Overview
Accessing electronic resources Cambridge Scientific Abstracts for
sociologists and applied social scientists British Education Index and ERIC Subject searching on OLIS Other key resources
Accessing electronic resources
OxLIP (Oxford Libraries Information Platform) http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/index.html
Finding aids – catalogues, abstracting and indexing services
Full-text – journal articles, official documents, newspapers, ebooks
Tools for current awareness – digests, theses, alerting services
Datasets and statistics Reference works
Accessing electronic resources
Some resources require a password or offer password access when you are off campus. A number of publishers have agreed to a single password system called Athens Registration http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/athens/ MyAthens http://www.athensams.net/myathens/
For off campus access to non-password resources register for the VPN or Dial-up http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/remote/
CSA: ASSIA
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Indexes
and Abstracts) Indexes and abstracts 650 journals 1987 onwards Emphasis upon practical applications of
social science and health research
CSA: Sociological Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts Indexes and abstracts over 1,800 journals Also provides abstracts of selected books,
book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers
1953 onwards Emphasis is on covering the international
literature in sociology & related disciplines
CSA: Other databases
Social Services Abstracts current research focused on social work and human
sciences from over 1,600 serials beginning 1980 National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Abstracts U.S. and international publications from 1972
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts 1,500 serials in political science from 1975
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) educational-related materials from 1966 onwards
CSA: Database records
TI = title AB = abstract AU = author
Use the database author index (under search tools) to find alternative forms of the authors name
DE = descriptors Use the database thesaurus (under search tools) to find
descriptors. KW = keywords
Searches the TI, AB, DE and ID (identifiers) fields SO = source
Look in the serials source list for abbreviated journal title
CSA: Combining search terms
Use and to narrow a search and retrieve records containing all search terms
Use or to broaden a search and retrieve records containing any of the search terms
Use not to narrow search and retrieve records excluding search terms
Use near to find terms within 10 words of each other or specify within ‘x’
Use ( ) to group terms/define relationships Otherwise searches for terms as a phrase
CSA: Search tips
Use * to truncate a search term feminis* retrieves feminist, feminists, feminism behavi*r retrieves behaviour and behavior
Use ? to find alternative spellings wom?n for women and woman
If searching for acronyms include both the acronym and the terms spelt in full ESRC or (Economic and Social Research Council)
Click on ‘help & support’ for online help, or ask a librarian.
CSA: Cited reference linking
Some databases in CSA, e.g. Sociological Abstracts, contain links to cited references locate current research based on earlier research find out how many times, and where, a publication is
being cited identify who is referencing a particular paper explore how a particular research topic is being used
to support other research analyze the impact of a publication on other research
in the field track the history of a research idea keep track of your own research
CSA: Scholar profiles
Records from selected CSA Social Science databases that describe articles published after 2000, have been matched to Scholar profiles to provide verified links between articles and authors
Scholar profiles include contact information, education, research interests, home page, and verified publication lists as available
Covers 1,500 US and Canadian Universities
British Education Index
Indexes journal articles, theses and web documents. Most British journals and major international journals The database covers all aspects and fields of education
from preschool to adult and higher education Material indexed very easily available in the UK – most in
Oxford University libraries See also other services from British Education Index
ERIC
Available from various platforms including Firstsearch Contains annotated references to educational materials
issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).
Much more content than the BEI but journals indexed are less likely to be available here
Includes full-text papers and reports available online Produced in the US but does have international
coverage
Subject searching on OLIS
OLIS (Oxford Libraries’ catalogue) offers a subject index - Library of Congress Subject Headings
Look at the index terms attached to a resource you know is relevant to get you started
Use the browse option to identify relevant subject terms – follow cross-references
Use the keyword options to combine those terms Use the web version of the catalogue if you want to mark and
print or email records identified OLIS does not index journals – you need to use a journal index
to identify articles and then locate the journal title in OLIS.
Official papers and web resources
Useful guidance is available from the Bodleian Official Papers webpage http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/readerserv/official/collections.html
For education, see the Educational Studies website http://www2.ouls.ox.ac.uk/edstud/weblinksindex.html
For the applied social sciences, two helpful websites are: Social Care Online http://www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/ Social Policy Digest
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JSP OXLIP has links to key resources including UKOP
Other key resources
SCOPUS New research service from Elsevier World’s largest abstracts database of over
15,000 titles from 4,000 publishers Records from 1966 onwards The TOUR icon will link you to full-text
Other key resources
ISI Web of Knowledge Abstracts of 1,700 journals from 1981- Index of citations from 1956- Reports on articles cited, other papers
using the same citations, and later citations of the paper
Citations create a “web of knowledge”
Other key resources
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences Economics Political Science Sociology Anthropology
1951 – present Abstracts included for most articles from 1999 -
Other key resources
PsychINFO Index and abstracts of 1,900 journals 1872 onwards Covers psychology and related disciplines WebSPIRS database
Other key resources
TDNet: A system for managing Oxford’s access to electronic journals
Current journals from major publisher sites (e.g., Science Direct, Ingenta)
‘Delayed’ publication journals from JSTOR and Project MUSE
LexisNexis Electronic newspapers To restrict your search to a specific newspaper; in the
additional terms search box use the prefix PUB followed by the term in brackets, e.g. PUB (Financial Times)
Other key resources
Don’t forget Library staff are here to help you – you are welcome to make an appointment for assistance:
Contacts: judy.reading@edstud.ox.ac.uk,
louise.clarke@ssl.ox.ac.uk Look at the other training available from OULS –
see http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/information_skills
Finally
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