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Introduction to Library Research
for the Social Sciences
Finding Books & Journal Articleshttp://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~jmellone/library_research_socialsciences.pdf
Prof. James T. Mellone
Social Sciences LibrarianQueens College, RO 326, (718) 997-3623
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Where to Start:The Library link from the QC page
http://www.qc.cuny.edu
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Where to Start:Or, directly to the QC Libraries
http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/Library
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Concepts for Library Research
Two important concepts to understand before starting your
research. You need to know the differences between:
1) A library Catalog and a library Database
2) Keyword searching and Subject/Descriptor searching
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Catalog vs. Database
Decide what material youare going to use: books,
journal articles,government reports, etc.
Know whichresource to use tofind that material:Catalog or Database?
Learn how to use oneCatalog and one Database,then you can use others,because they work insimilar ways.
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Catalog vs. Database
A Library Catalog tellswhat the library owns or
has:
Books, journals, music,
newspapers, videos,magazines, dvds.
It gives general informationabout the material: author,title, location, subject usually nota detaileddescription of the contents.
A Database tells what hasbeen published in a subject
discipline, like Sociology so, one library will not owneverything in the database.
It provides specific infoabout material, telling you
what is inside of periodicals(every article) or what isinside of books (everyessay).
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Catalog vs. Database
So, in general, you use aCatalog to find books, films,
or other whole publicationson a topic that the libraryowns.
The Catalog also tells you ifwe own a particular journalor magazine, but it does not
tell you what articles havebeen published inside ofthem.
So, in general, you use aDatabase to find what has
been published on a topic,usually parts of publications,such as articles in journals,essays, entries, or chapters in
books, and papers inconference proceedings.
It also may index materialthat is difficult to obtainbecause it is unpublished,
such as masters or doctoraltheses.
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Keyword vs. Subject/Descriptor
Identify the words
to use in your search
of the Catalog or
Database.
Learn how to make a
list of keywords to
start searching, then
how to revise your
search by using
subjects/descriptors.
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Keyword vs. Subject/Descriptor
In Keyword searching you
use more common orinformal words, or words
that come from the research
question you are trying toanswer assuming you
created the question, and
not your professor or some
other expert.
In Subject (also known
as Descriptor) searchingyou use standardized
language, formal words
that scholars and expertsuse to describe a concept or
phenomenon in a subject
discipline (e.g. Sociology).
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Keyword vs. Subject/Descriptor
Think of Keywords as
the most obvious words
that come to mind.
Often more than one
word can be used to
describe the same thing
so synonyms are
frequently used.
Think of Subjects as the
formal vocabulary you
use when you think
critically like a scholar
(e.g. Sociologist).
One word is designated
to describe a topic,
synonyms will not work.
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Keyword vs. Subject/Descriptor
For instance, for the topic
how women workingaffects their children
There are numerous ways
to describe the
phenomenon called
work
employment, job, labor,
occupation, etc.
Which is the best to use?
Each subject discipline, e.g.
Sociology, decides what to
call the phenomena its
practitioners study.
To learn what the subjects
are, use the Thesaurus
(glossary of subjects), or do
a Keyword search to learn
from the search results what
subject word the topic is
formally called.
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Keyword vs. Subject/Descriptor
Try a Keyword search first,
then see what results youget, and revise your search
once you learn the Subject
/ Descriptor for yourKeyword.
For example, in Sociology
the Subject / Descriptor forwork is usually
employment
the Thesaurus would tell us
that, the results of a
keyword search would tell
us as well.
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Keyword vs. Subject/Descriptor
Another good rule to use when searching is:
If you have two or more
concepts, for example,
work, women, children
use Keyword searching.
If you have one large
concept, for example,
employment
try Subject searching.
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Keyword vs. Subject/Descriptor
Make a list of synonyms or
related words for keywordsearching:
how women workingaffects their children
women or mothers
work or job or occupation
children or daughters or family
To learn the formal
language (vocabulary) ofa discipline, consult:
1) textbook2) database Thesaurus
(e.g. Sociological Abstracts)
3) subject dictionary (e.g.dictionary of sociology)
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CUNY+ Catalog (Finding Books)
If you arelooking forbooks,search
the CUNY+Catalog.
On the
mainpagethere aretwo directlinks:another link
is underResearch
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CUNY+ Catalog: Keyword search
Use keyword
searching in AllFields, if yourtopic is morecomplex than aone word topic
Use Subjectbegin with forlarge one-wordtopics such as
Employment
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CUNY+ Catalog: Results, with brief record displays
Brief recordsare displayed browse to find agood one
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CUNY+ Catalog: Full Record display
This is the Record forthis article think ofit as an index card ofinformation about thisreading material
Click on the libraryname Queens tosee the call numberfor the books
location
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CUNY+ Catalog: Holdings display Library of
Congress (LC)classificationuses an A Zletter system.Each letterstands for alarge subject,double letters fora more specificone (H=SocialSciences,HD=Labor)
Call Number HDis on the 4thfloor
Regular Loanmeans you canborrow the book;On Shelf meansit is available
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Sociological Abstracts (Finding Journal Articles)
To search for
journalarticles, go toRESEARCH,thenDatabases
Find Articlesis a short cutto theDatabases
page; so isFindDatabases
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Sociological Abstracts: Getting to It
If you know thedatabase you wantto search, e.g.SociologicalAbstracts
Click on S to
get toSociologicalAbstracts
OR
Scroll down
the page tothe S section
NOTE: Databaseslist can be sortedby using theBrowse databases
by Subject pull-down menu in thecenter of the page
Select your subjectdiscipline to start(e.g. Sociology, or
Urban Studies)
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Sociological Abstracts: Getting to It
Notice eachdatabase has adescription andpublishing years ofcoverage
First icon indicatessome full-text ofarticles is available
Second icon
indicates FindIt!capability for links tofull-text of articles
Click onSociologicalAbstracts(SocioAbs) to openit
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Sociological Abstracts: Advanced Search
Lets try a samplekeyword search forwomen andemployment andchildren
If you have more thanone concept, usekeywords for your firstsearch
Know when to useAND (to combinewords or phrases) andwhen to use OR (forsynonyms, relatedterms/ideas)
Set limits for the yearsof publication, JournalArticles only, andEnglish only
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Sociological Abstracts: Search Results
SocioAbs indexesChapters in books,which we may own
but also coversDissertations &Conference Paperswhich you shouldavoid because they
are unpublished andhard to obtain
Remember to select
the Peer-Reviewedarticles, they are morescholarly
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SocioAbs: Peer-Reviewed Search Results
Brief recordsare displayed browse to find
a good one
Click the Titleto view the fullrecord to read
the abstract
Some recordsmay have abuilt-in link tothe PDF article
this one does
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SocioAbs: How to Obtain the Article
Option 1: Click on a Full-Text link or PDF link
Option 2: Click on the FindIt linking tool, then click on a
Full-Text link or PDF link
Option 3: Click on the FindIt linking tool, then click on the
CUNY+ Catalog to search for a printed/paper version of the
periodical, then match the year of the article to what yearsare available at QC or another CUNY library
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SocioAbs: Full Record Display
This is theRecord for thisarticle think of
it as an indexcard ofinformationabout thisreading material
Descriptors aresubjects youcan use to re-doyour search
Read this first todecide if youwant to read thetext of the article
Click here to locate
the article text
(Option 1)
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SocioAbs: Full-Text / PDF of Article (Option 1)
The PDF is theexact duplicate ofthe published
article; it includesall the graphicalmatter: charts,graphs, illustrations,etc.
Use functionbuttons in theAdobe Readerviewer to Save,Print, or Email
Click the downarrow in thepercentage box toresize the document
S i Ab F ll R d R t t R lt
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SocioAbs: Full-Record, Return to Results
To go back to thelist of results click,Return to Results
S i Ab R lt S l t th d
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SocioAbs: Results, Select another record
Lets say youareinterested in
anotherarticle, eventhough thereis NO directfull-text link(so Option 1
is notavailable)
This one hasno direct
Full-Text link,so try Option2: FIND ITFull-Text link
No directfull-text link
S i Ab Fi dIt F ll T t li k (O ti 2)
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SocioAbs: FindIt Full-Text link (Option 2)
Now starts themore mechanicalpart navigatingto locate the
article text
Option 2: links tothe full-text of thearticle are here, ifavailable
Option 3: IfOptions 1 & 2 donot work, then thislink searches theCUNY+ Catalog
for theprinted/paperversion of thejournal
Click on one ofthe Full TextOnline links
S i Ab O ti 2 Wil I t S i li k
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SocioAbs: Option 2, Wiley InterSciencelink
Look for thewordsFull-text,
orFull-image,
The article
will display inHTMLorPDF
SocioAbs: Option 2 displaying PDF
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SocioAbs: Option 2, displaying PDF
The PDF is theexact duplicateof thepublishedarticle; it
includes all thegraphicalmatter: charts,graphs,illustrations,etc.
Use functionbuttons in theAdobe Readerviewer to Save,
Print, or Email
Click the downarrow in thepercentage box
to resize thedocument
SocioAbs: Option 3 link to the Catalog
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SocioAbs: Option 3, link to the Catalog
The last hope of locatingthe article text is theCatalog link
If FIND IT has no full-text links, then use theCatalog link to search
for a printed/paperversion of the journal
SocioAbs: Option 3 Catalog journal search
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SocioAbs: Option 3, Catalog, journal search The CUNY+ Catalog
link does the search
Check the holdingsto match the year ofthe article you need,with the years of the
journal that QC oranother CUNYlibrary owns
The date listed underYear is the first yearof publication
Click on theQueens link in theHoldings column, ittells what years andvolumes QC owns
If you do not seeQueens listed, clickon the Title to seethe Record
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SocioAbs: Option 3, Catalog, holdings
Scroll down, theHoldings are inalphabeticalorder by libraryname
Queens will belisted toward the
bottom Click on Queens
to see whatvolumes and
years we own
SocioAbs: Option 3 Catalog holdings
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SocioAbs: Option 3, Catalog, holdings
There is onlyone holdingslocation inQueens,sometimesthere are more
A call numbermeans that QCowns a printed /paper version
The (hyphen)between thedates meansthrough
Notice the full-text link toEBSCO
NOTE: Printsubscriptioncancelled (afterthe last year,2007)
SocioAbs: Re-doing a search
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SocioAbs: Re doing a search
Re-do your searchby clicking on Edit
Search
Remember to lookat the Descriptorsfor the formal words
that may be used todescribe your topic:eg. WorkingWomen, Sex Roles
Other records haveDescriptors suchas: Females,Employment,Working Mothers
SocioAbs: Second Search (with descriptors)
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SocioAbs: Second Search (with descriptors)
Click the downarrow in the firsttwo boxes on the
far right side
Then selectDescriptors fromthe pull-downmenu
For womensubstitute working
women in the firstsearch box on theleft
SocioAbs: Searching by Descriptor
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SocioAbs: Searching by Descriptor
Searching byDescriptor wordsprovides more
precise results: 8records now,compared to 269searching byKeyword
The wordsworking womenand children mustappear in the
Descriptor field inorder for recordsto be retrievedduring the search
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SocioAbs: Bibliography
Click in the boxto the left ofeach article to
mark the onesyou want tosave
Then, click onSave Print
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SocioAbs: Bibliography
The number ofrecords youmarked is
indicated Customize the
format of theBibliography
Click the downarrow by FullFormat
Then mouse overto Custom
Format and clickit
S i Ab Bibli h
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SocioAbs: Bibliography
Click onChangeCustom
Fields toselect whichparts of eachrecord youwant to save
S i Ab Bibli h
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SocioAbs: Bibliography
The followingare needed foran annotated
bibliography:
1. Abstract
2. Author
3. Descriptors4. Source
5. Title
S i Ab Bibli h
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SocioAbs: Bibliography
Choose theAPA stylewith
Abstracts byclicking onthe downarrow
Click on
Create
S i Ab Bibli h
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SocioAbs: Bibliography
If you havethe pop-upblocker ON,
click on thefirst clickhere to loadthebibliography
in a newbrowserwindow
If the pop-upblocker is
OFF, thebibliographywill loadautomatically
S i Ab Bibli h
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SocioAbs: Bibliography
Bibliographyis in APAstyle, with
theAbstracts
You canprint, save,or email
You maywant tocopy andpaste it intoyour wordprocessor,and savethat fileinstead
SocioAbs: Bibliography
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SocioAbs: Bibliography
Return toyour searchResults
SocioAbs: Bibliography
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SocioAbs: Bibliography
Rememberto unmarkyour
markedrecordsbefore youcontinueworking
SocioAbs: Using the Thesaurus
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Remember, if you have adifficult time figuring outwhat Descriptors are best
for your topic, browse orsearch the Thesaurus tolearn the Sociologyvocabulary fortopics
SocioAbs: Thesaurus Search
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The Thesauruscan be searchedor browsed
beginning with theletter A
To browse, clickGO
To search, typeyour search termin the box, then
click GO
SocioAbs: Thesaurus search results
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The PLUS sign afterthe searched word,employment,means there aresmaller or narrowersubjects you canbrowse within thelarger subject ofEmployment
SocioAbs: Thesaurus, other Descriptors
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These more specificsubjects might giveyou ideas on how torethink or revise yourtopic
Connect from Home
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Connect from Home
Our Librarydatabases ande-journals arepurchased for
QC students,faculty, and staff
When off-campus youmust use your
QC ADScomputeraccount to loginto our websitethrough theProxy Service,
so we know youare a QC user
Connect from Home
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Connect from Home
Here are theinstructions
Step 1: ActivateADS Accountby clicking onthe CAMS link
Step 2:ConfigureBrowserSettings
Connect from Home: ADS Account
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There is a website loginrequired for Databases andfull-text links in E-Reserve
(none for the Catalog). To setup your remote login:
1) Create a password for yourQC ADS computer account
([email protected])by going to the CAMS page(http://cams.qc.cuny.edu)
Click on Sign Up Now to enterCAMS with your personalinformation
Connect from Home : ADS Account
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Login with the following:
College ID = Social SecurityNumber (SSN)
PIN = Registration PIN,ESIMS password, or lastsix digits of the SSN
Postal Code = Zip Code
Remember to check in thepolicy box
Connect from Home : ADS Account
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Connect from Home : ADS Account
If you have notactivated youraccounts yet, theStatus should say
De-activated(Notice mine isalreadyActivated)
Once logged in,
then clickDetails on thefar right to createa password foryour ADS
Do the samething for yourLotus Notesemail account
Connect from Home : ADS Account
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Connect from Home : ADS Account
Follow theinstructionsfor creating a
passwordcarefully
Connect from Home : ADS Account
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Connect from Home : ADS Account
After creating yourpasswords, youraccount statusshould change to
Activated
To change yourpassword, just clickon Details andrepeat the same
steps
NOTE: It may takeup to 30 minutes ormore of processingtime, after yourstatus saysActivated, for youto use youraccount
Connect from Home : Browser Settings
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You must adjust theProxy settings in yourweb browser; follow the
instructions on theProxy Service pagehttp://helpdesk.qc.cuny.edu/FAQS/proxy.asp
You only have to do thesetup once
You must do this
though for any browseryou use to access theLibrary resources
Connect from Home: Log In to Website
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When you arehome and clickon a database
a pop-up boxwill ask you tologin
Remember tologin using the
methodillustrated inthe secondstep here
The prefix
instr\mustappear beforeyour username
Choosing a Topic
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Use the Thesaurus of a database to browse the list ofsubjects.
Use a more general database, that may index morepopular writings and that covers current events or social
issues. Then you can read about topics first before youstart your research. Opposing Viewpointsis great forlearning basic information about a social issue.
Choosing a Topic: Opposing Viewpoints
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OpposingViewpointscovers majorssocial issues inthe news
It presentsmaterial on bothsides of an issue
Choosing a Topic: Opposing Viewpoints
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Click on O to getto OpposingViewpoints
OR
scroll down thepage tothe O section
Choosing a Topic: Opposing Viewpoints
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Click onOpposingViewpointstoopen it
Notice thedescription andthe publishingyears ofcoverage
Choosing a Topic: Opposing Viewpoints
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Do a morespecific
search
Browse a
topic likeMediaViolence
Choosing a Topic: Opposing Viewpoints There are
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There are
various kindsof readingson the topic,mostlypopular,somescholarly
Consider useof adatabase like
this to bepre-research
This materialintroducesyou to thetopic beforeyou startyourresearch
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