SOC202: Methods of Social Research



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Spring 2008 - P. Miller
reference contact: David Podboy, dpodboy@email.smith.edu, x2913, IM: davidpodboy

WRITING A LITERATURE REVIEW

How to Write a Literature Review (Kenneth Lyons, University Library, UCSC)

Literature Review Tutorial (American University Library)

Example:
Jacobs, J. (1996). Gender Inequality and Higher Education. Annual Review of Sociology, 22(1), 153.

STARTING POINTS

Source	Call Number/Access
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology	online ref HM425 .B53 2007
21st Century Sociology: a Reference Handbook	ref HM585 .A13 2007
Encyclopedia of Sociology	ref HM425 .E5 2000
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences	ref H41 .I58 2001
Encyclopedia of Psychology	ref BF31 .E523 2000
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science	online ref BF31 .E52 2001
Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods	ref H62 .L456 2004
Encyclopedia of Social Measurement	ref H62 .E585 2005

FINDING ARTICLES

Sociological Abstracts 1952+

Use "OR" between synonyms (left-to-right) and "AND" between concepts (up-and-down).
Remember to use the pull down menus to select "Keywords, KW=".
Select "References, RE=" to search references.

PsycInfo 1887+

To search references:

Click on the Cited References link in the green bar.
Enter the information about your article. Remember that the cited title is the article title or book title, not the journal title. Click search.
A list of citations should appear. Depending on how the article was cited by others, it is possible to have several variations of the same article. Select all of the citations that match your article.
Click Find Citing Articles.

Other Databases to Try

Social Science Abstracts 1983+

Academic Search Premier 1965+ (For locating "popular" literature: NY Times, Newsweek, etc.)

ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts 1987+

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) 1951+

FINDING BOOKS

Five College Library Catalog - Search for books owned by the Five Colleges

WorldCat - Search for books outside of the Five Colleges (request through Interlibrary Loan)

CITE YOUR SOURCES

Resource	Website
Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources Within Your Paper (Duke University)	Click on appropriate link to see citation examples.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed.	ref BF 76.7 .P83 2001
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed.	ref LB2369 .G53 2003
Style Manuals & Citation Guides	Smith College Libraries' web page with links

RefWorks
Bibliographic software designed to help researchers gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as to generate citations and bibliographies.

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CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact the instructor for your library session: David Podboy, dpodboy@email.smith.edu.

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Last Updated: March 7, 2008