Sociology 360: Quantitative Research Methods Library Presentation by Hua Yi Spring, 2005

Objectives For your assignment Search for books (brief) Search for research articles Citation

Reference Sources The practice of social research H62.B Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods Case study research : design and methods H62.Y Encyclopedia of sociology HM425.E Encyclopedia of sociology A statistical portrait of the United States: social conditions and trends REF HA214.S

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 issue] + aspect e. g. abortion religious aspects 2. [a social issue] + region e. g. capital punishment Texas

Keyword Search: Search different fields of a record abortion and gender race and (capital punishment or death penalty) Will discuss in detail in article search

Article Search Steps 1. Write your topic statement: clearly define 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 -- 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 -- comprehensive for sociology and related fields, abstracts. Sociological Abstracts Social Services Abstracts -- 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: one’s religion is related to his/her attitude about abortion 2. Concept - 1. religion 2.attitude toward abortion 3. Search Statement - (abortion attitude* or pro life or pro choice) and (religio* or Christian) 4. Database - Sociological AbstractsSociological Abstracts 5. review results and select an article Hamby L, Gray B. (2002) Polarization in Abortion Attitudes in U.S. Religious Traditions, Sociological Forum 7 (3): Click on, a link will lead you to an article 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

Citation Style Guides ASA Style Guide HM586.A HM586.A See the list here

Sociology Research & Resources Assistance Sociology Information Tutorial Library Sociology Subject Guide