Sociology: SOCI A480: The Lit Review
Information resources on sociology and related areas at the Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans.
Scholarship as Conversation
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Info Lit Framework: Scholarship as ConversationThe ACRL's description of the values, practices, and dispositions related to taking up scholarship as a conversation.
Positioning Yourself in the Conversation
Advanced Search Strategies ~ Worksheet
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SOCI A335 Advanced Searching WorksheetPlease open this Word doc, complete the worksheet, save to the desktop, and email to me (jezell@loyno.edu).
Who's Talking Where?
For most searches, it's most efficient to conduct a subject search. Subject terms are often different, depending on the search tool. In the search tool, look for a subject index or thesaurus, or simply identify useful subject terms among the tags for relevant keyword search results.
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QuickSearchUse QuickSearch to explore across disciplines, formats (books, media, serials), and formality (popular, scholarly).
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SocINDEX with Full TextComprehensive index to sociology, covering 640 core journals, 530 priority, and 1420 selectively-covered journals with many books, conference papers and author profiles. Varies, some as early as 1895.
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Online catalogThe library’s online catalog contains information about the books, e-books, music scores, videos (both DVD and VHS), and sound recordings that the library owns. The catalog also contains detailed information about the print journal and magazine titles that the library owns, but it does not contain citations for individual articles. For more help in using the catalog, ask a librarian, review our FAQs.
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OCLC WorldCatCatalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide in OCLC member libraries. (Does not include book chapters or individual articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers.) Includes considerable non-English language material.
Sort and Class Results
Look for patterns -- in dates, relevant subject terms, citations, positions, questions, methods, etc.
