Course Guides
UWP 1: Section 21 (Margaret France)
Fall 2009
Instructor:
- Margaret France (mefrance@ucdavis.edu)
Use the resources on this guide to find sources for your Subcultures paper.
Research Help
- Ask For Help (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/help/)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/help/
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/help/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/help/)
- Shields General Reference Desk
- [Monday-Friday 9am-6pm]
- Location: 2nd Floor Shields Library (530) 752-9862
Develop A Research Strategy
Thinking about these questions can help you focus your search for information: 1. Who/what do you want to write about? 2. What types of outside information would you like to find to strengthen your paper? 3. What has actually been written and published in reputable sources?
Topic Ideas & Search Terms
- Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
- Location: Humanities & Social Sciences Reference HM425 .B53 2007
- Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia
- Location: Humanities & Social Sciences Reference Collection HQ796 .C8154 2006
- Encyclopedia of Community
- Location: Humanities & Social Sciences Reference Collection HM756 .E53 2003
- Encyclopedia of Disability
- Location: Humanities & Social Sciences Reference HV1568 .E528 2006
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Location: Humanities & Social Sciences Reference Collection H41 .I58 2001
- Wikipedia: List of Subcultures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures
- Access: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures)
Search For Books
- Harvest Catalog (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu/)
- http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu/
- Access: http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu/ (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu/)
Search For Articles
- Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936)
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VPN - http://uclibs.org/PID/126936
- The multi-disciplinary database Academic Search Complete (ASC) provides full-text access to more than 5,500 periodicals, including over 4,600 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for an additional 9,500 journals and 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
- Coverage: 1887-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/126936 (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN
- JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/1980
- JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of 773 important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are NOT included. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1980 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
- Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861)
- http://uclibs.org/PID/31861
- Project Muse provides full text access to over 300 journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and mathematics, of which about a dozen are philosophy titles. But it also has great potential for crossdisciplinary searching. Its full-text search engine is more detailed than any other index for these journals. Coverage varies by journal.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31861 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861)
- Sociological Abstracts [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=socioabs&adv=1) VPN
- http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=socioabs&adv=1
- Sociological Abstracts Database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
- Coverage: 1963-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=socioabs&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=socioabs&adv=1) VPN
- Subject Guides (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/
- Use the Subject Guides to identify additional databases to search for information on your topic.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/)
Connect From Off-campus
- VPN (virtual private network) (https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi)
- https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi
- Use the VPN to connect to library databases and online journal subscriptions from off campus.
- Access: https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi (https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi)
Evaluate Your Sources
Consider these criteria to assess the credibility of your sources:
- Author
- Who produced the information? What are the author's qualifications?
- Accuracy
- Does the source included cited references? Is the information consistent with other sources on the topic?
- Objectivity
- Is the content presented as fact or speculation? What is the source's purpose?
- Timeframe
- When was the source written/created? Is the information still relevant?
Definitions
- Abstract
- A brief summary of the main points in a book, article or other work.
- Catalog
- A list of records that represent the holdings of a library.
- Citation
- The information needed to track down a book, article, or other work. For books, this includes the author, title, place and year of publication. For articles, it consists of the author, article title, page numbers, periodical title, volume and date.
- Journal
- A periodical containing articles on specialized topics, written by researchers or scholars.
- Popular Press Article
- An article aimed at a general audience, typically written by a journalist or reporter, reviewed by an editor prior to publication, and published in a magazine or newspaper.
- Record
- The information used to identify and represent books, articles and other material in catalogs and databases.
- Scholarly Journal
- A publication containing articles that have undergone peer review, a process through which manuscripts submitted to a journal are evaluated for quality by one or more subject experts in addition to the editor before being accepted for publication.
- UC-eLinks Link you to Full Text, Services, Information (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/instruction/uc-elinks-10-24-03.pdf)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/instruction/uc-elinks-10-24-03.pdf
- UC-eLinks appear in most of our online citation databases and provide a consistent way of getting to full-text articles or information about which issues of a journal we own. If we do not own a journal, you can use the UC-eLinks service to Request that the article be sent to you.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/instruction/uc-elinks-10-24-03.pdf (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/instruction/uc-elinks-10-24-03.pdf)