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Economics of Work and Desire
Books Articles and essays Background information Web sites Citation Guides
These are only some of the sources that may be useful to you. Please contact me for help with any of your research needs, Sylvia Morra, x1452, or email AskUs.
Use the High Library catalog to find books, DVDs, CDs and other materials located within the library. Always prefer a subject search. Use the "You Found Titles in Categories" links to broaden your search. Use the "Try These Too" links to narrow your search. To search for materials of a particular type: use the Type pull-down menu on the catalog search page and select DVDs, CDs, scores, reference books , etc.
To find information about controversial topics and the pros and cons of social issues, search in the library catalog under the following words, adding subject words related to your topic.
- Opposing viewpoints
- Reference Shelf
- Current Controversies
- At issue
When the collection at the High Library is not sufficient for your research needs, use WorldCat to identify materials in other libraries. You can then place interlibrary loan requests through ILLiad to get these materials.
Reference books provide valuable background information and help to place a topic in its social or historical context. Reference books are located on the main floor of the library and cannot be checked out. To find reference books: from the catalog search page click on the Type pull-down menu, select Ref-Book, and type in search words.
Here is a small sampling of reference books that may prove useful as you research issues related to the economics of Work and Desire.
Dictionary of American History (Ref 973 D561)
Encyclopedia of Sociology (Ref 301.03 En56)
Handbook of Psychology (Ref 150 H2362)
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Ref 300.3 In61)
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law (Ref 330.03 N532)
Use library databases to find articles and citations to articles on your topic. Choose the right database for your subject. When choosing search words, pay attention to spelling, compound words (daycare vs. day care), plurals and internal punctuation (brother-in-law). Use synonyms to broaden or narrow your search or to make it more specific.
To access databases from off-campus, click on the "Database Access from Outside E-town Network" link on the library webpage, provide your network (email) ID and password and click on the "Search and Find Articles" link.
Academic Search Premier Database covering all topics. Use subject searching. Use "Subject: Thesaurus Term" or "Subject" link to identify other subject words. View full text of article (PDF or html format). Use the magnifying glass icon or click on the title of the article to see the summary of the article. When looking at the full record, use the "Cite" link located on the left sidebar to find the article cited in various formats. Use "Locate E-town Journals link" to find article in other databases or in the library building. Use "Interlibrary Loan" link to request article from other libraries.
PsychARTICLES Contains over 100,000 full text articles form 59 peer-reviewed journals covering all fields of psychology from 1894 until the present.
PsycINFO This primary tool for research in psychology contains citations to almost 2.3 million articles,chapters in books dissertations, etc. from 1887 until the present. All fields of psychology are represented.SocINDEX with Full Text. 1908+. Articles from over 700 sociological journals, covering topics such as abortion, criminal justice, gender studies, marriage and family, religion and urban sociology.
Locating periodicals
Use the Locate E-Town Journals link on the library webpage or from within library databases to find out which journal titles are held by the High Library either within the library itself (in print, microfiche, or microfilm) or within library databases. . If the journal is held, check to see if the dates you need are available.
If the article you want is in the High Library and the periodical title is in microfilm or microfiche format, you can order copies of the articles online by using ILLiad Click on Request an Article and fill out the form. You will receive an email when the article is available on ILLiad for downloading.Articles that are not available either in the Library or in library databases, can be ordered on interlibrary loan, also through ILLiad.
Search the internet efficiently by using google advanced search and google directory search
Try other search engines, such as ask.com clusty.com search.yahoo.comTo find highly rated academic web sites on specific subjects, use:
- Infomine, Scholarly Internet Resource Collection: http://infomine.ucr.edu
- IPL2--Formed as a merger between the Internet Public Library and Librarians' Internet Index.
- WWW Virtual Library: http://www.vlib.org/
- University of Wisconsin Scout Report: http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/
- Intute: http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Evaluating sources
Evaluate Internet Resources University of Maryland provides a checklist of questions to ask about an Internet resource or any information resource.
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask UC Berkeley provides an evaluative framework in a graphically-pleasing chart.
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