SOCIOLOGY 214/314
January 2002
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Information Sources |
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Potential Agencies |
Using and Evaluating Information Sources
NOTE:
Links to some of the library resources listed
below will not work when this page is accessed from off-campus. To use
these resources, please go to the Library
Web Page, where you can connect to Articles and Databases, Reference
Sources, and Electronic Journals and Newspapers after providing your Elmhurst
College email login and password. If you do not know your E.C. login and
password, please see Computer Services, Room 107 CSTC.
| Academic Search Elite | A general database that contains both scholarly and popular journal sources, many in full text. Be sure to evaluate the sources in these databases before using them. |
| Health and Wellness Information | Provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. Selected full text. |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic | Selected full text includes nearly 480 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. |
| Periodical Abstracts | A general database that contains both scholarly and popular journal sources, many in full text. Be sure to evaluate the sources in these databases before using them. |
| ProQuest Psychology Journals | Nearly 300 academic journals in psychology and related social science fields, all in full text. |
| Sociological Abstracts (1962-present) | A print reference source containing citations from sociology journals. It is shelved alphabetically in the Bound Periodicals section of the library. |
Use Illinet Online to determine if the library owns the journal in print or microfilm, and check Journals and Magazines Available Online for electronic access to journals. If the article you seek is unavailable from these sources, please request it through our online Interlibrary Loan article request form.
The library owns a variety of books on the topics
listed below. To locate specific title and call number information, use
Illinet
Online, the library's online catalog. Subject word suggestions are
listed after each topic. Also listed for each topic are several Web sites
you may want to use in your research. Be sure to evaluate
each Web site before using the information in your debate. These are certainly
not the only Web sites on these topics; they are just places to begin.
INTERNET GUIDES:
Librarians Index to the Internet - Health and Medicine - This site includes descriptions and evaluations of Web pages and directories. See especially the sections on aged care, death, euthanasia, hospices, insurance (including HMO's and PPO's), long-term care, Medicaid/Medicare, and patient advocacy, as well as other health topics. Try browsing the subjects as well as using the search box to find information.
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections - Biological, Agricultural and Medical Sciences - This site has a subject browsing area as well as a search box to find information on medical topics.
The Annual Editions - Aging 02/03 textbook has a companion Web site with links to other Web pages that address various aspects of aging.
SEARCH ENGINES TO TRY:
www.altavista.com
www.google.com
www.northernlight.com
SUBJECT WEB SITES:
| Social Security | Subject words: social security, retirement, aged care |
| Home Care | Subject words: home care services, quality of life, terminal care, caregivers |
| Rationing Healthcare | Subject words: health care rationing, health services for the aged, aged medical care, health behavior in old age, medical care |
| Euthanasia/Right to Die | Subject words: euthanasia, assisted suicide, right to die |