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Fall 2001 SOCIAL PROBLEMS
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Using and Citing Information Sources
Using and Evaluating Information Sources
Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether a magazine's focus is
conservative, liberal or radical. One way to determine this is by using
Magazines
for Libraries by William and Linda Sternberg Katz (R 050.25 M189, located
behind the Reference Desk). The magazines listed below are a sample of
various points-of-view to get you started.
| Conservative | Liberal | Radical |
Resources for Research in Social Problems
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.
Articles and Databases
| 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. |
| JSTOR | An electronic archives of titles, often going back to the first issue of a journal's existence. JSTOR does not include current issues of journals. |
| 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 selection of books on the topics listed below. To locate specific title and call number information, use Illinet Online. Subject word suggestions are listed after each topic.
Resources for Applied Final
Topics
START YOUR INTERNET SEARCH HERE:
THEN TRY THESE: (Be sure to evaluate
each Web site before using the information in your project.)
| Population | Subject words: population, population forecasting, population statistics, human ecology |
| Hunger | Subject words: hunger, food supply, food relief |
| Development | Subject words: economic development, sustainable development, economic assistance |
| Ecology/Energy | Subject words: energy, human ecology |
| Terrorism | Subject words: terrorism |
| War/Peace | Subject words: war and civilization, social conflict, war and society, peace, arms race |
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Created 27 August 1999 and last updated 28 August 2001
Created by Elaine Fetyko Page, assisted by Laura Kelly
Report Problems to Elaine
Fetyko Page, Assistant Librarian