SOCIOLOGY 307: Fall 2002 

MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
Dr. Brenda Forster

NOTE: The course syllabus and other related documents are available through Blackboard.

Using and Citing Information Sources

Using and Evaluating Information Sources

Citing Information

Where to Go for Help

 

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Popular News Sources

Current issues of the magazines listed below are also available for browsing at the library. All library journals and magazines are arranged alphabetically by title.

Internet Versions of Some Popular News Magazines

Please keep in mind that online versions of magazines may not contain all of the articles in a particular issues, or allow you full access to the entirity of an article. To get the full text of the article, check our list of journals and newspapers available online; then search for your article in the appropriate database.

Several of the library databases also contain popular press articles. Try Academic Search Elite and Periodical Abstracts in the A.C. Buehler Library Resources section below.

Click here for a collection of local newspapers available on the Internet, including the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. These sites generally contain only the latest news.

The library subscribes to several databases that contain newspaper articles. Click here to see our subscriptions to the Chicago Tribune, NewsIllinois, and Newspaper Source.

 

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Resources for Research

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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 marriage and related topics. To locate specific title and call number information, use Illinet Online. Subject word suggestions include:

 

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Web Pages for Courses: Sociology
Elmhurst College Library

Last revised 25 September, 2002 by Ayanna Gaines, Assistant Reference Librarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College