Sociology 315: Spring 2003

Complex Organizations

Finding Information Using Library Resources

NOTE:

Links to library resources listed below may 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. account login and password, please see Computer Services, Room 107 CSTC. Here is more information on accessing databases from off-campus.

Articles, Databases, and Electronic Journals and Newspapers

Some of the databases below contain both popular and research information. Be sure to evaluate the sources in these databases before using them.

ABI/Inform	U.S. and international articles on business and management topics, including some full text.
Business Source Elite	A database that contains both scholarly and popular journal sources in business and management topics, many in full text.
JSTOR	An electronic archives of titles, often going back to the first issue of a journal's existence. JSTOR does not generally include current issues of journals. Journal issues available are all full text.
Periodical Abstracts	A general database that contains both scholarly and popular journal sources, many in full text. Includes some full text articles.
ProQuest Psychology Journals	Nearly 300 academic journals in psychology and related 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.
WilsonSelectPlus	A general database that contains a variety of journal sources, all in full text.

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.

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Circulating and Reference Books

Illinet Online can also be used to find books on your topic. Examples of Subject searches:

Organization
Organizational behavior
Organizational sociology
Social sciences -- Research
Social structure
Structuralism

Some reference books that may be useful include:

Encyclopedia of Sociology, R 301.03 E56 2000
Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology, R 658.30019 H236
Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology, R 158.7 H236 1998

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Sociology Information on the Internet

Professional Organizations

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Reference Sources

Annual Reviews: Sociology ~ while this page will allow you to search for articles printed in the Annual Review of Sociology, it will not allow you to view them. However, the library does have this source available in print (the call number is 301.05 A615) as well as electronically via WilsonSelectPlus, Academic Search Elite, and JSTOR. Check the listing of full-text electronic journals to determine the years covered.
Herb Abelson's Survey Research Web Site
Research Resources for the Social Sciences
A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods
SocioSite
SocioWeb
Sociological Research Related Links

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Research and Style Resources

Research Skills

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Citing Information

Writing and Citing: Sociology ~ sites showing the use of American Sociological Review format

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Web Pages for Courses: Sociology

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Created 12 February 2001 by Elaine Fetyko Page
Last updated 3 February, 2003 by Ayanna Gaines, Assistant Reference Librarian
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