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SOCI 4501Research Methods
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GenderWatch (PQ)
Violence and Abuse Abstracts (Ebsco)
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online (GALE) (learn about important theorists)
JSTOR (multi-disciplinary)
Research Library (PQ)
Films On Demand - tutorials about research methods
Research Methods in the Social Sciences Series
Introduction to Sociology Sociological Theory and Research Methods
Exploring Qualitative Methods
Introduction to Designing Experiments
Suggested eBooksPsychology and Law of Criminal Justice processes 2006 (Levesque R)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods 2008 (Givens L)
Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology 2005 (Vogt P)
Suggested LibGuidesCriminal Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomcriminaljustice
Juvenile Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomjuvenile_justice
Political Science httpclaytonlibguidescompoliticalscience
Sociology httpclaytonlibguidescomsociologyhome
eBooks the Clayton State Library httpclaytonlibguidescomebooks
Review the three steps to keyword searching
1 Identify main concepts
2 Find alternative keywords or keyword phrases
3 Combine your keywords with
Boolean operators
AND OR NOT
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
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APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
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wwwclaytonedulibrary
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Library Services
Libraries Love to Share
GIL EXPRESS
Borrow books from other GA universities (USG)
Search University System of Georgia catalog Request online or check books out in person
Arrive in 2-4 days
28-day loan renewable
INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL)
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Arrive in less than a week by email
Borrow books from all types of libraries
Arrive in 2-3 weeks
Loan period varies
Databases - Across the Social Sciences and beyond to multi-disciplinary resources
Criminal Justice (PQ)
Political Science (PQ)
Sociological Collection (Ebsco)
GenderWatch (PQ)
Violence and Abuse Abstracts (Ebsco)
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online (GALE) (learn about important theorists)
JSTOR (multi-disciplinary)
Research Library (PQ)
Films On Demand - tutorials about research methods
Research Methods in the Social Sciences Series
Introduction to Sociology Sociological Theory and Research Methods
Exploring Qualitative Methods
Introduction to Designing Experiments
Suggested eBooksPsychology and Law of Criminal Justice processes 2006 (Levesque R)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods 2008 (Givens L)
Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology 2005 (Vogt P)
Suggested LibGuidesCriminal Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomcriminaljustice
Juvenile Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomjuvenile_justice
Political Science httpclaytonlibguidescompoliticalscience
Sociology httpclaytonlibguidescomsociologyhome
eBooks the Clayton State Library httpclaytonlibguidescomebooks
Review the three steps to keyword searching
1 Identify main concepts
2 Find alternative keywords or keyword phrases
3 Combine your keywords with
Boolean operators
AND OR NOT
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Searching for books
Library Services
Libraries Love to Share
GIL EXPRESS
Borrow books from other GA universities (USG)
Search University System of Georgia catalog Request online or check books out in person
Arrive in 2-4 days
28-day loan renewable
INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL)
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Arrive in less than a week by email
Borrow books from all types of libraries
Arrive in 2-3 weeks
Loan period varies
Databases - Across the Social Sciences and beyond to multi-disciplinary resources
Criminal Justice (PQ)
Political Science (PQ)
Sociological Collection (Ebsco)
GenderWatch (PQ)
Violence and Abuse Abstracts (Ebsco)
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online (GALE) (learn about important theorists)
JSTOR (multi-disciplinary)
Research Library (PQ)
Films On Demand - tutorials about research methods
Research Methods in the Social Sciences Series
Introduction to Sociology Sociological Theory and Research Methods
Exploring Qualitative Methods
Introduction to Designing Experiments
Suggested eBooksPsychology and Law of Criminal Justice processes 2006 (Levesque R)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods 2008 (Givens L)
Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology 2005 (Vogt P)
Suggested LibGuidesCriminal Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomcriminaljustice
Juvenile Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomjuvenile_justice
Political Science httpclaytonlibguidescompoliticalscience
Sociology httpclaytonlibguidescomsociologyhome
eBooks the Clayton State Library httpclaytonlibguidescomebooks
Review the three steps to keyword searching
1 Identify main concepts
2 Find alternative keywords or keyword phrases
3 Combine your keywords with
Boolean operators
AND OR NOT
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Library Services
Libraries Love to Share
GIL EXPRESS
Borrow books from other GA universities (USG)
Search University System of Georgia catalog Request online or check books out in person
Arrive in 2-4 days
28-day loan renewable
INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL)
Request electronic copy of an article
Arrive in less than a week by email
Borrow books from all types of libraries
Arrive in 2-3 weeks
Loan period varies
Databases - Across the Social Sciences and beyond to multi-disciplinary resources
Criminal Justice (PQ)
Political Science (PQ)
Sociological Collection (Ebsco)
GenderWatch (PQ)
Violence and Abuse Abstracts (Ebsco)
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online (GALE) (learn about important theorists)
JSTOR (multi-disciplinary)
Research Library (PQ)
Films On Demand - tutorials about research methods
Research Methods in the Social Sciences Series
Introduction to Sociology Sociological Theory and Research Methods
Exploring Qualitative Methods
Introduction to Designing Experiments
Suggested eBooksPsychology and Law of Criminal Justice processes 2006 (Levesque R)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods 2008 (Givens L)
Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology 2005 (Vogt P)
Suggested LibGuidesCriminal Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomcriminaljustice
Juvenile Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomjuvenile_justice
Political Science httpclaytonlibguidescompoliticalscience
Sociology httpclaytonlibguidescomsociologyhome
eBooks the Clayton State Library httpclaytonlibguidescomebooks
Review the three steps to keyword searching
1 Identify main concepts
2 Find alternative keywords or keyword phrases
3 Combine your keywords with
Boolean operators
AND OR NOT
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Libraries Love to Share
GIL EXPRESS
Borrow books from other GA universities (USG)
Search University System of Georgia catalog Request online or check books out in person
Arrive in 2-4 days
28-day loan renewable
INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL)
Request electronic copy of an article
Arrive in less than a week by email
Borrow books from all types of libraries
Arrive in 2-3 weeks
Loan period varies
Databases - Across the Social Sciences and beyond to multi-disciplinary resources
Criminal Justice (PQ)
Political Science (PQ)
Sociological Collection (Ebsco)
GenderWatch (PQ)
Violence and Abuse Abstracts (Ebsco)
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online (GALE) (learn about important theorists)
JSTOR (multi-disciplinary)
Research Library (PQ)
Films On Demand - tutorials about research methods
Research Methods in the Social Sciences Series
Introduction to Sociology Sociological Theory and Research Methods
Exploring Qualitative Methods
Introduction to Designing Experiments
Suggested eBooksPsychology and Law of Criminal Justice processes 2006 (Levesque R)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods 2008 (Givens L)
Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology 2005 (Vogt P)
Suggested LibGuidesCriminal Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomcriminaljustice
Juvenile Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomjuvenile_justice
Political Science httpclaytonlibguidescompoliticalscience
Sociology httpclaytonlibguidescomsociologyhome
eBooks the Clayton State Library httpclaytonlibguidescomebooks
Review the three steps to keyword searching
1 Identify main concepts
2 Find alternative keywords or keyword phrases
3 Combine your keywords with
Boolean operators
AND OR NOT
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Databases - Across the Social Sciences and beyond to multi-disciplinary resources
Criminal Justice (PQ)
Political Science (PQ)
Sociological Collection (Ebsco)
GenderWatch (PQ)
Violence and Abuse Abstracts (Ebsco)
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online (GALE) (learn about important theorists)
JSTOR (multi-disciplinary)
Research Library (PQ)
Films On Demand - tutorials about research methods
Research Methods in the Social Sciences Series
Introduction to Sociology Sociological Theory and Research Methods
Exploring Qualitative Methods
Introduction to Designing Experiments
Suggested eBooksPsychology and Law of Criminal Justice processes 2006 (Levesque R)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods 2008 (Givens L)
Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology 2005 (Vogt P)
Suggested LibGuidesCriminal Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomcriminaljustice
Juvenile Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomjuvenile_justice
Political Science httpclaytonlibguidescompoliticalscience
Sociology httpclaytonlibguidescomsociologyhome
eBooks the Clayton State Library httpclaytonlibguidescomebooks
Review the three steps to keyword searching
1 Identify main concepts
2 Find alternative keywords or keyword phrases
3 Combine your keywords with
Boolean operators
AND OR NOT
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Films On Demand - tutorials about research methods
Research Methods in the Social Sciences Series
Introduction to Sociology Sociological Theory and Research Methods
Exploring Qualitative Methods
Introduction to Designing Experiments
Suggested eBooksPsychology and Law of Criminal Justice processes 2006 (Levesque R)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods 2008 (Givens L)
Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology 2005 (Vogt P)
Suggested LibGuidesCriminal Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomcriminaljustice
Juvenile Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomjuvenile_justice
Political Science httpclaytonlibguidescompoliticalscience
Sociology httpclaytonlibguidescomsociologyhome
eBooks the Clayton State Library httpclaytonlibguidescomebooks
Review the three steps to keyword searching
1 Identify main concepts
2 Find alternative keywords or keyword phrases
3 Combine your keywords with
Boolean operators
AND OR NOT
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Suggested eBooksPsychology and Law of Criminal Justice processes 2006 (Levesque R)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods 2008 (Givens L)
Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology 2005 (Vogt P)
Suggested LibGuidesCriminal Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomcriminaljustice
Juvenile Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomjuvenile_justice
Political Science httpclaytonlibguidescompoliticalscience
Sociology httpclaytonlibguidescomsociologyhome
eBooks the Clayton State Library httpclaytonlibguidescomebooks
Review the three steps to keyword searching
1 Identify main concepts
2 Find alternative keywords or keyword phrases
3 Combine your keywords with
Boolean operators
AND OR NOT
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Suggested LibGuidesCriminal Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomcriminaljustice
Juvenile Justice httpclaytonlibguidescomjuvenile_justice
Political Science httpclaytonlibguidescompoliticalscience
Sociology httpclaytonlibguidescomsociologyhome
eBooks the Clayton State Library httpclaytonlibguidescomebooks
Review the three steps to keyword searching
1 Identify main concepts
2 Find alternative keywords or keyword phrases
3 Combine your keywords with
Boolean operators
AND OR NOT
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Review the three steps to keyword searching
1 Identify main concepts
2 Find alternative keywords or keyword phrases
3 Combine your keywords with
Boolean operators
AND OR NOT
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Suggested keyword terms phrases subjects people source typesldquoSurvey Research Designrdquo ldquoexperimental design research methodsrdquo
ldquopolitical sciencerdquo AND research
Sampling (Statistics)
ldquoqualitative researchrdquo
ldquotheory AND ldquocriminal justicerdquo
ldquosocial sciences researchrdquo AND criminology AND studies (subjects)
SOURCE type dissertations amp theses
Social cubism
Political --Theodor Adorno Karl Marx Alan Mittleman Hannah Arendt
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Choose Databases
You can select multiple databases to search simultaneously for resources offered by a particular vendor
For example here the vendor is EBSCOhost and I have selectedbull Academic Search Complete (multi-disciplinary)bull eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) bull Sociological Collection (subject specific)
Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
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Search strategy example -ldquomusic therapyrdquo AND teenagers OR ldquoyoung adultsrdquo AND ldquoquantitative research methodsrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
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APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
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Library help is available
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryLimit by ldquoCollectionsrdquo - ldquoSocial Sciencesrdquo
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Basic Search- ldquoQualitative MethodsrdquoFurther limited to subject ldquoResearch Designrdquo
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -bookmark your search create a message and email it to yourself
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available
Citing Sources Why Cite
To help your readers locate the sources you used in order to verify the information or to conduct further research
To demonstrate that you have thoroughly explored your subject and that your conclusions are based on prior research
To give credit to the authors whose words and ideas you used (AVOID PLAGIARISM)
Suggested resources for APA style tips
APA Style Central - The Basics Quick Answers References Quick Answers Formatting
APA Style (OWL at Purdue)
NCSU Libraries Citation Builder APA 6
Do you have questions
Library help is available