1.SC2101 Library Tutorial

• Literature Search in Sociology

by

Hayati Abdul

[email_address]

NUS Libraries

2. Objectives

To show you how to :

• Conduct a search for scholarly materials via Sociology databases

• • Scopus

• • Sociological Abstracts

• Access full-texts using proxy bookmarklet

• Use search plugins

• Search catalogue LINC effectively

3. Outline

Literature Review

Search Strategy

Sources for Research

Databases

Proxy Bookmarklet, Search Plugins

InfoGate

LINC

Help

4. Literature Review

What?

• It is an account of journal articles, books and other sources published on a topic byscholars.

• Provides description, summary and critical evaluation of each work.

Why?

• Purpose is to convey to your reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic.

How?

Critical Appraisal Information Seeking Literature Search 5. Literature SearchNeed information on a topic ? Search for materials.Evaluate search results.Revise search if necessary& replicate in other sources . Happywith information? If NO, go back to list of terms or refocus search. Construct search statement. Think of concepts/alternative terms. Combine concepts/terms withBoolean operators. END If YES,write literature review. Ci te materials. 6. American Sociological AssociationCitation Style

Guides

• American Sociological Association. ASA style guide

• Quick style guide for students writing Sociology papers

• A guide to writing Sociology papers

Show research done Help readers verify your claims Backup your arguments Acknowledge intellectual debt Why Cite? 7. Search Strategy 8. Some Fundamental Tools

List keywords & synonyms to describe your topic

• Topic:Finding love online

• • Love - romance, dating

• • Online - cyberspace, internet

Combine keywords with Boolean operators

Use truncation/wild card

Group words to be searched together

How to search the above terms? 9. Boolean operators

AND=bothterms must be present ( narrow/refine )

OR =either ofthe terms may be present ( broaden/expand )

NOT=excludes asearch term

romantic love AND marriage online OR internet A ND OR 10. Truncation

For variation in spelling

• gambl *=gambl ed , gambl ing ,gambl e

• parent * = parent hood , parent ing ,parent s

Note: Different databases use different wildcard symbolse.g.$, ?, !

Check database guides, help menu...

11. Parentheses ( )

Control order of operations

Terms within( ) will be processed first:

• ( low incomeorsingle parent ) andfamilies

• • =low income families

• • single parent families

• ( teen *or adolescent )and pregnancy

• = teen pregnancy

• teenage pregnancy

• adolescent pregnancy

12. Sources for Research 13. Sources Information Sources Journals Statisticaldata Books Theses Newspapers Overviews,detailedlook Latestresearch findings In-depthtreatmentof topics Reactions, recent events Quantitative information 14. Academic/Scholarly Journals? Intended audience Researchers, academics, undergrads & grads Author(s) Academics & researchers in the field Article selection Peer reviewed by panel of scholarsType of research Mostly original researchPurpose Inform or make original research available to the scholarly worldReferences Contain bibliographies, footnotes, works cited Appearance Serious with graphs/charts to illustrate conceptsWriting style Full of terminology; formal writing style 15. Evaluating Sources Accurate? Current? Objective? Authoritative? Appropriate? Authorscredentials? Informationobjective or biased? Well supportedby refs? Updated? Is info what you need? 16. Understand References 17. Interpret references

Journal article

Kosut, Mary. 2006. "Mad Artists and Tattooed Perverts: Deviant Discourse and the Social Construction of Cultural Categories."Deviant Behavior27(1):73-95.Article title Author Journal title Year Vol. (issue no.) Pages 18. LINC Journal SearchSearch journal by title Click to access E-journal Limit to Journals Collection Click for current issues Click for location of current issues Click for location of bound volumes Click for other bound volumes Search specific volume or year 19. Interpret references

Book chapter

Farrer, Peter. 1996. "In Female Attire: Male Experiences of Cross-Dressing - Some Historical Fragments." Pp. 9-26 inBlending Genders , edited by Richard Ekins and Dave King. London: Routledge.Author of Book chapter Publicationyear Title of book chapter Pages Source title Place of publication Source editor Publisher 20. Sociology Databases 21. Access Databasesfrom Library Portal 22. Scopus

Multidisciplinary database, 1966-

Provides indexes, abstracts and links to full-text

Includes open access journals, conference proceedings, web sources, author homepages, university sites, articles-in-press, preprint servers

International coverage of journals.

23. Lets search blog* and selfMy Blog is me: blogging and presentation of the self blog(s) blogging, blogger(s) self identity, self-disclosure,writing of self, 24. Lets search 25. Lets search! The significance of romantic love for marriage (romantic love or romance) and marriage and young adults romantic love, romance marriage 26. Notes on Scopus

Basic Search

• Build search in boxes with Boolean operators,OR, AND, NOTand multi-character wildcard

• Search defaults-Article title, Abstract, Keywords

• NoteLimit, Refine & Search Historyfeatures

• Select to search Sociological Abstracts.

Advanced Search

• Command line search not really recommended.

27. About Sociological Abstracts

Provides indexes & abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, conference papers & dissertations.

Coverage, 1979-

• Culture, social structure, social differentiation, social psychology, sociology of the arts, business, education, violence and power

Some overlap in literature coverage between Scopus & Sociological Abstracts.

28. Lets search Finding love online love, romance internet online cyberspace (love or romance) and(internet or online) 29. Lets search 30. Lets search learning to labour and(willis paul or paul willis) Learning to labour by Paul Willislearning to labour willis paulor paul willis 31. Lets search 32.

Quick Search

• Searches single words or phrases

• Quick search = anywhere search

• Enter Boolean operators in single search box

Advanced Search

• Search boxes allows for more complex searches

• Combine terms using Boolean operators from drop-down menu

• Select specific fields to search terms

• Check for more relevant headings

Search tips forSociological Abstracts 33. What about Google Scholar?

Attempts to provide a single search engine for scholarly literature.

• Note: Not all results come from scholarly sources.

Good for quick research.

May offer a number of versions of the same article depending on where it was found.

Search results may include links to full-text articles freely available on the Internet.

Many links take you to publishers' websites where access requires a subscriber login.

• Use thePROXY BOOKMARKLETto access full-texts .

Note: It works only for source

titles subscribed by NUS Libraries

34. Proxy Bookmarklet Use Library Proxy Bookmarkto access Full-text 35. What is a Proxy Bookmarklet?

Inserts theNUS library proxystem ( libproxy1.nus.edu.sg ) into the URL of the article.

Vendor User NUS Library Proxy server I want article X I want article X Okay you are recognized, here is article X. Here is article X 36. How to install the Proxy Bookmarklet in my browser?

Click on the link below and follow the instructions:

• http://bit.ly/nuslibproxy

37. Search Plugins For Internet Explorer 7 &Firefox 2.0+ (beta) 38. What are Search Plugins?

Allows you to do a direct search from your internet browser search box

Saves time from having to visit a page & then inputting your search query

How to install these plugins?

• http://bit.ly/searchplugin

39. LINC L ibrary IN tegratedC atalogue 40. L ibrary IN tegrated C atalogue

Use it to check:

• Books

• Journals

• Microforms

• Multimedia

• Newspapers

• Theses

Use it to view:

• Table of Contents

• E-Journals

• E-Books

• Digitized videos

41. Catalogue: LINC+ sorting relevance ranking tags recently added summary format refining 42.

Finding Articles Made Easy!

Federated search engine

Search across multiple databases at once.

Allows you to search by keyword, title, author or subject

Allows you to choose databases

43. InfoGate 44. Getting Help 45. L ibrary I nstruction ON line 46. Subject Guides

Good starting point for research in Sociology

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Advisory Service at Information Desk, Central Library, Level 5.

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