SW 5005--Human Behavior and Social Environment
Instructor:
Elizabeth Breshears
Social
Services Abstracts
- Citations and abstracts of research articles on
social work, human services, social welfare, social
policy, and community development from
1977 - present.
- Stockton Library Access Center's homepage.
http://library.csustan.edu/stockton/
- Under Find Articles, click Social Work.
- Click on Social Services Abstracts.
Searching Social Services
Abstracts:
- Use core
terms or phrases to represent the concepts of your search. If you are unsure
of the correct terminology to represent the concepts in your search, use the
online thesaurus under Search Tools.
- Place each unique concept in a separate
row.
- Use and to connect concepts (for
example, foster care and parent satisfaction). Both concepts will be present in your results.
- Place synonyms that represent a concept in the
same row but different columns.
- Use the word or to connect synonyms (for example,
domestic violence or family violence).
- Browse through the results and look at the descriptors to
get ideas for other search terms.
- Click on Journal Articles Only
for abstracts from scholarly publications
Finding Articles:
- Click
to determine if the full text of the article if
it is available in a database. A link will be provided to the
article if it is available online.
- If the full text of the article if
it is available in the University
Library's print
collection in Turlock, a link will be provided to the library's catalog.
- To request a copy of an article available in print, click
on Materials
from Main Library (in Turlock) from the Stockton Library Center's homepage.
Use the article request form.
- You may obtain articles from journals that are not
subscribed by the University Library by clicking on
Materials not
owned in Turlock or Stockton from the Stockton Library Center's
homepage. Use the article request form.
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Remote Access:
- When you click on the name of the database from off-campus, enter
your CSUStan
e-mail ID before the @ sign and your password.
Sociological
Abstracts
- Citations and abstracts for research published in
sociology journals and dissertations from 1963 - present.
- Stockton Library Access Center's homepage.
http://library.csustan.edu/stockton/
- Under Find Articles, click Social Work.
- Click on
Sociological
Abstracts.
- Use the same steps to search as described
above.
Social Sciences Full Text
- Many
full text articles from social science journals from 1984-present.
- Under Find Articles, click Social Work.
Click on
Social Sciences Full Text.
- Use
the online thesaurus to check for subject headings representing the
concepts of your search.
- Limit options include Full Text Articles and Peer Reviewed journals.
- When
browsing the results, check the Subjects for other search
terms.
- Use
the same steps to search as described above.
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PsycINFO
- Citations and abstracts of research
published in psychology journals (1887 - present) and select books (1987 -
present).
- Stockton Library Access Center's homepage.
http://library.csustan.edu/stockton/
- Under Find Articles, click Social Work.
- Click
on PsycINFO.
- You
may limit your search by Publication Type (All Journals, Journal,
Peer-Reviewed Journal), Intended Audience, Document Type,
and Methodology (Empirical Study).
- Use
the same steps to search as described above.
- Browse
through the results and look at the subjects and keywords to get ideas for
other search terms.
- Some
articles may be retrieved from PsycINFO by clicking on PDF
Full Text.
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Some Books on Theses/Dissertations Available in the CSU Stanislaus
Stockton Library Center
- Mauch, J. E. (1998). Guide to the successful thesis and
dissertation: A handbook for students and faculty. Stockton Ref LB2369
.M377 1998
- Meloy, J. M. (2002). Writing the qualitative dissertation:
Understanding by doing. Stockton Ref LB2369 .M38 2002
- Slade, C. (2003). Form and style: Research papers, reports, theses.
Stockton Ref LB2369 .C3 2003
- Teitelbaum, H. (1998). How to write a thesis. Stockton Ref
LB2369 .T36 1998
How to Cite Information
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Thesis/Project
Resources
- Information about thesis requirements at CSU Stanislaus.
Library
Services for CSUS Graduate Students
- Information on reference assistance, loan periods, etc.
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Revised by Warren Jacobs, Reference/Instruction Librarian, 9/09
wjacobs@csustan.edu
