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| Newspapers | Databases | Books | Librarians |
The
three four five things I want you to
remember from my visit to your class
- I am here to help you locate materials and help you focus your paper so that is interesting to you and do-able. There are many other librarians here, too.
- Not everything is on the Internet; you will find things using library databases that are not on the web.
- Controlled vocabulary is a great tool. Google has many wonderful features, but controlled vocabulary is not one of them. "Controlled Vocabulary" would be "Subject Headings" in the library catalog or "Descriptors" in Sociological Abstracts.
- The e-journal finder works if you have a citation OR within many of the databases we have access to (such as Sociological Abstracts). It will help you locate the full-text of an article, if we have it in our library system.
- Advanced Google Search is great for "Search within a site"; remember to search for phrases using quotes.
Here are some great resources that you probably won't find on the Internet
For full-text of U.S. national and state, news services, radio and TV transcripts use the following databases (or check the ejournal finder):
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (includes transcripts)
- Newsbank
- Ethnic Newswatch ( Provides indexing and full-text of more than 300 publications from the African-American, Hispanic, ethnic and native press.)
Sociological Abstracts (1952+). Indexing and abstracting of the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. Covers 2,500 journals, conference papers, dissertations, and book reviews. Includes materials in 30 languages.
SocINDEX with Full Text (1895+). Coverage of sociology journals, books, and conference proceedings, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.
Proquest Research Library.
Multidisciplinary "aggregator" (not comprehensive
like the Sociological databases) , includes
non-scholarly.
Ebsco Academic Search Premier.
Multidisciplinary "aggregator" (not comprehensive),
includes non-scholarly.
Princeton University Library Catalog
Look for books in the catalog using these possible subject
headings
or keyword search on your topic. You can then switch to "long view" and find other books with that Subject Heading
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And because there are books that aren't in our library...
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Librarians
Elana Broch (ebroch@princeton.edu;
I work M, T, Th from 8:30 to 3:00.)
Nancy Pressman-Levy (pressman@princeton.edu)
Joann Donatiello (jdonatie@princeton.edu)
Social Science Research Center (A floor of
Firestone) has many librarians, including
Susan White (sbwhite@princeton.edu) the Sociology Librarian
David Hollander (dholland@princeton.edu) the Law Librarian
John Hernadez (jjhernan@princeton.edu) the Politics Librarian
