FE137/SO100 Thinking Sociologically (Guiffre)

Library Research Guide

Library instruction provided for Professor Kathy Giuffre’s Block 1, 2009 class by Diane Westerfield and Krystyna Mrozek.

Evaluating your Sources

Many of the Tutt Library databases index only scholarly, peer reviewed journal articles but some include articles from popular magazines as well. Some of the databases provide a means of limiting your search to scholarly, peer reviewed journals, others don’t. Please review the Vodka Ad Test criteria for determining if an article is from a scholarly journal.

Vodka Ad Test from Colorado College Tutt Library

I found it on the Web

Scholarly Journals, Professional / Trade Publications, Popular Magazines: What and Why

Is This a Scholarly Source?

Hands-free cell phones dangerously distract drivers’ attention.

One of Three Teens and Six Preteens Victims of Cyber Bullying.

Adolescent stalking: offence characteristics and effectiveness of intervention orders.

Email my heart: remediation and romantic break-ups.

Email my heart: remediation and romantic break-ups—full text

Online Communication and Adolescent Relationships.

Finding Books

• Search the Tiger Catalog for books available in Tutt Library.

Search TIGER for Keyword Title Author Subject Journal Title Go

Try searching “college* or universit*” and “alcohol*”.

• Search Prospector for books available from academic and public libraries in Colorado. Materials can come in as few as 3 days.

• Search Google Books to identify books by words in the text.

Finding Journal Articles

Google Scholar

SocINDEX

Coverage: 1895 - current

Indexes core sociology journals dating back to 1895. More focused on sociology as a discipline than Sociological Abstracts.

JSTOR

Coverage: late 1800's - most recent 0-5 years

Archival access to many scholarly periodicals. Some titles include current issues while others have a moving wall imposed on them.

Finding Full Text Versions of Articles

When searching article indexing databases, sometimes the full text of the article you need is not provided to you by the database. Or you have identified a citation in a bibliography or footnote and need to find the full text. There are two ways of finding the full text of any article that you need.

1. Check Find Journals to see if Tutt Library subscribes to an electronic version of your journal or magazine or if we own databases which may have your article in full text. Find Journals a.k.a Tutt Link is available next to the citations in most of our databases.

1. Request an ILLiad/Interlibrary Loan of your article directly from your database (use button or hotlink) or log into ILLiad and fill out an Interlibrary Loan Request Form. (Articles can come in as few as 24-48 hours.) You must be registered with ILLiad for either method to work – see First Time User Registration for Interlibrary Loan.

Citing Your Sources

How to Cite Sources?

American Sociological Association Style Guide

Style guide / American Sociological Association
HM569 .A54 2007 (1st Floor North-Ref Desk, 1st Floor North-Reference)

Managing Your Bibliography

RefWorks training every Wed. 1 p.m. @Tutt Library.

Creating a Survey

Colorado College has a license for the survey creation software Survey Monkey. Passwords are available at the Tutt Library Reference Desk.

Additional Assistance

Contact Reference Desk, 9 a.m. – 10 p.m., x6662, IM=tuttlibrarian

Contact Krystyna Mrozek, Interdisciplinary Programs Librarian, x6669, Tutt Library 201, kmrozek@coloradocollege.edu, IM=tuttkrystyna

Last revised, 9-7-09, km.