SOWK 4613 Human Diversity & Social Work
Information Services
Librarian/Instructor
Office:
Northeastern
E235 Library (
3100 E.
Telephone (918) 449-6453
FAX (918) 449-6454
Email: louderba@nsuok.edu
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NSU John Vaughan Library
Web Page: http://library.nsuok.edu/index.html
Suggested Key-Word/ Subject Search
Terms
One of the first steps in
creating a research plan is to select “key words” which best describe the topic
you plan to research. If you are unfamiliar with the terminology you may wish
to refer to sources such as textbooks, dictionaries, and other reference
resources in the field of study. Contact your instructor if you are unsure if a
particular topic is appropriate. It is usually wise to make sure if you are on
target with your topic before you begin to spend much time researching a
project.
1.) Key terms to use individually and in combination with
each other:
Diversity
Ethnic groups
Homosexuality,
Heterosexuality
Minorities and “United
States”
Multicultural
education
Multiculturalism
Pluralism and “social
sciences”
Racism
Sexism
2.) Combine key words with
Boolean operators (and, or, not).
3.) Phrase terms ie: human diversity can be searched
by placing the phrase in quotation marks “human diversity”
Evaluating resources: Critical Analysis of Information Resources (Olin
& Uris Libraries)
Helpful
sites on Annotated Bibliographies:
Books
Print format books are available by searching the: NSU Libraries Catalog
Books available at the Broken Arrow Campus
Gerontological practice for the twenty-first century: HV1451 .R53 2006
a social work perspective
Affirmative practice:
understanding and working with HV1449 .H865 2003
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons
The social work student's research
handbook REF
HV11 .S77 2004
The social work dictionary REF HV12 .B37 1999
Social work almanac REF
HV90 .G53 1995
**Searches may be limited to just the
NetLibrary provides 24/7 access
to over 40,000 academic books for NSU students. PLEASE NOTE: You must initially access this database ON CAMPUS to
set up a username and password with NetLibrary via NSU’s account. Once
you have set up your account, you may access this site from any computer with
Internet access.
Example of titles available from NetLibrary:
Diversity in Human Interactions: The Tapestry of
Counseling Multicultural and Diverse
Populations: Strategies for Practitioners
E-brary – provideS 24/7 access to
almost 30,000 books for NSU students. It requires a special reader to be loaded
onto your computer if accessing it off-campus.
Example of titles available from E-brary:
Handbook
of Community-based Clinical Practice
Articles from journals may be accessed through our
various online database available through this link:
Articles page:http://library.nsuok.edu/Resources/Indexes/index.html#social
EbscoHost Academic Search Premier - This is a general database,
which means it contains article citations and full
text articles covering many academic subjects. It is one of the twenty-five
databases produced by EbscoHost for which NSU has a
subscription. It is probably our most widely used database and is sometimes
referred to simply as "Ebsco."
PsycARTICLES- a definitive source of searchable
full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The
database contains more than 40,000 articles from 53 journals - 45 published by
the American Psychological Association (APA) and 8 from allied organizations.
It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each
journal. Coverage spans 1985 to present.
PsycINFO - PsycINFO, from the American Psychological
Association (APA), contains more than 2 million citations and summaries of
scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in
psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent
of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to
present, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals
in more than 25 languages. Contains a thesaurus.
Wilson Omnifile
Social Sciences Full text - WilsonWeb, the HW Wilson
Information Retrieval System for the Internet, is a comprehensive search tool
that simplifies access to information stored in databases. You can enter
searches as single terms, phrases, or complex Boolean search strings, then
display the retrieved records, and print, save, or email the results. You can
browse lists of terms and use the Thesaurus to search for concepts. In
addition, you can customize the display of results and refine your search by
combining or extending searches
Additional EbscoHost
Sources for Full-Text Articles:
Health Source
Publications
MasterFILE Premier
Medline
Professional Development Collections
Bibliography and References Citation
Format Guides:
Publication Manual (APA) Call # BF 76.7 .P83 2001
(Ready Reference)
Internet Sites:
National Association
of Social Workers – Research Page This
Research Page is intended to
help inform policy, practice, and education by providing information on social
work research. This site highlight
findings from research being carried out by social workers, providing new
information to practitioners, and to address multiple ways that practitioners
can and should influence the research enterprise.
Institute for the Advancement for Social Work Research A freestanding, not-for-profit organization, IASWR serves the research needs of the entire social work profession through information provided on this website.
Information Resources for Area, Ethnic, & Gender Studies, (UCSB Davidson Library) Provides a list of resources including journals, websites and organizations on specific topics. For access to other electronic indexes and databases
that
Send comments to:
louderba@nsuok.edu
Pamela Louderback,
BA, MLIS, Ed.D.
Last updated 05/19/08