SOWK
4613 Human Diversity & Social Work
Assistant Professor
Information Services Librarian
Office:
Northeastern
E235 Library (
3100 E.
Telephone (918) 449-6453
FAX (918) 449-6454
Email: louderba@nsuok.edu
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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:
How
to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography (Olin & Uris Libraries)
Interlibrary Loan Interlibrary Loan is available
for books and journal articles not available at NSU. Use the ILLiad system to order materials from other libraries. Allow several
weeks for materials to arrive.
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
E-Books
NetLibrary provides 24/7 access to over 42,000
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
Articles from journals may be accessed
through our various online database available through this link:
Articles page:
http://library.nsuok.edu/indexes/#social
Research Databases
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) – 6th ed. Call # BF 76.7 .P83 2010
(Ready Reference)
APA
style guide to electronic references
Call # BF 76.7 .P832 2007
(Ready Reference)
APA Style Manual Guides
(maintained by Sarah Burkhead)
Citing
Sources: It is important to cite materials correctly to
avoid plagiarism. Indiana
University
Internet Sites:
National Association
of Social Workers – Research Page (Social Worek
Policy Institute) 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.
Information Resources for Area, Ethnic, & Gender Studies, (UCSB Davidson Library) Provides a list of resources including journals, websites and organizations on specific topics.
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and databases that
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