When you have chosen your research statement or question(s), take some time to break the statement down into key concepts, and then into key terms or phrases. You will use these terms in the various databases to find sources on your topic.
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
H41 .I58 2001 v. 1-26 REF
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women
HQ 1115 .R69 2000 v. 1-4 REF
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History E 185 E54 2006 v. 1- 6 REF
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States E 184 S75 O97 2005 v. 1-4
Online Resources
CQ Researcher - An encyclopedia addressing public policy issues.
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology - Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology comprises about 1800 commissioned entries on all aspects of the discipline of sociology
HOW TO FIND BOOKS AND OTHER SOURCES
Catalog – This is what you use to find out if the Library owns a particular book, journal, video or other type of media. You can search by keyword, author (last name first), title, or subject heading. Remember to use your subject headings to find more relevant resources on a topic.
FIND E-JOURNALS
This is what you use to find out if the library owns a journal title (NOT AN ARTICLE!) in electronic format.
These are electronic indexes that you can search to locate journal
articles, books, and book chapters. To access any of the databases
from off campus, you will be prompted for a user name and password.
Your user name is your ten digit ID # (make sure that you
use all ten digits) and your password is your last name in lower-case
letters. For additional assistance with this, please go
to the instructions
for remote access to databases.
Images:
AP Images -
AP Images is one of the world?s largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery.
Newspapers:
National Newspapers -
Coverage of 27 major newspapers, including The New York Times and Washington Post, plus other important US, international and minority interest papers.
New York State Newspapers - Full text access to 9 newspapers from New York State, including the Buffalo News, New York Times, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, the Syracuse Post Standard and the Utica Observer-Dispatch.
Lexis-Nexis Academic - Full text files focusing on legal (federal, state, national) news (newspapers, newswires, transcripts), business and industry information. Access Note: SU only.
General:
JSTOR -
Full-text archive of scholarly publications in mathematics, science, and the social sciences.
Proquest Research Library - Reference database containing abstracts, indexing, and full text articles from popular magazines, business periodicals, and academic publications, plus current coverage of articles from The New York times and The Wall Street journal.
Subject specific:
Ethnic NewsWatch - Full-text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic and minority press in America.
GenderWatch - Full-text publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
Sociological
Abstracts - Peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and dissertations
covering sociology, social work, and other social sciences from over
3000 sources. Covers 1963 to the present; updated six times per year.
Social Sciences Full Text -
Index with abstracts in sociology, social work, aging, gerontology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy and other social sciences.
For further help with these data sources contact:
Paul Bern
Numeric Data Services Librarian
555 Bird Library
443-1352
phbern@syr.edu |
John Olson
Maps/GIS Librarian
358 Bird Library
443-4818
jaolson@syr.edu |
For Your Information
Library Cafe - The Library's new Cafe is located on the first floor level of Bird Library.
Service Desk Area - On the first floor of Bird library, there is a service desk area made up of about five stations. These stations are staffed with SU Library personnel where you can go to; charge out or return library books, charge out and return reserve, Interlibrary loan, or off-site storage materials. At these service desks, you can also inquire about your status if you are blocked for any reason, and of course, you can go to these service desks if you have a research question.
Self-Checkout Station - You may charge out books yourself at the self-charging station located on the 1st floor of Bird Library opposite from the service desk stations. If you like an orientation in using the station or if you have problems, please don't hesitate to enquire at any of the service desks on the 1st floor.
Workstations - There are workstations throughout Bird Library where SU students can access not only the Library's website and the internet, but they will also have access to other software such as Microsoft office, Excel, etc. Students may access these terminals through their Net ID's and passwords. Any printing done through these Net ID workstations are free provided the students are within their 500 page limit of printing established by the University Information Technology Services.
Borrowing Laptops - Laptops available for loan at the Bird Library and Science & Technology Library Service Desk areas. Our laptop models are Dell Latitude C510, and Dell Latitude D505, equipped with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and Microsoft Office Suite 2000. The C510 offers 14.1" XGA displays and Intel Mobile Celeron processors running at 1.06 GHz. They are equipped with modular bays for Zip drives and other peripherals. Laptops are checked out on a first come, first served basis and are due three hours after check out or one hour before the library closes, whichever occurs first.
To make Copies - Go to the 1st Floor near the Circulation/Reference desk, or the Business Office, lower level of Bird Library where you can purchase a VendaCard. You will need one of these to print out or photocopy materials in the library. There are copiers usable with a vendacard, on floors 1-4 of Bird Library. There are two copiers on the first floor that are coin-operated, but the copies are .15 with coins, rather than .10 with the card. You cannot take periodicals outside of the Library to copy.
Reserves –1st floor at Bird Library Service desk; be sure to have your call number first before asking for Reserves material at the Library service desks.
Current Periodicals - 2nd floor - Journals, magazines and newspapers from the last 6-12 months are shelved here in alphabetical order.
