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Professional StudiesSOWK 2013
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| General Information for Students | Resources - Books, catalogs and databases |
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Search for and find three journal articles relevant to social work practice. Summarize each article in two pages. You will also be required to conduct a brief presentation (10 minutes) of your article during class time.
Search the NSU Libraries' Online Catalog
Examples of subject headings used in the catalog: social service, social work administration, social policy, public welfare, school social work, social case work, social work education, social work research, etc.
You can search the online catalog to find anything from books to periodicals, newspapers, reference works, and microfilm. Also, using the catalog gives you access to Ebrary and Net Library, NSU's resources for e-books.
Some examples of useful books that may be of use to you for this assignment can be found here.
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 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.
Westlaw Campus - This is a legal database containing federal and state legal cases, United States Code, Oklahoma Statutes and other legal materials.
NSU List of Business Databases: Business databases at NSU, classed by subject.
United States Department of Justice: Searching the DOJ for the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) will lead you to a list of governmental departments that publish their information online. The FOIA requires that all governmental agencies release their information when queried by the public. The information in their reports include mission statements, goals, and organizational charts.
United States Government Manual: As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. A search of this website will provide you with information pertaining to the personnel organization of government departments.
Government Information at NSU: This website was created by NSU's own Susan Woitte, the Gov Docs librarian. You can find helpful links to useful government websites, as well as numerous statistical resources.
1. Thinking about common synonyms for your search terms is a good strategy. Often, there will be a thesaurus provided by the database you are using that will provide words found within that database. This will help you identify terms used in their identification of articles.
2. Using a databases "help" menu will provide you with valuable information concerning that database. Often, it will include searching tips, explanations, and several other useful items to help you with your needs. Even librarians check these in order to greatly reduce the stress of a search.
3. Take advantage of the following sources of help:
Of the tutorials, one that may be especially helpful is the tutorial on "E-Journals."
- The Reference Desk is located on the first floor of the John Vaughan Library. Friendly reference librarians staff the desk from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. Please feel free to stop by and ask for research advice.
- Department of Professional Studies Resource Coordinator: Emily Brown ex. 3298
Feel free to email me with a question or to schedule a one-on-one reference session. My office is located on the second floor of the library. Feel free tro drop by Lib211 anytime.
NEW: Also, if you are a subscriber to AIM, Yahoo!, or MSN, you can IM me with reference questions Monday through Friday 9am- 5pm. My user name is nsuemilybrown, or you can use the widgit below.
The American Psychological Association originally created a publication manual to provide a common structure for all journal manuscripts in the area of the social sciences.
Many other disciplines (including psychology, the behavioral sciences, nursing, personnel administration and many areas within education) have adopted this as their professional writing standard as well.
In an academic environment, you will often be expected to conform to this standard when writing. At this point, you should be mostly concerned with creating an accurate reference list using proper format and providing citations within the text to give credit for an idea or concept to the source from which you got it.
Print:
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). (2001). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
The
library owns several copies of the style guide; however, only the 4th
edition circulates (can be checked out). There are five copies of the
5th edition in reference and one on reserve. (
Websites:
Using APA format (Purdue University) - this comprehensive guide summarizes the print version of the book. Click on Your Reference List to find examples of the proper format to use when listing sources you used.
Long Island University's Citation Style Guide
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