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SOCI 4901: Senior Seminar

This LibGuide provides information and links to materials appropriate for students enrolled in SOCI 4901: Senior Seminar at Savannah State University. Here you will find pages on finding library and web-based information.

REMEMBER!!!

Make sure you check the Scholarly (peer reviewed) Journals box to limit your results to the appropriate resources.

Check the Full Text box to limit your results to available items. 

Off-Campus Access

Almost all of the Asa H. Gordon Library's online resources are available to you from off-campus through GALILEO.

In order to access GALILEO from off-campus, you will need the current GALILEO password.  You can get the password by stopping by the reference desk with your SSSU ID or online using your GIL account.  

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Suggested Sociology Databases

SocINDEX with Full Text
This database is the world's most comprehensive and highest-quality sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of extremely useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study. .The sociological Collection includes more than 475 full-text titles.

Sociology (ProQuest)
Full-text of more than 310 journals in sociology and social work. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts.

Social Science Journals (ProQuest)
This database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work and sociology.

JSTOR
An electronic archive of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The JSTOR database is unique because the complete archives of these core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s

Tips for Searching

Think of the best keywords to enter and be ready to change them as you pursue your topic. Try using a subject encyclopedia or dictionary for specialized terminology. Get ideas for new keywords by carefully examining the title, abstract and subject fields in your first results.

Try these search features:

  • Use quotes to search for phrases (example: "sociology of education”)
     
  • Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to broaden or narrow your search
     
  • Use truncation (example: socio* will find sociology, sociologist, sociological)
     
  • Set search limits such as scholarly journals, full-text, or document type

 

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