Introduction to Human Services

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Introduction to Human Services

• Resources and Research Strategies
• February 11, 2008
• Dr. Kendra Marasco, Introduction to Human
  Services, SWK 101
• Janice Schuster
• Coordinator of Reference Services
• Phillips Memorial Library
• Providence College
• 401-865-2631 office 401-865-2581 information
  station jschuster_at_providence.edu IM AIM, Yahoo,
  MSN PCLibChat

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To be covered today

• About the library collections and services
• Getting started Find your way guide to Social
  Work
• Locating articles databases and

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About the library Collections

• Approx. 340,000 books and bound periodical
  volumes
• 1,650 current print periodical titles
• Access to over 36,000 full-text electronic
  journals.
• Over 100 bibliographic and full-text electronic
  databases.

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About the library Services

• Reference assistance 401-865-2581
• Email reference reference_at_providence.edu
• Individualized research appointment
• refappt_at_providence.edu
• IM a PC librarian AIM, Yahoo, MSN PCLibChat

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Find your way guide to

• Brief, introductory guide to research in social
  work
• From the library's home page, click on For
  students, Instruction services, Find your
  way series, scroll down to and click on Social
  work

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Social Work Abstracts

• Contains references to articles in the
  professional literature of the social work field.
  References from 1977 to the present.
• From the library's home page, click on PC
  databases by A-Z under Quick Links, then
  scroll down and click on name of database
• Example homeless elderly

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Social Sciences Abstracts

• Interdisciplinary index to social science
  periodicals published from 1983
• From the library's home page, click on PC
  databases by A-Z under Quick Links, then
  scroll down and click on name of database
• Example homeless veterans

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Social Services Abstracts

• Current research focused on social work, human
  services and related areas
• Abstracts only
• From the library's home page, click on PC
  databases by A-Z under Quick Links, then
  scroll down and click on name of database
• Example homeless families with children

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Sociological Abstracts

• International literature in sociology and related
  disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences
  from 1963 to the present
• From the library's home page, click on For
  current users, PC databases by A-Z, then
  scroll down and click on name of database
• Example homeless youth

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PsycInfo

• Summaries of journal articles and other resources
  psychology.
• Includes information about the psychological
  aspects of related disciplines such as sociology
• From the library's home page, click on PC
  databases by A-Z under Quick Links, then
  scroll down and click on name of database
• Example homeless with addictions and mental
  disorders

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Academic Search Premier

• Access to scholarly journals including social
  work and related disciplines
• From the library's home page, click on PC
  databases by A-Z under Quick Links, then
  scroll down and click on name of database

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• If the full article is available, clicking on the
  _at_PC icon should take you directly to the article.
• Otherwise, a screen will appear that shows
  options for locating the article
• Article might be available
• online
• in print journals at the library
• from other HELIN libraries via
  interlibrary loan

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HELIN Catalog What it is

• Higher Education Library Information Network
• Access to books, journals, magazines, and
  newspapers at 11 academic and 14 health sciences
  libraries in RI
• More about HELIN

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HELIN catalog How to use it

• Direct
• From the library's home page, click on HELIN
  Library catalog under Current users
• Click on Title, Author, Keyword, etc
• Restrict to PC
• Use InRhode to access Browns holdings

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If you need further help

• Janice Schuster
• Coordinator of Reference Services
• Phillips Memorial Library
• Providence College
• 401-865-2631 office 401-865-2581 information
  station jschuster_at_providence.edu IM AIM, Yahoo,
  MSN PCLibChat