Resources for Research in Sociology

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Resources for Research in Sociology
Library Tutorial for Graduate Students

• by
• Hayati Abdul
• clbha_at_nus.edu.sg

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Objectives of session

• To show you how to
• Enhanced search using
• Search plugins
• Access full-texts using
• Proxy Bookmarklet
• Search Sociology databases
• Search Library Portal
• LINC LINC

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Contents

• Search Plugins
• Proxy Bookmarklet
• Setting up alerts
• Search Databases
• InfoGate
• Search LINC
• Library Portal
• EndNote X2

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Search Plugins for Internet Explorer 7 Firefox
2.0 (beta)
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What are Search Plugins?

• Allows you to do a direct search from your
  internet browser search box
• Saves time from having to visit a page then
  inputting your search query
• How do I install these plugins?
• http//www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/p/srchplugin/search
  plugin.htm

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Proxy BookmarkletLibrary Proxy Bookmark to
access Full-text
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What is a Proxy Bookmarklet?

• Inserts the NUS library proxy stem
  (libproxy1.nus.edu.sg) into the URL of the
  article.

I want article X
I want article X
NUS Library Proxy Server
Vendor
User
Okay you are recognized, here is article X
Here is article X
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When should I use the Proxy Bookmarklet?

• Use Proxy Bookmarklet to access full-text from
• Citation alerts set up in journals, databases,
  etc.
• Citations from Google Scholar results list.
• When you click on a citation received from alerts
  or from Google Scholar results list, it will
  often bring you to the vendor site where you will
  be asked to pay to access full-text.
• Use a Proxy Bookmarklet to access full-texts.
• The Bookmarklet allows you to quickly check if
  you have access to that article via NUS Libraries
  subscription.

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Installing the Proxy Bookmarklet

• How to install the Proxy Bookmarklet?
• Click on the link below and follow the
  instructions to install the Proxy Bookmarklet
• http//bit.ly/nuslibproxy

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Setting Up Alerts
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Alerts Why?

• To keep yourself up-to-date with the research
  done in your area
• You are notified via email the latest articles
  published in the journal or database or LINC in
  which you have set the alerts

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Steps to Set Alerts

• Register for an account in the e-journal or
  database
• Look for the Alert option and set your alerts
• You can set alerts for
• new issues (table of contents)
• pre-prints
• a specific search statement

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Journal Citation Alerts

• Major Sociology journal publishers
• Sage
• JSTOR
• InformaWorld
• SpringerLink
• Project Muse
• Cambridge
• Journals Online
• Open Access
• Journals

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More information on Alerts

• How can I be alerted to...
• New journal issues for my favorite journal(s)?
• New journal articles in ScienceDirect?
• New books acquired by the library?

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Search Strategy
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Boolean operators

• AND both terms must be present
• OR either of the terms may be present
• NOT excludes a search term

parenthood AND marriage
aged OR elderly
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Truncation

• The truncation retrieves variant forms of
  spelling
• gambl gambled, gambling, gamble
• parent parenthood, parenting, parents
• Note Different databases use different wildcard
  symbols e.g. , ?, !
• Check database guides, Help menu...

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Parentheses ( )

• Terms within parentheses ( ) will be executed
  first
• (low income or single) and families
• low income families
• single parent families
• (teen or adolescen) and pregnancy
• teenage pregnancy
• adolescent pregnancy

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Databases
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Recommended Databases

• Scopus
• Sociological Abstracts
• Social Sciences Citation
• PERIND
• Proquest Theses Dissertations
• Expanded Academic
• Social Sciences Abstracts
• Communications Mass Media Complete

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Access Databases from Library Portal
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Access Databases viaSubject Guides

• Good starting points for research

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Scopus
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About Scopus

• Provides indexing, abstracting of and citation
  linking to
• peer reviewed open access journals
• conference proceedings, books
• web sources, author homepages, university sites,
  articles-in-press, preprint servers
• Coverage, 1966-
• Focused on Scientific, Technical, Medical
  Social Sciences literature.
• Content originates from Europe, Latin America
• Asia Pacific region
• Possible to Cross-search Scopus CSA Illumina
  databases.

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Lets Search Scopus
While religion has played an important role as
an agent of social control, certain forms of
religion have increasingly been seen as deviant
in contemporary societies. Discuss this
apparent paradox.
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Search Scopus
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Lets search Scopus
Is Singapore a welfare state? If yes, why and
from which perspective? If no, how would you call
the Singaporean social policy regime?
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Lets search Scopus
How do micro-level and meso-level models of
international migration contribute to
understanding the initiation and perpetuation of
foreign workers in Singapore?
foreign workers and singapore and migration
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Lets search Scopus
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Lets search Scopus
Transmigration negotiating home and national
identity
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Lets search Scopus
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Notes on Scopus

• Basic Search
• Use Boolean operators, such as OR, AND, NOT, also
  multi-character wildcard
• Default search in Article title, Abstract,
  Keywords
• Take note of Limit fields and Refine Results
  features
• View and combine searched in Search History
• Integration with CSA Illumina databases
• Click to cross-search
  Sociological Abstracts.
• Advanced Search - Command Line search not really
  recommended

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Sociological Abstracts
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About Sociological Abstracts

• Provides indexes abstracts to journal articles,
  book chapters, conference papers dissertations.
• Coverage, 1979-
• Culture, social structure, social
  differentiation, social psychology, sociology of
  the arts, business, education, studies in
  violence and power and more
• Search LINC for full-texts of references
  retrieved
• Some overlap in literature coverage between
  Scopus Sociological Abstracts

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Lets search Sociological Abstracts
Successful ageing for Singapore the roles of
the government and family
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Sociological Abstracts Search
Enter search terms
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Lets search Sociological Abstracts
How are surveillance technologies changing the
nature of the modern organization?
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Notes onSociological Abstracts

• Quick Search
• Searches single words or phrases
• Quick search anywhere search
• Enter Boolean operators in search box
• AND, OR and NOT
• Advanced Search
• Allows for more complex searches
• Combine terms using Boolean operators from
  drop-down lists
• Use drop-down menus to select specific fields
• Anywhere, Keywords, Author, Title, Descriptors
  

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Notes on Sociological Abstracts

• Limits
• Date
• Use drop down menus to limit to range of years
• Latest update
• limits results to include only most recent
  records
• Journal articles, English
• limits search to journal articles English
  records
• QuickBib
• Use records to create bibliography in ASA style.

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Notes on Sociological Abstracts

• Displaying and viewing records
• Click on View record for more details, including
  abstract
• Results displayed by All Publication Types
• Results can be sorted by
• Most recent or Relevance
• Click on Edit Search to modify search
• Add or remove term(s) to refocus search
• Managing search results
• Mark, print, mail, save export
• Export to EndNote Web

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Social Sciences Citation Index (via Web of
Science)
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About Social Sciences Citation Index

• It is a multidisciplinary database covering the
  journal literature of the social sciences, 1980-
• General Search
• Searches by topic, author, etc., like any other
  article database.
• Cited reference
• A unique search tool that lets you use a
  particular article or author as a starting point
  to see who has cited that work since it was
  published.

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Lets search SSCI via Web of Science
Is Singapore a welfare state? If yes, why and
from which perspective? If no, how would you call
the Singaporean social policy regime?
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SSCI Search
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Lets search Social Sciences Citation Index
How are surveillance technologies changing the
nature of the modern organization?
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Lets search Social Sciences Citation Index
Measures to improve return rates in a telephone
survey
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Notes on Social Sciences Citation Index

• Enter search terms in search fields
• Topic, Author, Title or Publication Name
• Use quotation marks ... to look for exact
  phrase.
• Search using AND, OR, NOT and SAME (same
  sentences) to create logical search statements.
• Truncation symbols ,?, can be used to search
  for variants of words
• Nest search operators inside parentheses ( )

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Notes on Social Sciences Citation Index

• On search result list, click on the article's
  title to view its abstract other details
• May refine results by different criteria like
  subject areas, document types, languages, ...
  etc.
• Sort results by date, number of times cited,
  relevance.
• Click to access articles online.
• Create Personal Profile to create Saved Searches
  and Search Alerts.

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PERINDPeriodical Index to articles relating to
Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei ASEAN
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About PERIND

• Good source for research relating to Singapore,
  Malaysia, Brunei ASEAN, 1980s-
• Index to journal articles, book chapters and
  conference papers relating to humanities, social
  sciences, business, architecture, building,
  science, technology, law medicine
• Uses Boolean operators, truncation (), drop-down
  list to search on specific fields
• Save selected records using IE function Filegt
  Save asgtfilename...

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Lets search PERIND
Analyze either the gender or class dimensions of
Singlish and its relationship with the
formation of Singaporean identity.
(gender or class) and (singlish or singapore
english) and identity
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PERIND search
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Lets search PERIND
What potential problems does the existing social
security system in Singapore pose?
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Newspapers
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E-Newspapers

• International local newspapers
• New York Times, Asian Wall Street Journal,
  Business Times, The Straits Times, more
• Two major databases
• Factiva
• Lexis/Nexis Academic

Click to view E-newspapers
Access Factiva directly
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Factiva training accounts

• URL https//global.factiva.com
• User_ID academic38 to academic 67
• Password terrier
• Name_Space 16

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Lets search Factiva or LexisNexis
Discuss the extent to which the Workfare Income
Supplement scheme reflects a major change in the
social policy of the government.
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Lets search Factiva/LexisNexis Academic
Why do people use/not use public transport in
Singapore?
demand OR prefer OR usage OR choice
(demand OR prefer OR usage OR choice) AND
public transport AND singapore
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Newspapers

• Press Clippings
• In-house collection of articles from Straits
  Times and Business Times
• Articles about Singapore, Malaysia, ASEAN
• Check LION under Press Clippings Collection -
  Subject Headings List
• Available from Singapore-Malaysia Collection
  (SMC)
• Microfilms
• The Straits Times from 1880 -

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• InfoGate

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InfoGate New!

• Federated search engine
• Search across multiple databases simultaneously
• Allows you to search by keyword, title, author or
  subject
• Allows you to choose databases

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InfoGate
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Other Useful Sources
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Foreign Theses

• ProQuest Dissertations Theses Database
• Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for
  Higher Degree by the Universities of Great
  Britain Ireland
• Australian Digital Theses Database

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NUS Theses Academic exercises

• Search LINC, by keywords
• Search LINC, by call no, HM15 200 (for 2000-)
  in Theses Collection

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Statistical Sources

• EIU Country Data
• Inter-University
• Consortium for Political Social Research
• SingSTAT Time Series
• Statistics on Singapore
• World development Indicators
• Yearbook of statistics, Singapore

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LINC vs LINC
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Library portalAccess Your Resources Services
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How do I get materials not found in Library?

• E-forms
• Document Delivery Services (DDS)
• Journal articles, Book Chapters,
• Request via E-Forms (Library Portal)
• All requests must be approved by Supervisor

DDS
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How do I request to purchases new titles ?

• E-forms
• Submit e-form for New Book
• Or email to clbfrm01_at_nus.edu.sg
• No endorsement from supervisor needed
• 1 to 3 months to process

Recommend new titles
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Writing Citation Style

• Refer to Sociology subject guide under
• Research and Writing
• Writing for social scientists how to start and
  finish your thesis, book, or article
• The sociology student writer's manual
• Library Instruction Online
• How to cite references
• American Sociological Association Style
• Bibliographic management software
• EndNote/EndNote Web

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Library Instructions ONline
Or click here
LION
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EndNote X2
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• Advisory Service atInformation Desk,Central
  Library,Level 5.
• Email me clbha_at_nus.edu.sg
• Tel [phone]