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Guide to Sociology & Anthropology Resources

• AAA Style Guide. This 14 page online guide provides an outline of the basic rules used in anthropology. In addition, the American Anthropological Association uses the Chicago Manual of Style and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

• Academic Search Complete. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Academic Search Complete on the web.

• Adobe Acrobat Reader. Many important web resources use the Adobe Acrobat Reader to display and print files using the PDF format. This link will take you to the Adobe page where you can download this free useful software to your own computer.

• Affordable Housing and Homelessness. A selection of citations and links to articles, books, dissertations, videos, and websites dealing with the affordability of available housing and the related issue of homelessness. Most of these research resources are full-text online, and all of these resources will cite the faculty or student researchers to other relevant material.

• America: History and Life. A guide for social science and social service researchers looking for information about American culture, American lifestyles, and American history.

• ANTH 3348: Anthropology of Migration: Research Resources. A selection of citations to books, articles, and dissertations that might be of interest to researchers who are examining current human migration and migration issues.

• ANTH 3370: Aegean Archaeology Research Resources. A selection of citations to books, articles, and dissertations that offer titles relevant to many of the key research questions pursued by archaeologists working in the Aegean. It should serve as a useful introduction to the scholarship for students of Aegean archaeology.

• ANTH 3373: Egyptian Archaeology: A Bibliography. A selection of citations to articles, book chapters, dissertations, and archaeological reference books. This bibliography is intended to serve as a useful supplement to Dr. Karl Petruso's "Seminal Bibliography on Ancient Egypt in English".

• ANTH 4342: Food and Culture Bibliography. A guide to resources that address a number of different issues related to food in relation to the interplay of culture in societies all around the world and throughout history and prehistory. Most of these academic research resources listed here link to articles and books that are full-text online, and the vast majority of these selected resources will provide researchers with citations to other academic research material dealing with cultural aspects of the biological need for food.

• ANTH 4342: Visual Anthropology: Research Resources. A selected bibliography of citations to articles, books, dissertations, and websites that might be of interest to researchers who are studying visual anthropology.

• ANTH 5317: Archaeology of Exploration: Research Resources. A selection of citations to books, articles, dissertations, and websites that might be of interest to researchers who are examining the archaeological evidence for travel in antiquity. This bibliography should serve as a useful introduction to some of the scholarship for students interested in ancient transportation and discovery.

• ANTH 5363: Ethnography & Personal Narrative. A selection of citations to books, articles, dissertations, and websites that should interesting to researchers who are examining this "form of self-narrative that places the self within a social context" (Dr. Deborah Reed-Danahay, 1997: 9).

• Anthropological Index. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching Anthropological Index on the web.

• Anthropology and Archaeology Databases. Research resources providing citation information and some full-text articles. This list includes two key indexes: Anthropological Index and Anthropology Plus.

• Anthropology and Archaeology Journals. The list of journals held by UT Arlington Library that carry articles of scholarly interest to archaeologists and anthropologists has been included in the much longer list of Social Science Journals & Annuals.

• Anthropology and Archaeology Library Research Resources. A selected listing of important reference tools for archaeology and anthropology.

• Anthropology and Archaeology Web Resources. Links to some useful homepages.

• Anthropology Plus. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching Anthropology Plus on the web.

• AnthroSource. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching AnthroSource on the web. AnthroSource provides full text access to current issues and the back volumes for 15 key peer-reviewed anthropology journals and all of the recent issues of the American Anthropological Association's (AAA) newsletters and bulletins.

• ASA Format. This links to the California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) Library's American Sociological Association format guide that offers about 5 pages of general information and examples using the ASA format. Note, that the ASA Style Guide is available for check out on the fourth floor of the Central Library at this call number: HM 586 .A44 1997. It is also available for sale from the ASA Online Bookstore.

• ASA Style. This "Quick Style Guide for Students Writing Sociology Papers" is based on the 39 page book called the ASA Style Guide written and publish by the American Sociological Association [asanet.org]. Here is a link to the UT Arlington Library's copy of this book; the ASA Style Guide is available for check out on the fourth floor of the Central Library at this call number: HM 586 .A44 1997. It is also available for sale from the ASA Online Bookstore.

• Assessment Bibliography. This UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about locating social work and social science books held by the UT Arlington Library containing published copies of the full-text of mental, emotional, and attitudinal assessment instruments. This selective list is sub-set of a much longer list created by Helen Hough. Here is a link to her list of over 100 titles.

• Book Reviews -- How to find them. A selection of book review finding aids.

• Boolean Searching Illustrated using Venn Diagrams. Students sometimes have difficulty effectively using the "AND" and the "OR" parts of a search statement. The best way to explain this Boolean Logic is with the use of Venn Diagrams. John Banbury, at the Flinders University Library of South Australia has written a webpage that offers a clear and concise explanation. A somewhat longer presentation is offered by Naomi Lederer at the Colorado State University Library. A basic understanding of the use and differences between the "and" and the "or" parts of a search statement is critical for effective searching.

• Central Library -- How to find your way around. A UT Arlington Library "How to" guide with some useful information about how the UT Arlington Central Library is arranged. This guide requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader to display or print this PDF format file.

• Community & Policy News: National & International. These sites provide useful information on current events, organizations, policies, and many ongoing public policy debates.

• CQ Researcher Plus Archive Guide. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the CQ Researcher Plus Archive Guide on the web.

• Debates on Controversial Topics. This guide, by my colleague Noel Anderson, directs students to some of the UT Arlington libraries' resources that present pro and con debates on controversial topics.

• Dissertation Forms and Handouts. Guide to UT Arlington dissertation forms and handouts. The Virtual Graduate School Advisor guides the graduate student to the correct information and the right form.

• EconLit. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the EconLit database on the web.

• eHRAF Collection of Archaeology. The electronic Human Relations Area Files Collection of Archaeology is a cross-cultural database containing primary and secondary reports on archaeological research around the world. The online full-text books, book chapters, and articles are indexed by paragraph. The indexing follows the unique Human Relations Area Files subject classification system called the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). The online eHRAF User Guide offered by Yale University provides an essential overview of the OCM and an example of how it is used. Even though keyword searching is available in this archaeology database, an understanding of the OCM and how it works is critical to fully utilize this database. The full (200+ pages) Outline of Cultural Materials arranged by subject is online at: www.yale.edu/hraf/Ocm_xml/newOcm.xml and the full (200+ pages) Outline of Cultural Material (OCM) is online arranged numerically at: www.yale.edu/hraf/Ocm_xml/traditionalOcm.xml

• eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. The electronic Human Relations Area Files Collection of Ethnography is a cross-cultural database. It contains over a quarter of a million pages of descriptive information on cultures around the world. The online full-text books, book chapters, and articles are indexed by paragraph. The indexing follows the unique Human Relations Area Files subject classification system called the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). The online eHRAF User Guide offered by Yale University provides an essential overview of the OCM and an example of how it is used. Even though keyword searching is available in this ethnographic database, an understanding of the OCM and how it works is critical to fully utilize this database. The full (200+ pages) Outline of Cultural Materials arranged by subject is online at: www.yale.edu/hraf/Ocm_xml/newOcm.xml and the full (200+ pages) Outline of Cultural Material (OCM) is online arranged numerically at: www.yale.edu/hraf/Ocm_xml/traditionalOcm.xml

• ERIC Guide. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the U.S. Department of Education's sponsored database, ERIC, on the web through the CSA interface.

• Ethnic NewsWatch Guide. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Ethnic NewsWatch on the web.

• Faculty Resource Delivery. A UT Arlington Library "How to" guide with some useful information about how UT Arlington faculty can request materials via the faculty resource delivery service of the UT Arlington Library. This guide requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader to display or print this PDF format file.

• Faculty Services. A guide to services and resources offered by the UT Arlington Library with the faculty in mind. The UT Arlington Library offers quite a number of useful services that can aid both the teaching and the research efforts of the faculty.

• Gay and Lesbian Research Resources. My UT Arlington Library's annotated bibliography to selected books, videos, and websites dealing with LGBTQ issues from various social, cultural, and political perspectives. Most of these research resources are Full Text online to the current UT Arlington academic community.

• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Life. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching GLBT Life on the web.

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at the UT Arlington Library. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system for displaying geographic referenced data. See the UT Arlington Library's GIS web pages to learn: What is GIS? How it is used? How to use ArcGIS -- one of the GIS software programs? For more information, please contact Joshua Been, GIS Librarian.

• GPO Monthly Catalog. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the GPO Monthly Catalog on the web.

• Grants. Here is a web guide to some grant and funding related internet resources. With this aid researchers may be able to locate the right funding agency for their research project.

• HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) Guide. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) on the web.

• Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI). My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) on the web.

• Historical Abstracts. A guide for social science and social service researchers looking for information about the world from the year 1450 to the present EXCLUDING the United States and Canada. See America: History and Life above for U.S.A. and Canadian history and culture topics.

• Homelessness and Affordable Housing. A selection of citations and links to articles, books, dissertations, videos, and websites dealing with the affordability of available housing and the related issue of homelessness. Most of these research resources are full-text online, and all of these resources will cite the faculty or student researchers to other relevant material.

• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Link to a major social science encyclopedia that provides full text authoritative overview articles covering a great many social science topics.

• JSTOR. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching JSTOR on the web.

• Latinos or Hispanics in the United States. A selection of citations to articles and books that might be of interest to researchers who are examining the Latino or Hispanic experience in the United States.

• LexisNexis Academic. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching LexisNexis Academic on the web.

• Library Guides for Anthropology. This UT Arlington Library guide provides an outline of some of the basic research resources for anthropology. There is some overlap and interconnection between the guides on my webpage and the guides that I created for the UT Arlington Library. They are intended to be more complementary than duplicative.

• Library Guides for Sociology. This UT Arlington Library guide provides an outline of some of the basic research resources for sociology. There is some overlap and interconnection between the guides on my webpage and the guides that I created for the UT Arlington Library. They are intended to be more complementary than duplicative.

• Master's Thesis Forms and Handouts. Guide to UT Arlington Master's Thesis forms and handouts. The Virtual Graduate School Advisor guides the graduate student to the correct information and the right form.

• MedLine Guide. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the National Library of Medicine's famous article index, MedLine, on the web through the userfriendly Ebsco interface.
  For medical and healthcare statistics have a look at the website for the National Center for Health Statistics of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the United States Department of Health & Human Services. Also see Faststats A to Z.

• New York Times Newspaper. A guide to the full-text of the New York Times from 1851 to 2001. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

• PAIS International. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the PAIS International on the web. PAIS stands for Public Affairs Information Service.

• PolicyFile. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the PolicyFile on the web. PolicyFile collects data from world renowned public policy think tanks including the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, Cato Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Economic Strategy Institute, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institute, Hudson Institute, International Monetary Fund, RAND Corporation, Urban Institute and the World Bank.

• Polling the Nations. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Polling the Nations on the web. Polling the Nations provides a collection of public opinion survey information from the United States and many other countries.

• Population Index. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Population Index on the web.

• Primary Sources versus Secondary Sources. Students sometimes have difficulty understanding the difference between primary sources or primary research resources versus secondary sources or secondary research resources. This is a difficult distinction because the definition changes somewhat depending on the academic field. The PDF guide created by the Earlham College Library called, "Using Scientific Literature in Biology Courses" offers in the first four pages a clear and concise explanation between the two types of research literature in the field of biology. A different guide, offered by the University of Maryland Libraries, presents a description of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary research sources through the eyes of an historian. It appears that a research based peer-reviewed article published in a top-notch biology journal would be a "primary source" while a research based peer-reviewed article published in a top-notch history journal would be a "secondary source." This guide from James Cook University Library's Ward Saylor and Helen Hooper helps to clarify the apparent contradiction between the Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources.
  Also see the related, but quite different, concept "Peer Reviewed Journals" as explained by a University of Texas at Austin Libraries' guide and also as explained by UT Arlington Library Helen Hough's "Peer Reviewed Academic Journals" guide.

• Project MUSE. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Project MUSE on the web.

• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about searching and accessing the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database on the web. More than 25 thousand of these book-length sociology and anthropology research works are available FULL TEXT to current UT Arlington faculty and students.

• PsycINFO. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching PsycINFO on the web.

• Research Proposal Guides. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about a selection of books that should aid a student with the first steps toward a thesis or dissertation.

• ScienceDirect. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching ScienceDirect on the web. ScienceDirect contains the full text of more than a thousand journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, psychological, and social sciences.

• Social Justice in Society: Bibliography. A selection of citations and links to articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, videos, and websites. The research resources are intended to serve as a useful research and teaching aid UT Arlington faculty and students.

• Social Policy Analysis Bibliography. My UT Arlington Library's bibliography of policy analysis books.

• Social Policy Research Resources. A selected list of online research resources with examples and linked Instructions.

• Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). Academic authors are often interested in finding out who is citing their work, and the SSCI helps with this type of search. The SSCI is part of the Web of Knowledge and the Web of Science.

• Social Science Journals & Annuals. This is a copy of my UT Arlington Library's guide which gives the call numbers and links for many of the journals that carry articles of interest to social science researchers. This is a big list; designed to be inclusive rather than exclusive; it is intended to aid interdisciplinary research and analysis.

• Social Services Abstracts. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching Social Services Abstracts on the web.

• Social Work and Social Science Assessment Bibliography. This UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about locating books held by the UT Arlington Library containing published copies of the full-text of mental, emotional, and attitudinal assessment instruments. This selective list is a sub-set of a much longer list created by Helen Hough. Here is a link to her list of over 100 titles.

• Social Work & Social Science Grant & Funding Bibliography. My UT Arlington Library's bibliography of useful grant writing and fundraising resources.

• Social Work & Social Science Interviewing Bibliography. My UT Arlington Library's bibliography of interviewing resources.

• Social Work & Social Science Substance Abuse Bibliography. My UT Arlington Library's bibliography of addiction, drug and alcohol abuse, and substance abuse resources.

• Social Work & Social Science Videos. My UT Arlington Library's annotated listing of videos--available at the UT Arlington Library--on topics that might be of interest to social workers.

• Sociological Abstracts. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Sociological Abstracts on the web.

• Sociology Databases. Research resources providing citation and abstract information with some full-text articles.

• Sociology Web Resources. A selected listing of sociology web links.

• Statistical (Lexis-Nexis). This database provides access to the full-text of statistical publications indexed in the American Statistics Index (ASI) and the Statistical Reference Index (SRI).

• Statistical Resources on the Web. This University of Michigan Library website has links to many useful statistical resources on the web.

• Statistical Resources: United States. (U.S. Gov. Statistics -- www.fedstats.gov)

• Statistics Canada. Canada's national statistical agency profiling Canada's business, economy and society.

• Statistics: The World Wide Web Virtual Library. This resource from the University of Florida's Department of Statistics is a contribution to the World Wide Web Virtual Library. It provides many links to many useful statistical resources on the web.

• Style Manuals: Guides to Citing Electronic & Print Sources. Citations can be a problem on the internet. Giving proper credit to another person's work is one of the hallmarks of academic writing; however, this is often difficult to do with online sources. Here are a few resources that try to help.

• Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences. Helen Hough, UT Arlington's Health Sciences Librarian, has created a great reference tool. Her annotated bibliography helps researchers locate the right instrument for the specific research project.

• Tests available in compilation volumes. Helen Hough has also has created a way to search for copies of assessment tools in books owned by the UT Arlington Library. Helen's homepage provides more useful resources: Helen's Page.

• Thesis Forms and Handouts. Guide to UT Arlington Master's Thesis forms and handouts. The Virtual Graduate School Advisor guides the graduate student to the correct information and the right form.

• Truncation Symbols for the UT Arlington Databases. The symbols used in various databases as wildcards.

• Web of Knowledge and the Web of Science. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). The SSCI is part of the Web of Knowledge and the Web of Science. Academic authors are often interested in finding out who is citing their work, and the SSCI helps with this type of search.

• Women's Issues & Policies Bibliography. A selection of citations to articles, books, dissertations, videos, and websites dealing with women's social policies, family, work, and gender roles from various social science perspectives. Most of these research resources are Full Text online to the current UT Arlington academic community.

• WorldCat. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching WorldCat on the web.

• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Worldwide Political Science Abstracts on the web.

The Social Work Electronic Library (SWEL) is located in Room 111 of building A, of the Social Work Complex (SWC) at 211 South Cooper St, Arlington TX. See the SWC-A shown in green marked inside a black circle on this UT Arlington Campus Map. The Social Work Complex (SWC) is on the north side of the UT Arlington Central Campus, and on the southeast corner of the intersection of South Cooper Street and West Abram Street.

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