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Guidebooks identify and discuss the reference sources, periodical indexes, bibliographies and major publications pertinent to your research.
American Higher
Education: A guide to Reference
Sources. REF LA226.O44
1993
Encyclopedia of Business
Information Sources. REF DESK
HF5353.E52 - Latest edition only
Guide to Writing
Empirical Papers, Theses, and
Dissertations. REF LB2369
.G27 2002
Philosophy: A Guide to
the Reference Literature. REF
B72.B97 1997
Practical
Research: Planning and
Design. Q180.55.M4L43
1993
Sociology: A Guide To
Reference And Information
Sources. REF HM585.A39
1997
Disciplinary/Field
Handbooks
Some handbooks are compilations of research in a
discipline. They attempt to be comprehensive summaries for a given
discipline or sub-field within it.
AMA Management
Handbook. REF HD31.A418
1994
Handbook of Qualitative
Research. REF H62.H2425 1994
(second copy in General Collection)
Handbook of Social
Psychology. REF HM251.H224
1998
Handbook of the Sociology
of Education. REF LC191.H254
2000
Psychology Research
Handbook. BF76.5 P795
1996
Qualitative Methods in
Organizational Research: A Practical
Guide. HD30.4.Q35
1994
Dictionaries and
Encyclopedias
Use these sources to understand terminology, obtain background
information, identify issues and get names, dates and initial
literature review.
Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of
Business Ethics. REF
HF5387.B55 1997
Concise Oxford Dictionary
of Sociology. REF HM17.C66
1994
Dictionary of
Psychology. REF BF31 .C65
2001
Dictionary of Theories,
Laws and Concepts in
Psychology. REF BF31.R625
1998
Encyclopedia of Applied
Ethics. REF BJ63.E44
1998
Encyclopedia of
Business. REF HF1001.E466
1995b
Encyclopedia of Human
Behavior. REF BF31.E5
1994
Encyclopedia of
Leadership. REF HD57.7 .H525
2001 (second copy in General
Collection)
Encyclopedia of
Major Marketing
Campaigns. REF
HF5837 .E53 2000
Encyclopedia of
Psychology. REF
BF31.E53 2000
Encyclopedia of
Sociology. REF HM425 .E5
2000
Encyclopedia of Special
Education. REF LC4007.E53
2000
Philosophy of Education:
An Encyclopedia. REF
LB17.P485 1996
Social Science
Encyclopedia. REF H41.563
1996
Merriam-Webster COMPLETE Online
Dictionary
Merriam-Webster COMPLETE Online
Thesaurus
Online Citation Guides/Style Manuals (APA, MLA,
Chicago)
Bibliographies
Bibliographies provide a list of relevant published research on a
topic. Use them to initiate and augment your literature search, to
identify important sources on a topic, or to check the
inclusiveness of research you have already
completed.
Annual Review of
Psychology. GEN
COLL BF30.A56 (1950-pres);
online http://psych.annualreviews.org/
Annual Review of
Sociology. GEN COLL HM1.A763
(1975-pres); online http://soc.annualreviews.org/
Bibliography of Business
Ethics. GEN COLL
HF5387.J662 1986
Business Information: How
to Find It, How to Use
It. REF
HF5356.L36
Organizational and
Interorganizational Dynamics: Annotated Bibliogr.
GEN COLL HM131.P388
1992
Databases and Indexes
Although a few of the resources
listed here are available in print form in the Foley Center
collection, most are online resources with links from the Foley
homepage. These resources provide indexing, abstracts and in some
cases full-text access to journal articles. In
some cases, monographs, dissertations and other forms of scholarly
literature may also be covered. When accessing online resources
from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your user Name and
password.
- Academic Search Premier
- Provides full text for nearly
4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than
3,500 peer-reviewed journals in virtually every area of academic
study.
- ERIC
- ERIC is a national information system
providing indexing and abstracts of education-related journal
literature; as well as manuscripts, books and technical reports in
the ERIC Document microfiche collection; and full-text access to
ERIC Digest articles.
- FirstSearch
- Provides links to a variety of periodical indexes and other databases, including WorldCat, ERIC, PsycInfo, SocAbs, MLA, ATLA,Medline, GPO, and others.
- Ingenta
- Contains tables of contents of more than 25,000 recent journals. Document delivery of articles is available for a fee. Free full-text access to selected journals.
- PAIS International - Indexes HB1.A1 P26
- PAIS indexes the literature of public policy, social policy and the social sciences in general. Material bears on contemporary public and social policy issues and the making and evaluation of public policy. Publications covered include books, journal articles, government publications and association publications.
- ProQuest
- Provides access to a large collection of
information, including summaries of articles from over 5,000
publications, with many articles in full-text, full-image format
covering a wide range of subject areas. Newspapers are also
covered, including selected Washington State newspapers.
- PsycInfo
- Produced by the American Psychological Association, PsycInfo is a database that indexes and provides abstracts of journal articles, chapters, books, dissertations and reports on psychology and related fields. Coverage from 1887-present.
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- 550 full text journals, including more than 500
peer-reviewed titles--covers topics such as emotional and
behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental
processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental
methods.
- Social Sciences Citation Index.
- REF INDEXES H1.S62, 1978-1996.
- After locating a seminal article on a given topic, researchers wanting to locate subsequent literature citing the earlier work can turn to this unique indexing resource. SSCI indexes citations of a given article which appear in subsequent social sciences related literature. Fee-based online access to the current SSCI may be arrange in coordination with library faculty.
- Social Sciences Index.
- in print at REF INDEX AI3.S62 1974- 1989. Social Sciences Index covers approximately 600 journals in the fields of political science, psychology, sociology, criminology and related areas.
- Sociological Abstracts in print at PER HM1.S67 1953-1996.
- Sociological Abstracts is a collection of non-evaluative abstracts reflecting the world's periodical literature in sociology and related disciplines. It indexes over 500 journals. The online version indexes from1963-present.
Dissertations
There are a number of options for searching and accessing
dissertations from the Foley web site.
- Dissertation Abstracts Online provides access to citations and abstracts of dissertations 1861- present.
- UMI Digital Dissertations provides web access to the current two years of dissertation abstracts, with free full-text access to Gonzaga dissertations and free 24-page excerpts of others.
- UMI Dissertation Expressis a fee-based dissertation ordering service.
- Foley Library Catalog to search for Gonzaga dissertations
- Use the Foley ILL Book Request form or
the WorldCat ILL option to request a dissertation through
interlibrary loan.
Statistical Sources
Use these to gather relevant statistics and other numerical data on
your topic. Statistics can be useful in proving the importance of a
chosen issue or in justifying a hypotheses or viewpoint on an
issue.
Dictionary of Statistical
Terms. REF HA17.K4
Education statistics of
the United States. REF
LB2846.E38
International
Encyclopedia of
Statistics. REF HA17.
I6
Statistical Abstract of
the United States. REF
DESK HA202; online at http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
Evaluate Your Sources
The use of book reviews and biographical materials can help you
evaluate the quality of the information you are finding. Book
reviews can provide insights of those people working in the field
and biographical sources can provide qualifications and backgrounds
of the authors of books and articles.
Biography
Index.
REF INDEXES CT100.B56
Book Review
Digest. REF
INDEXES Z1291.C95
Directory of American
Scholars. REF LA2311.C32
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