Jen Jarson Social Sciences Reference Librarian phone: x3552 email: jarson [at] muhlenberg [dot] edu IM (AIM, Yahoo, MSN): jjarson1 (add @hotmail.com for MSN)

Selected Reference Materials

Broude, G.J. (1995). Growing up: A cross-cultural encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO.
Reference 305.231 B875g

Damon, W. (Ed.). (1998). Handbook of child psychology (5th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Reference 155.4 H236o v.1-4

Dowling, E.M., and Scarlett, G. (Eds.). (2006). Encyclopedia of religious and spiritual development. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage.
Reference 200.8303 D747e

Fass, P.S. (Ed.). (2004). Encyclopedia of children and childhood: In history and society. New York: Macmillan Reference USA.
Reference 305.2303 E56o v.1-3

Gerstner, D.A. (Ed.). (2006). Routledge international encyclopedia of queer culture. London: Routledge.
Reference 306.76603 R869i

Goldberg, D.T., and Solomos, J. (Eds.). (2002). A companion to racial and ethnic studies. Malden, MA.: Blackwell.
Reference 305.8 G618c

Lerner, R., Petersen, A.C., and Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1991). Encyclopedia of adolescence. New York: Garland.
Reference 305.235 E56o

Kagan, J. (Ed.). (1997). The Gale encyclopedia of childhood and adolescence. Detroit: Gale Research.
Reference 305.231 G151e

Kimmel, M., and Aronson, A. (Eds.). (2004). Men and masculinities: A social, cultural, and historical encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO.
Reference 305.3103 K49m v.1-2

Levinson, D. (Ed.). (1995). Encyclopedia of marriage and the family. New York: Macmillan Library Reference.
Reference 306.803 E36o v.1-2

Sanders, R., and Mattson, M.T. (Eds.). (1998). Growing up in America: An atlas of youth in the USA. New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA; London: Prentice Hall International.
Reference Atlases 305.230973 S215g

Vecoli, R.J., Galens, J., Sheets, A., and Young, R.V. (Eds.). (1995). Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America. Detroit, MI.: Gale Research.
Reference 305.800973 V413g v.1-2

Weiner, I.B. (Ed.). (2004). Handbook of psychology. New York: Wiley.
Reference 150 H236o v.1-12

Worell, J. (Ed.). (2001). Encyclopedia of women and gender: Sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender. San Diego, CA.: London: Academic Press.
Reference 305.403 E56e v.1-2

Finding Books

TREXLER LIBRARY

Search the Trexler Library Catalog to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.

GETTING THERE:      Use the shortcut search box on the Library Homepage or
                                      Library Homepage    Finding Books    Our Catalog

• For tips on searching the catalog, use the Help link above the search boxes. (Or click here.)


• Need help with your keywords and search strategy? Try the Keyword Searching (Combining Concepts) worksheet.  [ PDF | Word ] 

OTHER LIBRARIES

• WorldCat. To find books held by other libraries, search WorldCat, a database of over 60 million library records from around the country and world. Use the ILL button to request a book from another library. (ILL can take 10-14 days.)

GETTING THERE:      Library Homepage    Finding Books    WorldCat

• E-ZBorrow. For quick delivery of books from many Pennsylvania and area academic libraries (including University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, University of Pittsburgh, and many more), use E-ZBorrow. (E-ZBorrow takes 2-4 business days.)

GETTING THERE:      Library Homepage    Finding Books    E-ZBorrow

TIP: Check the E-ZBorrow catalog for any books you find in WorldCat. If not available there, then request via ILL.

• For more information on Interlibrary Loan options, see http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/more/ill/index.html or ask for help.

GETTING THERE:      Library Homepage    Finding Books    Borrowing from Other Libraries

Finding Articles: Databases & Indexes

SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES

See a list of all Social Sciences databases at http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/articles/databases/social_sciences.html.

Get to this list, and more: Library Homepage    Finding Articles    Periodical Databases and Indexes    Alphabetical List.

Need help with your keywords and search strategy? Try the Keyword Searching (Combining Concepts) worksheet.  [ PDF | Word ] 

Subject-Specific Databases

Communication and Mass Media Complete
Communication, Journalism, and Media Studies. "Provides indexing along with full text to two databases in communication and mass media, CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University)."

ERIC
Premier database in education, funded by the US Department of Education. Search for journal articles (EJs) as well as ERIC documents (EDs).

PsycINFO
Primary psychology database. Use this to search for scholarly articles relating to child development, mental illness, psychological devleopment, the emotional connections between parent and child, etc.

PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. Also includes some psychological and sociological research.

Sociological Abstracts
Subjects covered: community development, culture and social structure, demography and human biology, environmental interactions, family and social welfare, health and medicine and law, religion and science, social psychology and group interactions, welfare services, and women's studies.

Interdisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Premier
Large and diverse database that covers most academic disciplines. Contains both scholarly and non-academic resources. Includes many articles in full text.

JSTOR
Searchable collections of full-text journals. JSTOR contains the full text of 24 Sociology journals and many others from a wide variety of possibly relevant disciplines.

OmniFile (WilsonWeb)
"A full text "mega" database comprised of various smaller databases from separate academic disciplines. Its general scope includes general sciences, humanities, The Reader's Guide, social sciences, and business."
Note: WilsonWeb does not allow for a Search Trexler Library for this title link (see Getting the Articles, below, for more information). Instead, they include an icon ( ) when the library has the article available elsewhere. Click on the icon to be transferred to the catalog record for the journal. If the library does not have access to the article online or in print, request it via Interlibrary Loan (see Getting the Articles, below, for more information).

Project MUSE
"Provides full text access to journal articles in the arts and humanities and social sciences. All articles are peer-reviewed. Muse contains articles from as early as 1993 or 1995, but the majority of articles are from 2000 to present."

News

Alternative Press Index
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change. Includes indexing from nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.

LexisNexis Academic
Indexes and provides full-text of major national and international newspapers (English Language editions only), newswires, select journals and magazines, and legal publications. Updated daily. Dates of coverage vary by publication.

GETTING THE ARTICLES

1. When searching for articles, you may find the full-text of an article linked in the database.


2. If not, you need to search the Trexler Library Catalog to see if we own the journal in which the article is published.
   • Some databases have a Search Trexler Library for this title link embedded. Click the link to check our holdings.
   • Otherwise, search the catalog by journal title. Verify that we have online, print, or microform access to the year/volume you need.


3. If we do not own the journal you need, request the article via Interlibrary Loan.
   • Some databases have a Request on Interlibrary Loan link embedded. Click the link to fill out the form. Click Submit.
   • Otherwise, use the Interlibrary Loan Journal Article Request Form (Library Homepage    Finding Articles    Getting a Copy of an Article). Fill out the form with as much information as possible. Ask for help, if you have questions.

Selected Websites

ADOL: Adolescence Directory Online (Indiana University, Bloomington)
http://www.iub.edu/%7Ecafs/adol/adol.html
"[A]n electronic guide to information on adolescent issues. It is a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University."

Advocates for Youth
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/
Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates provides information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world.

AWARE Foundation
http://www.awarefoundation.org/
"The mission of the AWARE Foundation (supporting Adolescent Wellness through Access to Resources to Eduction) is to educate and empower adolescents to make responsible decisions regarding their wellness and reproductive healththrough access to resources and education."

Child and Adolescent Health (Health Library, Stanford University)
http://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/resources/internet/bodysystems/children_intro.html
Collection of links on adolescent physical, mental, and sexual health.

National Adolescent Health Information Center
http://nahic.ucsf.edu/
"The overall goal of NAHIC is to improve the health of adolescents by serving as a national resource for adolescent health information and research, and to assure the integration, synthesis, coordination and dissemination of adolescent health-related information."
See Publications and Links section, in particular.

Citing Your Sources

For help using APA Style, consult the following resources:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).  (2001).  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Reference Desk Reserve 808.06615 p976m 2001 (at Reference Desk)

Concise Rules of APA Style.  (2005).  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Reference Desk Reserve 808.06615 C744r (at Reference Desk)

Trexler Library handout on using APA style: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/apa_example.pdf.

Writer's Handbook (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPA.html

Try NoodleBib Express for a quick tutorial on APA Style: http://www.noodletools.com/login.php.

For help constructing an annotated bibliography, consult the following resources:

Trexler Library handout on writing annotated bibliographies: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/annotated.html

Annotated Bibliographies (Purdue University)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_annotatedbib.html

Annotated Bibliographies (Writing Center, University of Wisconsin--Madison)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html