LSU Libraries Subject Guides
Sociology Resources at LSU
Middleton Library Reference Services

Access to LSU Libraries Home Page, Catalog, and Electroic Resources

Primary access to these resources is through LSU Libraries Homepage LSU Libraries Homepage (http://www.lib.lsu.edu). There are terminals available in the reference area and in computer labs on campus, including Middleton Library. If you have difficulty connecting contact the Computing Center Help Desk at 225-578-3375 or help@lsu.edu.  In the A-Z directory on the Homepage click “C” for Computer Labs.  There you will find lab locations, hours, and a list of software available in the labs.

LSU Libraries Homepage

In addition to providing access to LSU Libraries catalog, electronic indexes, databases, and electronic journals, the Homepage provides links to Internet search engines, subject guides (such as this), ready reference sources, electronic reserves, interlibrary loan and instructional services, library hours, an Ask the Librarian page, and more.

Library Liaison

I am the Library Liaison to the Department of Sociology. I can be reached by e-mail (cbell7@lsu.edu) or phone (225-578-7578, 9432 fax). My office is in Middleton Reference, Room 141, first floor. I am available to meet with Sociology faculty, students, and staff individually or in a class setting; to help faculty/instructors promote information literacy competencies by construct appropriate assignments; to help faculty, students, and staff identify, locate and evaluate the materials they need; and to receive suggestions for books and electronic resources. Carol Bell.

LSU Libraries Catalog

For help searching see http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/ilink/00newcat.html

Access is free. the catalog identifies materials in the LSU Libraries: Middleton (main library), Hill (Special Collections), Chemistry, Design Resource Center, and also the Cartographic Information Center (maps) and Veterinary Medicine including books, newspapers, journals, magazines, government publications, electronic: indexes, databases, journals, theses, dissertations, videos, music scores, cassettes, CD-ROMS, maps, and other catalogued items.

Basic Search

Select a field to search: author, title, subject, periodical title, or keywords anywhere (which incorporates all the fields) and type your words in the search box. The Basic Search performs a keyword search in the field you select: title, author, etc. For example, an author search for Brady would retrieve Brady as a last name, first name, and middle name. You can also do a Browse Search or an Exact Search. Try all three.

 

A Browse search will take you to a list of terms occurring as close to the terms you entered in your chosen field.

 

An Exact search will search your specified field only for the term(s) you entered and exactly in the order in which you entered them.

Advanced Search

A search becomes “advanced” only if you enhance the search.  For example, doing a combined author and title search – entering: mead, george as the author and social psychology as words in the title box.   Another type of Advanced Search might be entering:  children of divorced parents in the subject box and then Sorting the results:  New to Old so the most recent titles appear first.  Unless you enhance the search, you will still only be doing a basic search on an advanced search screen.

Advanced Search: using a Browse Search

You may want to do a Browse Search located on the right panel of the Advanced search screen. Type your terms in the search box and click on the appropriate type of search: author, title, periodical, or subject. If you typed: social forces and clicked Periodical Title you could look at the Details of that record to determine the call number, holdings, and location.   HN51 .S5 is the call number for the paper copies.

Online copies for this title are available through: Academic Search Premier (1974 to date); Business Source Premier (1974 to date); JSTOR (1925-2000, lacks current years); Military & Government Collection (1974 to date); and Project Muse (2001 to date). The urls  provide hyperlinks to those sites. Always check the years of coverage for online copies.

Note: Current unbound journal issues are in the Current Periodicals/Newspapers Room, Middleton, Room 126, first floor.

Stacks: Consult the location charts by the elevators in Middleton. (Books with the call number "H" are shelved on the third floor with older, bound journals also having the call number "H.")  You can also check online from the LSU Libraries Homepage under ServicesàCirculationàBook Location/Call Number.

The above search could also be done as a Basic Search.  Type: social forces in the search box, select Periodical Title from the pull-down menu, and select either Browse or Exact radio button.

Subject/Keyword Searching

For subject searches you must use specific vocabulary terms issued by the Library of Congress. With keyword searching you can combine terms (teenagers or adolescents). You can also use $ to truncate a word (polit$ for politics, political, politician) or ? to represent a single character (wom?n for women or woman or boy? for boy or boys). Use the 'help' messages provided.

PIN Information and Renewals

These can also be accessed from the left frame on the Homepage. Your ID is the 17  digit number on your LSU ID card (including the last digit with no dash). The PIN is: changeme (unless you've changed your PIN).  You usually want to review your materials and then renew them.  You must renew them before their due date.

Reserve Materials

Reserve materials may be accessed by Instructor, Course Name, or Number.

Course Reserves

Faculty/instructors can place personal copies of books or library-owned books on reserve. Personal notes or articles from library-owned journals can be submitted to Circulation/Reserves (Middleton Library) to be scanned for students to access through Semester Book or BlackBoard. (Articles submitted to Reserves should include the copyright note from the journal. Forms are available at the Circulation Desk or online for including the authors, titles, call numbers, and loan period choice.) Students will need to order articles from interlibrary loan for articles not owned by LSU Libraries. For more information call Circulation at 225-578-2058 or 6722.

Borrowing Privileges

Use your LSU ID. Circulation policies and guidelines are at http://www.lib.lsu.edu/circ/.

Borrowing Privileges from Other Louisiana Academic Libraries

Courtesy cards may be obtained at the Circulation Desk, Middleton Library, during '8-5' type weekday business hours. They can be used at participating libraries and are of special help to distance education students. For any questions contact the Circulation Department, 225-578-2058.

Privileges at Other Institutions (faculty only)

Through the OCLC Reciprocal Borrowing program faculty may enjoy faculty status at more than 130 research institutions. Contact the Circulation Department, Middleton Lobby, for details or call 225-578-2058.

Interlibrary Borrowing (ILLiad)

For faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students. From the Homepage click on Interlibrary Loan, then Interlibrary Borrowing (ILB) web request form. Click on First time users and complete the form. You only have to do this once! For subsequent visits enter your ILLiad Username and Password and Logon to ILLiad to request a photocopy, book, or dissertation, etc. The ILB number is 225-578-8264; you can also e-mail questions to the department. For your sanity, you may want the Username and Password to be the same as your PAWS login ID and password. Your ID for this form is your Social Security Number. Also see Ingenta, below.

Ingenta (formerly LSU UnCover)

This is a document delivery service. Faculty, graduate students, and research staff can search Ingenta for research or instruction for citations to over 20,000 recently published journals. If LSU Libraries does not own the issue you need and has never subscribed to the journal you can request that a copy of the article be faxed to you at a fax location of your choice (or to the dafault location in the ILB office) at no charge to you, usually within 24-48 business workday hours. (The fax machine must be available 24 hours/day. The ILB fax number is 225-578-6992.) The library subsidizes this service at a cost of up to $45 per article. For charges above that amount contact ILB regarding payment.  It would be highly unusual if this were necessary.

You will need to establish a User ID and Password. As a First time user enter your 17 digit LSU ID in the appropriate box. Include the last digit but not the dash. Hit Enter and complete the submission form. Patron files are updated on the 14th day of class each semester. On subsequent visits enter your User ID and Password.

Ingenta can also be used to set up Reveal Alerts to enable you to stay up to date on current research information. Citations on certain topics or from favorite journals can be sent to you regularly on e-mail. More explanation can be found on the Ingenta page or you can contact me, come to the Reference Desk, or Ask a Librarian (telephone, e-mail, or chat).

Electronic Classroom

Middleton classroom 230B is available for class instruction requiring hands-on computer use. It may be reserved for individual class sessions. For more information see http://www.lib.lsu.edu/classroom or call the Middleton Reference Department, first floor, at 225-578-8875. I would be happy to meet with your classes as well. (For entire classes that need to be taught in a lab contact the Registrar's office, 225-578-1686.)  Room 230C currently only has an instructor’s station that can be used for demonstrations for Power Point presentations, for example.

Study Carrels

Graduate students and faculty can apply for a carrel in Middleton Library at the Circulation Desk (225-578-8264).

Virtual Tour of Middleton Library

You can take a tour at http:// www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/tour. Paper copies are available in the lobby of Middleton Library.

Other Electronic Resources

For remote access to most Indexes and Databases, Electronic Journals, and Electronic Reserves you just need to provide your LSU ID number. If the databases require additional passwords and user names/logonids, those passwords are provided on your PAWS desktop menu under Library Resources, Off Campus Access. (The e-mail address in your PAWS account must have lsu.edu in the address). To register for a free PAWS account that will provide you with an LSU address, go to LSU's Homepage (http://www.lsu.edu) or LSU Libraries Homepage (http://www.lib.lsu.edu) and click on PAWS, About PAWS. Any LSU Faculty, Student or Staff member may get a PAWS account. If there are questions, contact the help desk at the computer center: 225-578-3375 or help@lsu.edu.

Databases

Many of the electronic databases have print counterparts located in Middleton Reference by the call number for the index. From the LSU Libraries Home Page select Indexes and Databases and then either click on the first letter of the database title or make your selection from the (broad) Social Sciences Subject and select "Sociology," for example, to narrow your subject.

A statement will appear indicating which databases may also be searched off campus. For remote access you will need to provide your LSU 17 digit ID and a PIN (which is: changeme, unless you have changed your PIN).

Sociological Abstracts, 1974-
Database for Sociological Abstracts Formerly called Sociofile.

Ingenta
Ingenta provides citations to articles in approximately 20,000 interdisciplinary journals. It can be searched by author, keyword, and journal title. See additional information in the introduction above.

Web of Knowledge
An interdisciplinary database that includes citation references. Once connected, click on Web of Science and proceed with your search.

Other useful databases include:

Academic Search Premier
Contains the full-text of 4,000+ scholarly publications covering the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linhguistics, arts & literature, etc.

Academic Universe
Offers full-text online news, business, legal, legislative, and regulatory information that is updated daily. Now called Lexis Nexis Academic.

Access UN
Access to current and retrospective UN documents and publications, 1966 to date.

AIDSearch
To publications related to the AIDS virus, 1980 to recent

ArcUSA (GIS)
Generates thematic maps of the U.S. Available on CD-ROM in Middleton Library.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
A government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public.

Census of Population and Housing 1990.
Contains data from the most recent U.S. census for national, regional, state, and zip code levels. Library use only. Ask at Reference Desk. (Also see statistical section of the Sociology Subject Guide for web sources.) 2000 census data can be found at the U.S. Bureau of the Census website.

Child Abuse and Neglect  1965 - Sept. 1998.
More than 18,000 citations to books, journals, government reports, conference papers, state annual reports, curricula, unpublished papers and editorials, from 1965 to September 1998.

CINHAHL Abstracts, 1982-
Database for Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature for information on nursing literature, allied health professionals, and other health care issues. Ref Z6660 I42, reference stacks; paper subscription cancelled after 1992.

County and City Data Book
Data from 1990 census

CQ Weekly
Includes the full text of all CQ Weekly articles published since 1998.

Dictionary of Science & Technology
Electronic version of Dictionary of Science and Technology ; includes social Sciences

Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects
Data on chemicals with environmental impact

Dissertation Abstracts, 1861-
Database for Dissertation Abstracts International. The print indexes are in the general stacks. (Z5053 D57)

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Library
Online versions of various theses and dissertations from LSU graduate students; provides a link to the National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.

ERIC Abstracts, 1966-
Database combining Current Index to Journals in Education, Ref Z5813 C8 through 1995, with Resources in Education, Ref Z5814 R4 U52, both in Reference stacks. ERIC documents (EDs) are in Documents, Middleton Basement on microfiche. EDs from 1994 are available full text.

GPO Access
Provides online access to U.S Government Printing Office

Handbook of Latin American Studies
Bibliography on Latin America, 1935 - 1995. (Recent updates in progress.)

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition.
Includes full text documents from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Financing Provides nearly 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines including nursing and allied health and clinical pharmacology.

Index to Social Sciences and Humanities Proceedings
On CD-ROM. Ask at Middleton Reference Desk. Library use only. Print index 1979-.

JSTOR FT
Full text articles from many scholarly journals.

LexisNexis Academic
Offers full text online news, business, legal, legislative, and regulatory information, updated daily.

LexisNexis Statistical
Brings together statistical information from the Federal Government, including the American Statistics Index and Abstracts beginning in 1973 and full text to over 800 U.S. government statistical publications beginning in 1995.

Medline, 1966 - present
Contains citations and abstracts to international biomedical literature since 1966 from over 3700 journals on topics including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services. Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Contains bibliographic information on over 135,000 criminal justice articles, with 6,000 citations added each year through semi-annual updates.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Computerized Version of Occupational Outlook Handbook

ONET
Data from Dictionary of Occupational Titles  

Population Index on the Web.
Indexes publications on demography and population research.

PsycINFO, 1887 - present
Database for Psychological Abstracts produced by the American Psychological Association.

Regional Economic Information System (REIS).
Includes U.S. Department of Commerce economic statistics for the last twelve years organized by state, county, and metropolitan area, 1969-1996. Library use only. Ask at Reference Desk.

Scifinder Scholar
A software program from Chemical Abstracts Service offering electronic access to Chemical Abstracts. See the information ("i") icon about installing it on your computer.

Social Sciences Citation Index see Web of Knowledge

Social Services Abstracts, 1980-
Bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.

Stat-USA.
Allows World Wide Web access to U.S. government statistical information on trade, economics, and business through four major databases: National Trade DataBank NTDB), Economic Bulletin Board, Global Business Procurement Opportunities, and Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Information. Contact Government Documents (225-578-2570) for password information.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S..
Provides a quick statistical reference and guide to statistical publications and sources with over 1400 tables from over 250 governmental, private, and international organizations. Comparable to the 2003 print version. (See also statistics section of Sociology Subject Guide.)

Statistical Masterfile
Combines three searchable databases: American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index and Index to International Statistics. (See the information ("i") icon for more details.)

U.S.A. Counties
A reference source of county information for over 3400 variables

Web of Knowledge
Provides access to the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index from 1984 to date.

WorldCat
Records of any type of material catalogued by OCLC member libraries.

Electronic Journals (Selected List)
To see if LSU Libraries has access to an electronic journal, search Electronic Journals on the LSU Libraries Homepage. This is a partial listing; the dates should also be checked under Electronic Journals as they are frequently updated. JSTOR has excellent coverage of sociology and demographic journals, beginning with volume 1 of the journals it indexes. There are often different urls for JSTOR titles depending on whether you are on campus or off campus. More recent online journal issues might be provided through LSU Libraries subscriptions to Electronic Collections Online or Academic Search Premier.

Government Sources - Selected Links

Government Resources
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Aging
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly Health Care Financing Administration)
Consumer Information Center
Consumer Product Safety Commission
CYFERNet: Child, Youth and Family Network
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institute on Aging
Social Security Online
Employment Training Administration

Additional Print Indexes

Additional print indexes for the social sciences are located in Middleton Reference stacks. Locations, call numbers, and holdings information are available in the catalog for individual index titles, e.g. type: t=sociological abstracts in the Title search box and press Enter. In the Advanced Search, do a Browse search by title.

 

Internet Search Guide


The Sociology Subject Search Guide can be accessed from the "Subject Guides" on the LSU Libraries Homepage: http:/www.lib.lsu.edu. Select Sociology from the Social Science category. (The uniform resource locator, url, is:http://www.lib.lsu.edu/soc/sociology.html)

Sociology Subject Guide Table of Contents: General Sources, Departments of Sociology, Discussion Lists, Journals and Scholarly Publications, Organizations(e.g. American Sociological Association), Specialized Subject Sites, Statistics, U.S. Government Publications. The Guide is under continuous revision. Suggestions and additions are welcome.

Useful Reference Sources

Browse the Reference stacks, HM-HX, for especially useful sources. Identify sources by doing a keyword search in the catalog, e.g. aging and encyclopedia.
The books below are all located in Reference, Middleton Library

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Surveys:


Directories

 

·  The National Directory of Children, Youth, and Familiy Services HV741 N3157 17th ed 2001/02`

·  Public Human Services Directory HV89 A55 2001/2002

·  Resources for People with Disabilities: A National Directory HN1553 R48 1998 (2 vol)


Statistical Sources


Consult the statistical sources in the catalog and the Sociology Subject Guide for useful sites, including the census and the Louisiana Population Center, also:

Other Sources:

·  ASA Style Guide (2nd edition) HM73 A54 1997 Table 2
·  Careers In Sociology (2nd edition) HM51 S8975 1999 Table 3
·  Criminal Justice Information HV7419.5 C75 1998
·  Great Jobs for Sociology Majors HM51 L24 1997
·  Sociology: A guide to Reference and Information Sources HM51 A29 1997
·  Successful Grant Writing: Strategies for Health and Human Service Professionals HV41.2 G58 1996 Table 3

 

LSU Libraries
Carol Bell, Library Liaison
LSU Libraries, Louisiana State University
Contact: 225-578-7578, Fax: 225-578-9432

URL: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/soc/socwork/resourceslsu.html
Last updated: Thursday, 20 October 2005