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Sociology 201 (Van Dyke, Fall 2022)

Getting Started

Before we get started, please open another tab in your browser and go to the Library 's main webpage: library.ucmerced.edu

Session Goals

By the end of this session, you will be able to ...

  • craft a search strategy based on a research question to more effectively search databases.
  • use functionality in UC Library Search, Google Scholar, and Sociological Abstracts (and other databases) to locate relevant scholarly research articles.
  • access the full text of articles through Get it at UC and/or Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
  • obtain citation information in order to correctly source your work through in-text citations and reference lists.

For graduate students

Sociology Research Guide for Graduate Students - https://libguides.ucmerced.edu/sociology-grads