Sociology 15 (Lor): Welcome

Locate existing research to support the decisions you make in developing the components of your project:

• Literature Review
• Conceptualization & Measurement 
• Sampling 
• Qualitative Method Research Design 
• Quantitative Data Analysis 

Your project will build upon the research that has been previously conducted.

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 Sociological Abstracts (and other databases) to locate relevant scholarly research articles.
• access the full text of articles through UC-eLinks and/or Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
• obtain citation information in order to correctly source your work through in-text citations and reference lists.

Agenda

Part I: Introduction & Review (10 min)

Part II: Search Terms & Search Strategies (10  min)

Part III: Using Databases to Locate Sources (articles/evidence) (10 min)

Part IV: Practice Searching & Questions (15- 20 mins)

Part V: Finding known items in GoogleScholar (5 min)

Part V: Wrap-Up (5 min)

Apologies in advance if you hear barking in the background. Daisy and Trampers do not understand Zoom.