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SOC 201 - Social Problems: The Pursuit towards Social Justice (Ludwig): How to Search in Databases

Library information and resources for Donald Ludwig's SOC 201 class

Academic Search Complete and SocINDEX (EBSCO)

Here's an example search in Academic Search Complete (updated version of Academic Search Premier):

Screenshot demonstrating a search for "climate change" and cost analysis in Academic Search Premier

ProQuest

Here's an example of using ProQuest.

  • After you navigate to a database, you will need to use the keywords you created when you were at the Brainstorming tab to search for articles. In the picture below you can see the key words: "solar power" and benefit

  • Next click the Search button.
  • You should see a list of results like this:

  • "A" tells you how many results the database returned. If you get a BIG number, try adding another key word to help reduce the number of results, or see "D" below
  • "B" shows you the titles. Browse the titles until you find something that looks interesting and close to your topic.
  • "C" is an example of what full-text looks like. If you see "Find It" that means full text is not available.
  • "D" is how you limit to different kinds of sources: Newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals. Start with newspapers, magazines and trade journals for best results.

 

Subjects: Sociology

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