Galileo Resources - Mostly Reference

The search bar above searches GIL-Find (book catalog) and a bunch of different databases covering different topics. It will give you a little bit of everything, so it's a good place to start if you're not sure where to begin.

The databases below contain sociology journals.

	Social Science Journals A definitive resource for those who need access to a variety of scientific journals. The database includes over 570 titles, with more than 340 available in full text. ProQuest Social Science Journals provides information on hundreds of topics, including: addiction studies, urban studies, family studies, and international relations.
	Research Library at ProQuest Provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects and includes full-text access for thousands of titles, including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
	Academic Search Complete This scholarly collection offers full-text coverage of information in many areas of academic study, including archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic and multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion and theology, women's studies, and other fields.
	JSTOR Offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire database is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.
	ERIC The Educational Resources Information Center database covers all aspects of education and educational research. ERIC provides access to education-related resources, including journal and non-journal bibliographic information.

Search Technique

Booleans

Boolean logic defines logical relationships between terms in a search. The Boolean search operators are and, or and not. You can use these operators to create a very broad or very narrow search.

And combines search terms so that each search result contains all of the terms. For example, travel and Europe finds articles that contain both travel and Europe.
Or combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one of the terms. For example, college or university finds results that contain either college or university.
Not excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the terms that follow it. For example, television not cable finds results that contain television but not cable.

Note: When executing a search, And takes precedence over Or.

The following table illustrates the operation of Boolean terms:

And	Or	Not
Each result contains all search terms.	Each result contains at least one search term.	Results do not contain the specified terms.
The search heart and lung finds items that contain both heart and lung.	The search heart or lung finds items that contain either heart or items that contain lung.	The search heart not lung finds items that contain heart but do not contain lung.

Questions to ask yourself when evaluating sources:

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Critically Analyzing Information Sources

Here's a link to a great page on the Olin & Uris Libraries of Cornell University website on how to perform an "Initial Appraisal" and "Content Analysis" of articles.

Critically Analyzing Information Sources
From: Research & Learning Services
           Olin Library
           Cornell University Library
           Ithaca, NY, USA
        (Used with permission)

Analysis & Evaluation Questions

The template at this link covers "How to Analyze the Logic of an Article" and "How To Evaluate An Author’s Reasoning" by posing questions to consider about an article.

Analyzing the Logic of an Article

Evaluating What You've Found

Brought to you by Western Libraries in Ontario, Canada, this video explains how to evaluate a resource.

Sociology 1101- Marietta: Articles