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Library Tutorial for SociologyHonours Year Students

Outline

Search Strategy & Resources

EndNote

Getting Help Services

Proxy Bookmarklet

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SEARCH STRATEGY

Build your searchL

ist keywords, synonyms to describe your topic:E.g. social support for the elderlySocial support, social network, living arrangementsElderly, older people, aged…

Refine or broaden search using:Boolean operatorsTruncation/wildcard featuresParentheses ( )

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Boolean OperatorsAND = both terms must be present

(to narrow/refine search)OR = either of the terms may be present

(to broaden search)NOT = excludes a search term

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surveillancsurveillance e technologitechnologieses

workplaceworkplace

AND O Rworkplaworkpla

cecework work environmeenvironme

ntnt

TruncationF

or variation in spellinggambl* =gambled, gambling, gambleparent* = parenthood, parenting, parents

Note: Different databases use different wildcard symbols examples:

$ ? !$ ? !C

heck database guides, help menu...April 10, 2023 6

Parentheses ( )U

se ( ) for grouping words or phrases that are to be processed first, examples: (low income OR single) AND families= low income families single parent families

(teen* OR adolescen*) AND pregnancy= teenage pregnancy adolescent pregnancy

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SOCIOLOGYDATABASES

Recommended DatabasesS

copus S

ociological AbstractsS

ocial Sciences Citation Index (via Web of Science)P

ERINDP

roQuest Theses & DissertationsI

nternational Bibliography of the Social SciencesS

ocial Sciences AbstractsE

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Access Databases from Library Portal

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What is EndNote?A

software that:stores and organizes citations inserts citations into a Word documentFormat references in a predefined citation style

For more on Endnote http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/endnote

Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVX55Hc46A

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Citations and BibliographyT

wo places to cite the references you have used:

within a sentence (in-text citation)

at the end of the document (footnotes/bibliography/references)

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Workflow

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Step 1: Create an EndNote Librarya. All programs > EndNote > EndNote Program

b. Select Create a new library

c. Filename: sociology (*.enl)

d. Save

Note: no limit to number of references, but <100,000 is recommended

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Step 2: Add References to EndNote Library

MS Word/Open Office

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Sociology Databases

Multidisciplinary

Indexing database (no full text)

Usually offers links to full text

Good design, useful tools and easy to use

ScopusScopus

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Let’s Search…

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How are surveillance technologies changing

the nature of the modern organization?

surveillance technolog*

organization, workplace,

work environment

surveillance technolog* AND (organization OR workplace OR work environment)

Search Scopus

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DatabasesSociol

ogical AbstractsG

ood for literature review in Sociology

Provides indexesindexes & abstractsabstracts to journal articles, book chapters, conference papers & dissertations.

Coverage, 1979-Culture, social structure, social differentiation, social psychology, sociology of the arts, business, education, studies in violence and power and more……

Search LINCLINC for full-texts

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DatabasesPER

INDG

ood source for research relating to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei & ASEAN, 1980s-

Index to journal articles, book chapters and conference papers relating to humanities, social sciences, business, architecture, building, science, technology, law & medicine

Coverage, 1980-

Save selected records using IE function File> Save as>filename

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PERIND

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Managing & Organising your EndNote Library

• Manual Entries• http://www.endnote.com/training/WMVs/ENX3/07-Manual_Data_Entry.wmv

• Editing / Amending Records

• Attaching PDF files

• Creating Groups (Custom Groups)

Cite While You Write (CWYW)

•Create a paper with properly formatted references, bibliography, figures & tables

•Do NOT edit the citations and bibliographies in Word Processor. Edit the reference in the EndNote Library ONLY

•To locate citation and bibliography fields, change the MS Word’s Field Shading option

Inserting CitationsM

ethod 1: Find Citationa.S

earch for a word in any field (e.g. title, author)b.S

elect the references that you want to insert into your paper

Method 2: Insert Selected Citation(s)

a.In EndNote library, select a citation

b.Go to Word and place cursor at insertion point

c.Click on Insert Citation > Insert selected citation(s)

Editing Citations & References

Edit Citation

Make changes within a citation, e.g. add page number, omit author or year

Edit Library Reference(s)

Select the citation in your document and click on this command, to edit this particular reference directly in EndNote

NEWSPAPERDATABASES

Newspaper Databases

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Let’s search…Discuss the extent to which the Workfare Income Supplement scheme reflects a

majorchange in the welfare policy of the

Government

singapore

workfare income

supplement

(workfare income supplement) AND singapore

AND (welfare or recipient)

welfare, recipient (optional)

Factiva

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Let’s search…Why do people use/not use

public transport in Singapore?

singapore

demand* OR prefer* OR usage OR choice*

(demand* OR prefer* OR usage OR choice*)

AND public transport* AND singapore

public

transport

LexisNexis Academic

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Search NewspaperSG

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ACADEMIC EXERCISES,THESES & DISSERTATIONS

Theses & DissertationsP

roQuest Dissertations and Theses  Covers North-American Masters and Ph d theses

NUS Theses Print copies

ScholarBank

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NUS Theses & Academic exercises (Print)

Search LINC, by call no, HM15 200* (for year 2000 onwards ) in NUS (Theses Collection):

Search LINC, by keywords in NUS (Theses Collection):

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STATISTICAL SOURCES

Statistics DatabasesE

IU Country Data

Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research

Singapore Statistics

World development Indicators

Yearbook of statistics, Singapore

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GETTING HELP

Subject Guides

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/index.php

Library FAQ

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Library Instruction ONline

Click here

Or click here

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E-Forms-Materials Not Found in Library

Document Delivery Services (DDS)

Journal articles, Book Chapters, …Request via E-Forms (Library Portal)

Purchase new books•

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COOL TIPS GOOGLE SCHOLAR & PROXY BOOKMARKLET

What is Proxy Bookmarklet?

Inserts the NUS library proxy stem (libproxy1.nus.edu.sg) into the URL of the article.

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VendorUser NUS Library Proxy server

I want article X I want article X

Okay you are recognized, here is article X.

Here is article X

Proxy BookmarkletS

earch for proxy bookmarklet in Library PortalI

nstall it on your Internet browser in favorites folder or on your browser tool bar

How to use video on YouTube (sorry, no narration or captions yet) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPPScNYu57c&feature=player_embedded

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•Tel: 6516 2028

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