Sociology:Health & Medicine

Database & Online Search Process

Lissa Lord llord@ku.eduFall 2014

When you don’t know enough facts about a new topic, sometimes it is helpful to go to the Association’s website.

Is there a society specializing in Sociology, health and medicine?

http://www.asanet.org/medicalsociology/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/magazine/the-not-so-hidden-cause-behind-the-adhd-epidemic.html

We just got an article from an association’s website and The New York Times. How do we find more articles, especially peer reviewed articles?

From the beginning, look for subject guides on the Libraries’ Homepage

http://www.lib.ku.edu

http://www.lib.ku.edu

A 2nd Database to look at: Web of Science

http://www.lib.ku.edu

Google Scholar search

410 articles in Web of Science database cite this article

1110 articles cite this article

PUBMEDhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

Is listed as a database but is a government website

We searched and found articles here:

Association Website Sociological Abstracts Web of Science Pubmed

e-Journals

e-Journals in Sociology and Rural

Books&e-Books

Request a print book from Lawrence

How we got here?

Library Homepage http://www.lib.ku.edu

Library Catalog

Keyword search limited by 5 years

Most of the top listings are relevant and new

Now, when is the library open?

Questions?

Ask the Librarian:

Lissa Lordllord@ku.edu