This document provides instructions for using the library's databases and resources for sociology research. It highlights some key changes including a new main search box that replaces the old library catalog and allows searching across all CSU campuses. It contains databases relevant to sociology like SocIndex, Sociological Abstracts, Psycinfo and ERIC. Students are advised on constructing effective searches using keywords, variables, and Boolean operators as well as tips for citing sources properly.

1. Sociology 317
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2. HOME PAGE
NEW LIBRARY
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3. What’s new?
1. Most important links are under big
search box
2. Big search box replaces our old
library catalog
3. You can now get items from every
single CSU Campus

4. Contains the databases: SocIndex, Sociological Abstracts, Psycinfo and ERIC
ONESEARCH

5. Library
now uses
Beach ID

6. What are the main issues.
Think of terms and variables that
characterize your thesis topic.
Think about what discipline in
addition to sociology would
research your topic.

7. Constructing searches
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8. Use this to connect
different variables. For
example: black and
white
and

9. Place your terms in
the same search box
DO NOT USE THE “OR” OPTION IN THE PULL DOWN
MENU OF THE DATABASE!!!
or
economic or financial

10. Use this to look for root
endings. For example:
rac* looks for racial,
race, races,

11. cUse this to search for
phrases. For example:
“race relations”

12. Pick the
correct
sources of
information

13. Constructing your search
connect your variables
catalan and independence
japan and Nuclear and tsunami
brazil and poverty and race

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15. Finding the article
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16. Click on Get It @ CSULB

17. Links to the OneSearch Page

18. Takes 48-72 HOURS
We deliver it to you via link in
your email
BeachReach

19. Common Citation Errors.
1. Part of the citation is in ALL CAPS
2. Every Word Of The Article Title Is Capitalized (APA only)
3. The journal title is not italicized
4. The ending page number for your article is missing
5. There is no hanging indent
Before

20. Fixing the Errors.
1. Change any words that are all caps
2. Make the appropriate words lower case
3. Italicize the Journal Title
4. Look at the PDF of your document and find the
ending page number
5. Create a hanging indent
After

21. Ctrl + T *
Creates paragraphs
with hanging indents
in Microsoft Word.
Command for Mac
*

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