SOC 101/102 Lopez: Home

Accessing Databases

• Use your SURF ID & password to access databases & e-books from Off-Campus

Find Books/eBooks

• Use the library catalog to find books and e-books, DVDs and online videos
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (subject specific encyclopedias and reference sources)

Find Articles: Explore your topic in depth

• The best place to get started searching for scholarly articles is in our EBSCOhost databases.  Try using the "Advanced Search" option.

Example search:

Box 1: Chicano or "Mexican-American"

AND Box 2: parenting or "child rearing"

Check the "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" box.

• JSTOR is a another good database for this assignment; it includes only scholarly journals and you can limit the results to just sociology journals 

Example search:

Box 1: Chicano or "Mexican-American"

AND Box 2: parenting or "child rearing"

     Scroll down to the "NARROW BY DISCIPLINE AND/OR PUBLICATION TITLE" section and check the "Sociology" box.

•  Springer eBooks: includes ebooks chapters and open access journal articles.

 Example search:

Box 1 ("with all of the words"): parenting

AND Box 2 ("with at least one of the words"): Chicano "Mexican-American"

--remember to uncheck "Include Preview-Only content" box

--also, click on "Article" under "Content Type"

Need more information? Find more Library Databases by Subject.