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SBS 302: Qualitative Methods

Professor:  Anna Guevarra
Librarian:  Lisa Kammerlocher

Assignment
Identifying a Topic
Choosing the Best Research Tools  
Citation Style Guides & RefWorks  

Assignment

Your assignment is to perform a "review of existing research on a particular social issue/inequality/problem, which serves as a basis for developing a research project proposal by being able to identify a research question that would contribute to this existing body of literature."

Identifying a Topic

CQ Researcher
Covers original reporting on complex or controversial current events and social, political, economic, and international issues. Includes issue summary, historical perspectives, recent developments, opposing viewpoints, and additional research sources.

Encyclopedia of American social movements
HN57 .E594 2004 (catalog record)

Encyclopedia of racism in the United States
E184.A1 .E773 2005 (catalog record)

The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide
HQ1115 .G74 2003  (catalog record)

 

Choosing the Best Research Tools - The Basics


If you need... Then use the... Locate materials using these options Learn More...
Books
  • the call number at Fletcher Library
  • the REQUEST button from the book record in the ASU Libraries Catalog
  • fulltext link to book

Quick Guide to the ASU Libraries' Catalog

Articles
  • Database Finder L
    • Criminal Justice
    • Political Science
    • Psychology
    • Sociology
    • Women's Studies
 
To ID peer-reviewed journals
  • return to Scholarly Articles section above
 
Government Publications
  • Web links to fulltext
  • fulltext link to document
 
Statistics
  • Web links to fulltext
  • the call number or microfiche number of a statistics book held by Fletcher Library
 

L - leads to library-owned resources

W - leads to resources available on the Web

Modified: May 15, 2008,