HUM/LOS/SBS/SCI 400 --Senior Seminar (Democracy and Difference)

Introduction | Reference Sources | Indexes & Databases | Internet Resources | Writing the Paper

MAUREEN PERRY , Reference Librarian,  753-6546, OR  mperry@usm.maine.edu  OR  Email a Librarian

• Hours for the Glickman Library in Portland and the Gorham Library

• Circulation Policies : How long can a book be checked out?; How much are fines?; Can I renew online?, etc.

• Serials Questions : How do I find a newspaper/magazine/journal article at USM?

Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology
LEW Reference HM251 B476 1995

Dictionary of cultural and critical theory
LEW Reference HM101 D527 1996

For additional books, check the URSUS catalog under the following subject headings:

Race awareness

Sex differences

Social classes--United States

For journal articles, consult the following:

Academic Search Premier
Varied coverage
Lists of articles from 8,025 publications, with some full text ; includes journals and other scholarly publications.

Humanities International Index
Coverage from 1925
Covers journals, books and other important references in the humanities.

PAIS International
Coverage from 1972
Indexes the literature of public and social policy, and other aspects of social sciences. Includes journal articles, serials, books, government documents, directories, and public, intergovernmental, and private organization reports.

PsycARTICLES
Coverage from 1985
Offers full-text articles from 53 psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, and the Canadian Psychological Association

PsycINFO
Coverage from 1887
Index to the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage includes references and abstracts to over 1,300 journals in more than 20 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. The database includes information from empirical studies, case studies, surveys, bibliographies, literature reviews, discussion articles, conference reports and dissertations. Updated weekly.

Sociological Abstracts
Coverage from 1974
Covers sociology and related disciplines including anthropology, criminology, demography, education, gerontology, mental health, minority studies, political science, public health, social psychology, social work, urban studies, welfare programs, and women's studies. Comprehensive and international in scope. Covers about 2,600 journals in 30 different languages from 55 different countries. Also includes books, conference papers,and doctoral dissertations.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Coverage from 1975
This database supplies citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law and public administration/policy.

There is no authority control for the Internet. In choosing Internet resources it is imperative to evaluate the authenticity of the source. Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources (UCLA College Library) provides excellent evaluation criteria. The following selected resources have been chosen because of authenticity and comprehensiveness of coverage.

Center for Democracy & Technology

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy

Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues (American Psychological Association)

Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (American Psychological Association)