Human Behavior in the Social Environment:
Cultural Diversity
October 4, 2007
Shirley Knight, Reference Librarian Virgina Kaiser, Professor
sknight@ramapo.edu, L-308, X7315 SWRK 262
I. Library Homepage: http://library.ramapo.edu
- Provides access to the catalog (OPAC), databases, interlibrary loan forms, etc.
II. Finding Books at the Potter Library
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Catalog: use this to find books, journal titles NOT ARTICLES, government documents, reserve items, music,and movies owned by the Library. You may limit a search by language, year(s) of publication, type of material, etc. This may take a few seconds to load.
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Search the catalog using Keywords to find material
- For example: search for "human diversity" or " social environment" to locate a broad range of material and look for resources for your topics.
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Search the catalog using Subject Browse feature ONLY if you know the Library of Congress Subject Headings
Subject Headings |
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Tips
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Start with broad searches. It is much easier to discard too much rather than start with too little.
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If you don't know the Subject Heading, use the Subjects etc. tab located on the top of a catalog record to get to the headings. This will help you focus in on more relevant material.
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Can "virtually" browse the shelves by clicking on the call number in a record.
III. Reference Material
- The reference stacks are located on the 3rd floor (this is also the library's entrance).
General Sources |
Call Number |
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences |
Ref HV 41 .I58 |
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior |
Ref BF 31 .E5 1994 |
Encyclopedia of Human Ecology |
Ref GF 4 .E53 2003 |
Handbook of Cultural Psychology |
Ref GN 502 .H36 2006 |
Handbook of Moral Development |
Ref BF 23 .M54 H354 2006 |
Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology |
Ref HM 251 .B48 2001 |
Topical Sources |
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Encyclopedia of World Cultures |
Ref GN 307 .E53 1991 |
Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations |
Ref HT 1521 .C33 1994 |
Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States |
Ref E 184 .A1 E773 2005 |
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: an integrated study |
Ref HT 1521 .R335 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: sex similarities and difffernces and the impact on gender | Ref HQ 1115 .E43 2001 |
Interracial Relationships |
Ref H 31 .O62 I61 2000 |
Navigating Interracial Borders: black-white couples and their social worlds |
Ref HQ 1031 .C485 2005 |
Contemporary Ethnic Georgraphies in America |
Ref E 184 .A 1 C5975 2007 |
Handbook of Contemporary Families
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Ref HQ 536 H3185 2001 |
Same-Ssex Marriage in the United States: focus on facts |
Ref HQ 1034 .U5 C34 2004 |
Encyclopedia of AIDS: a social, political, cultural and scientific record of the HIV epedemic |
Ref RA 644 .A25 E5276 1998 |
Encyclopedia of Gerontology |
Ref RC 952.5 .E58 1996 |
Diversity in Human Interactions |
Ref HN 59.2 .D59 2003 |
Handbook of Multicultural Counseling |
Ref BF 637 .O6 H3174 2001 |
Multicultural Films: a reference guide |
Ref PN 1995 .9 .M56 W45 2005 |
Atlas |
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State Atlas of Political and Cultural Diversity |
Ref G 120 1 .E25 L5 1997 |
Annotated Bibliographies |
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Multicultural America |
Ref Z1361 .E4 M86 2005 |
Racism in Contemporary America |
Ref Z 1361 .N39 N38 1996 |
Tips
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Use reference books to gain an overview of your topic.
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Use the Bibliographies at the end of encyclopedia entries to find more information on your topic.
IV. Electronic Resources
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Some useful Databases for your projects:
Full-text database that provides information on hundreds of topics such as culture and social structure, demography, social psychology, and more |
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Covers abstracts on topics such as child and family welfare, community organization, aging and more. |
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A full-text database of newspapers, journals of the ethnic minority and native press. |
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Encompasses a wide-range of topics from psychology, clinical social psychology, social welfare, criminology and more. |
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Contains more than two million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, as well as related topics as social work, anthropology, sociology etc. |
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Covers archival full-text scholarly articles in the social sciences, humanities, statistics, and more. |
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Full-text living record of 70 years of public opinion polls. |
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Covers abstracts on topics such as homelessness, child and family welfare, aging, community organization and more. Also, includes a listing of clinical social workers who have met national standards for education and experience established by the NASW competence certification commission. |
(Scholarly/Peer Reviewed/Refereed articles have been reviewed by a selected panel of experts in the discipline covered by that journal).
Tips
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Always switch to the Advance Search page in a database. This will give you more control over your results.
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Always use Boolean Operators-AND, OR, NOT when running a search. For Example: "racially- mixed people" AND behavior NOT creoles
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Always check your Spelling if the database results are Zero.
- Journal Finder: Indicates whether a journal is available full-text online, in print in the library, or available on microfilm.
- Interlibrary Loan: allows studens to borrow a book or article that the Potter library does not own. There is a link from the Journal Finder page.
Both of these links can be found under QUICK LINKS on the library's homepage.
V. Web Sources
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Use the following Subject Resources under HIV/AIDS Resources, Statistics to locate supplemental information on your topics .
- FEDSTATS http://www.fedstats.gov
- CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse
- Gay Men's Health Crisis
- National Center for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov
VI. Other Websites
- Mapping Census 2000: The geography of the United States Diversity: - Offers the basic patterns and changes in U.S. population distribution in the last decade. Each page features county-level detail for the 50 states, the District of Comumbia, and Puerto Pico. http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/atlas.html
- Center for th Study of White American Culture: -A multiracial organization that looks at white American culture in the context of the greater American culture. It is searchable and contains links to sites on White Studies, Antiracism, Multicultural Whiteness and more. http://www.euroamerican.org
- Cultural Survival:- A Cambridge-based organization founded in 1972, that uses the information and work it establishes to help peoples and ethnic groups deal as equals in their relations with national and international societies. Included are extensive links to indigenous, ethnic and other related web sites. http://www.cs.org
- Minority Links: - A quick and easy link from the Census Bureau that provides the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States.http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html
- The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity: - A website developed by Sociology Professor Michael Kearl, Trinity University, San Antonio. Provides information on race, ethnicity, stereotypes, intermarriage, with links to African Americans, Arab Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and more.. http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/race.html
- Tangled Roots: - A research project consisting of a collection of primary documents from the 17th century to the present that provides portraits of people and events from the history of African and Irish Americans. The project is dedicated to an understanding of race and ethnicity in America.
http://www.yale.edu/glc/tangledroots
VI. Bibliographies
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Use Evaluating Websites to determine if the site is authoritative enough to use in your paper.
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Academic Integrity - give credit where credit is due.
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