CRP 109.02 (FWS)
Social Movements in the Age of Globalization
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/CRP109_Fall2007.html
Search strategy is the process of finding information in a logical, step-by-step
manner. Using a search strategy insures that you will find the information and
materials you need as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Research Steps
- Choose your topic
- Find background information
- Find books on your topic
- Find periodical articles
- Find networked resources or relevant Web sites
- Evaluate your sources
- Cite your sources
For more information about library research strategy and using library resources,
go to
Research Strategy: a tutorial.
Return to Top
Reference Sources
Blackwell Companion to Social Movements
David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule and Hanspeter Kriesi, editors
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
(Olin stacks - HM881 .B53 2004 +; also in Uris) Compilation of original,
state-of-the-art essays by internationally recognized scholars on an array of
topics in the field of social movement studies. Includes coverage of historical,
political, and cultural contexts; leadership; organizational dynamics; social
networks and participation; consequences and outcomes; and case studies of major
social movements (from Blackwell website).
Dictionary
of American History
Stanley I. Kutler,
editor in chief
10 Vols., New York : Thomson Gale, c2003.
(Olin Ref -E174
.D52x 2003 +)
Part of an integrated
online collection of primary documents, secondary reference sources, and journal
articles covering all areas of U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present
day.
Encyclopedia
of American social history
Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, Peter W. Williams, editors.
3 Vols., New York : Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1992.
(Olin Ref - HN57
.E56 1992 +; also in Uris)
This 3-volume
encyclopedia uses the scholarship of historians, sociologists, geographers and
anthropologists to present various aspects of American social history, including
periods of social change, patterns of everyday life, family history and science,
medicine and technology.
Encyclopedia
of American Social Movements
Immanuel Ness, editor
4 vols., Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, c2004
(Olin Ref HN57 .E594 2004 +) - Non-Circulating
Overviews on
abolition, woman suffrage, civil rights, the minimum wage, and a wide range of
many other American social movements. Each article includes a bibliography of
additional sources.
The
Encyclopedia of Democracy
Seymour Martin Lipset, editor-in-chief
4 Vols. Washington, D.C.:Congressional Quarterly, 1995
(Uris Ref
JC423. E53 1995) - Non-Circulating
A four-volume
comprehensive encyclopedia on the history, development and current state of democratic
systems of government world wide. Coverage includes themes and issues of democratic
theory and practice, from its beginnings in classical Greece to recent developments
around the world, including the overthrow of communism in eastern Europe, the
end of apartheid in South Africa, the issue of sovereignty in the European Union
and the worldwide impact of mass media on democratic systems (Bowkers).
Encyclopedia
of the Developing World
Thomas M. Leonard, editor.
3 Vols. New York : Routledge, c2006
(Olin Ref
HC59.7 .E52 2006 +) - Non-Circulating
Provides historical
context and up-to-date information on developing countries and regions, including
economic, political, religious, and social factors. The book defines issues, concepts,
and themes in the study of the developing world from economics and political science
(Bowkers).
Encyclopedia
of India
Stanley A. Wolpert, editor in chief
4 Vols. Detroit
: Charles Scribner’s Sons : Thomson Gale, 2005
(Kroch
Asia Ref DS405 .E556 2005 +) - Non-Circulating
This encyclopedia
contains an alphabetical listing of topics and periods related to India.
Encyclopedia
of Latin American History and Culture
Barbara A. Tenenbaum, editor-in-chief
5 Vols. New York
: Scribner’s : Macmillan Library Reference USA, c1995-c1996.
(Uris
Ref F1406 .E53x 1995) - Non-Circulating
Five volumes
span the centuries from the earliest civilizations of the Olmec, Maya, and Chavin
to the present day. Includes South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Emphasizes political, economic, and social history, yet does not overlook those
elements of material and popular culture that have affected the history of Latin
America.
Encyclopedia of sociology
Edgar F. Borgatta, editor-in-chief
5 vols., New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2000.
(Olin Ref HM17 .E56 2000 +; also at Mann) - Non-Circulating
Background articles covering core issues such as race, poverty, violence,
economics, pregnancy, abortion, the Internet, privacy and epidemiology.
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict
Lester Kurtz , editor-in-chief
3 Vols. San Diego ; London : Academic Press, c1999.
(Olin Ref
HM291 .E625x 1999 +) - Non-Circulating
A three-volume
interdisciplinary encyclopedia of key concepts on modern warfare, conflict, violence,
and peace, but also includes topics such as police brutality, aggression in sports,
television violence, and animal aggression. Alphabetically arranged (Bowkers).
Routledge International
Encyclopedia of Women : Global Women’s Issues and Knowledge
Cheris Kramarae and Dale Spender, general editors
4 Vols. New York : Routledge, 2000.
(Olin Ref HQ1115 .R69x 2000; also at Mann) - Non-Circulating
A 4 volume set
that provides comprehensive internationall coverage of the theory and practice
of women's studies in fields such as arts, communication, economy and education.
Entries organized alphabetically from the US and Europe, Asia, the Americas, Oceania,
and the Middle East (Bowkers online).
Return to Top
The CU Library
Catalog
- Includes the holdings of 19 Cornell University libraries (over 7 million
items).
- Contains records for books, DVDs/videos, sound recordings, magazine/newspaper/journal
titles, computer files, government documents, manuscripts and archives, maps,
musical scores, and more.
- For help searching the library catalog, see a librarian or go to the catalog's
help pages.
- Not finding what you need? Try searching
library catalogs worldwide.
If we do not have a BOOK in our holdings,
or if the book you need is already checked out:
Borrow Direct Click on the link above, connect to Borrow Direct,
search for the book and if it's available from another Ivy League university,
we will have it shipped to Cornell. Borrowing period is one month. Books arrive
in 3-4 business days. (This service is for BOOKS only).
If we don't own an item that you need (any item --
journal article, DVD, dissertation, etc.):
Interlibrary Loan Services If Cornell Library does not have an item
you need, Use ILLiad (InterLibrary Loan Internet Accessible Database) to request
that we borrow materials from other libraries. Loan period is usually one month.
Items can arrive in as little as a few days to a couple of weeks.
Please also familiarize yourself with our other
delivery services.
Return to Top
Periodical Indexes
Periodical indexes and abstracts are resources that identify and locate articles
in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Increasingly, indexes are available
as online databases that will often provide access to the full text of the articles.
Find
Databases provides access to over 1000 online indexes and abstracts,
almanacs, catalogs, dictionaries, directories, and encyclopedias. Entries for
these resources provide descriptive information, dates of coverage, and links
to the databases. You can find databases in your areas of interest by either
searching by title or keyword or browsing through the subject menus.
All of the resources in Find Databases can also be found in and accessed through
the CU Library
Catalog.
Find
Articles allows you to search for journal article citations in more
than one database simultaneously. In many cases, these citations will provide
links directly to online full text of the articles themselves.
Note: The number of databases available for simultaneous searching is a
selective subset of the number of resources available in Find Databases.
Finding Periodicals and Periodical Articles
Indexes to Multidisciplinary Journals and Magazines
Academic Search Premier [Restricted to
Cornell] Provides citations and abstracts for articles from over
4,140 journals, and includes full text from over 3,170 journals.
Proquest Research Library [Restricted
to Cornell] Research Library, formerly known as Periodical Abstracts,
is part of the ProQuest online system. Full text of many articles is provided.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of science) [Restricted
to Cornell] Provides access to the thousands of journals in Science
citation index expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social sciences citation index (SSCI),
and Arts & humanities citation index (A&HCI). These ISI citation databases
are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched
by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched
for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows
use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles
on the same topic.
Indexes with a topical focus
America,
History and Life/Historical Abstracts [Restricted
to Cornell]
A complete bibliographical
reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the
present and world history from 1450 to the present. Covers over 2000 journals
published worldwide.
Bibliography
of Asian Studies [Restricted
to Cornell]
The online
version of the Bibliography of Asian studies (BAS) contains more than 640,000
records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining
to East, Southeast and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
Through the 1991 printed version, the BAS included citations to western-language
periodical articles, individually authored monographs, chapters in edited volumes,
conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften, etc. Since 1992, newly
published individual monographs are no longer being added to the database, and
users seeking monographs are urged to consult other general resources and databases
(such as RLIN, OCLC, etc.).
EconLit
[Restricted
to Cornell]
Produced by
the American Economic Association, EconLit indexes books, journal articles, dissertations,
and articles in books published since 1969. Subjects covered in EconLit include
economic theory and history, fiscal theory, econometrics, agricultural economics,
public finance, demography, monetary theory, international economics and others.Environmental
issues & policy index [Restricted
to Cornell]
The Environmental Issues & Policy Index provides researchers with abstracts
and indexing for over 1,000 titles covering environmental policy and studies.
Updated monthly, with ongoing coverage for over 500 of those titles, the database
contains citations for nearly 700,000 articles published since 1973. The database
offers deep coverage of applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy,
environmental law, geography, marine and freshwater resources, public policy,
social impacts, urban planning, and more. Additionally, an Environment Thesaurus
and publication index are available for more precise, advanced searching.
Ethnic NewsWatch [Restricted to Cornell]
Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines
and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press from 1960.
GenderWatch
[Restricted to Cornell]
GenderWatch
is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across
a broad spectrum of subject areas. The database provides in-depth coverage of
the subjects that are uniquely central to women’s lives, including family,
childbrith, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual
harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and
societal roles.
HAPI - Hispanic American Periodicals Index [Restricted
to Cornell] HAPI Online contains authoritative, worldwide information
about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico
border region and Hispanics in the United States. From analyses of current political,
economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters,
HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews,
documents, original literary works and other materials appearing in more than
500 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world
from 1970 to the present. Many of the citations are linked to full text where
available.
International Political Science Abstracts [Restricted
to Cornell] Indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published
throughout the world, from 1989 onward.
PAIS International - Public Affairs Information Service [Restricted
to Cornell] Contains citations to public policy literature of economics,
government, law, international business, political science, public administration,
and other social sciences. It includes references to journal articles, books,
government documents, reports and pamphlets in English, French, German, Italian,
Spanish, and Portuguese, from 1972 onward.
Sociological Abstracts [Restricted to
Cornell] Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology
and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Provides citations
from 1963 to the present, and abstracts since 1974, to journal articles, conference
papers, books, and dissertations. Subjects covered include community development,
culture and social structure, demography and human biology, environmental interactions,
family and social welfare, health and medicine and law, religion and science,
social psychology and group interactions, welfare services, and women's studies.
Women's
Studies International [Restricted
to Cornell]
Provides
citations and some abstracts to the core areas of Women’s studies. Includes
material from Women studies abstracts (1984-present), Women’s studies bibliography
database, Women’s studies database (1972-present), New books on women and
feminism (1987-present), Women of color and southern women (1975-present), The
history of women and science, health, and technology: a bibliographic guide to
the professions and disciplines (1970-1995), Women’s health and development:
an annotated bibliography (1995), Women, race, and ethnicity: a bibliography (1970-1990),
WAVE: Women’s audiovisuals in English: a guide to nonprint resources in
women’s studies (1985-1990) and the MEDLINE subset on women (1964-2000).
Covers journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings,
reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, websites and grey literature. annually
Newspapers
Access World News [Restricted to Cornell]
Access World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives
from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive
focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Date coverage
varies with individual newspaper.
Lexis Nexis Academic [Restricted to Cornell]
Provides access to full text resources on topics including current and general
news; business and financial information; newspapers; company directories; government
and politics; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing, and tax; federal
and state laws; legal cases; and regulations. Resources include TV and radio news
transcripts..
World
News Connection (WNC) [Restricted
to Cornell]
A successor
to the FBIS Daily reports from the Foreign Broadcasting Information Service and
the JPRS reports from the Joint Publications Research Service provided through
the National Technical Information Service. The material is obtained from non-U.S.
open-source political speeches, television programs, radio broadcasts, newspaper
articles, periodicals, and books. The content focuses primarily on military, political,
environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and events. Under
some subscription options, profiling (automated custom-searching) is offered.
Full text is available on-line, or relevant articles may be sent to a subscriber’s
e-mail address. Because of copyright restrictions some material which appears
in the FBIS Daily Reports is not included in WNC but may be available on the FBIS
Publications disk.
World Press Review online[Restricted
to Cornell]
Drawing upon
publications around the globe, and a network of correspondents in dozens of countries,
worldpress.org presents the issues that barely see the light of day in the mainstream
press, translating, reprinting, analyzing, and contextualizing the best of the
international press. The World Press Review Online website offers full text articles,
search options and direct links to foreign media by country. Its archives include
back issues with selected articles from the print title, World Press Review.
Return to Top
Websites
Global
Justice Movement
(http://www.globaljusticemovement.org/index.htm)
Their
mission is "To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible
time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense or the disadvantage
of anyone." (from website)
Protest.Net
(http://protest.net)
Protest.Net is a collective of activists who are working together to create our
own media. By publishing a public record of our political activities on the web
we are taking a stand against the established media. We are standing up and showing
that serious activism is alive and well at the dawn of the 21st century.
Return
to Top
Evaluating the sources you find is a crucial step in the process of library
research. The questions you ask about books, periodical articles, or multimedia
sources are similar whether you're looking at a citation to the item or have
the item in hand.
How to Critically Analyze Information Sources lists some
of the critical questions you should ask when you consider the appropriateness
of a particular book, article, media resource, or Web site for your research.
Distinguishing Scholarly from Non-Scholarly Periodicals: A Checklist
of Criteria shows how to evaluate periodicals by looking at their format,
intended audience, and appearance.
How to Evaluate Web Sites:
Evaluating Web Resources lists ways to analyze the websites
you find.
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites offers a table of suggestions.
For additional suggestions specific to Web sites, see
Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools.
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
Return to Top
APA Citation
Style
Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.)
Africana, Hotel,
Management, Olin, and Uris Libraries
BF 76.7 .P83x 2001x
(Reference Desks)
Also in ILR and Mann Reference
at BF 76.7 .A51 2001.
APA Citation Style (CUL Gateway Help pages)
(Excerpted from the 15th edition of
The Chicago Manual of Style Online)
APA
Reference Examples for Electronic Source Materials
(Excerpted from the 5th edition of the Publication Manual)
APAStyle.org
(APA's web site)
Managing
Information using bibliographic/Citation Software
RefWorks
is a web-based program that allows you to easily collect, manage, and organize
bibliographic references by interfacing with databases. RefWorks also interfaces
directly with Word, making it easy to import references and incorporate
them into your writing, properly formatted according to the style of your
choice. RefWorks workshops are offered at Uris
Library,
Mann Library.
Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity
Return
to Top
Research and Reference Help
Library Gateway Help
CU Library Catalog Help
| LiveHelp |
 |
New online Reference Help service ( See
hours ) |
Olin Kroch Uris Reference e-mail address: okuref@cornell.edu
Reference
Desk Directory
Reference Desk Schedules in Olin
and Uris
Libraries
Olin Library Reference phone number: 255-4144
Uris Library Reference phone number: 255-2339
OKU Research Consultations
OKU Workshop Schedule
Writing Walk-in Service (Knight Institute) -- available in Olin Library
Return to Top
October 2, 2007 (gc)
Nancy Skipper, nss3@cornell.edu
Reference Coordinator
Collection, Reference, Instruction and Outreach
Cornell University Library
URL: http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/CRP109_Fall2007.html
Olin and Uris Libraries, Cornell University, Ithaca
NY 14853
PSA: Public Services and Assessment
Information and reference: 607-255-4144, okuref@cornell.edu
Circulation: (Olin) 607-255-4245, (Uris) 607-255-3537, olincirc@cornell.edu
Brazil's
Landless Workers' Movement (MST) in Brazilia in 2005.
Developing
a Search Strategy