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Social Sciences Librarian

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kyle.jenkins@richmond.edu

(804)-289-8262

Boatwright Library, Room #183

261 Richmond Way
Richmond, VA 23173

Subjects: Africana Studies, Anthropology, Data & Statistics, Education, First Year Seminar, Geography, International Education, Psychology, Sociology

OneSearch This link opens in a new window
A discovery tool that searches most of the University Libraries' collections, including books, journal articles, newspapers, dissertations, music, and video recordings.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary resource containing a large number of peer-reviewed journals.
This is good place to start for most topics, including all sciences, religion, law, history, psychology, political science, criminal justice, literature, current events, sociology and communications.
Abstracts and full-text for most journal articles; Varies by title many from 1980s-present
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of scholarly journal literature
Interdisciplinary journal archive of titles in the arts, botany, business, ecology, general science, history, mathematics, and the social sciences. Many journal runs go back to the 19th century and before with subject coverage going back to the medieval period and up to within 3-5 years of current (depending on journal title).; Full-text and full image; Varies by title; current within 3-5 years; Coverage is constantly expanding with the addition of more scholarly journals to the collection. Moving wall publishes to within 3-5 years of most titles that are still in publication.

Very Short Introductions This link opens in a new window
Intelligent and serious introductions written by authors who are experts in their field.
Full-text; 2000 - Present; access limited to 5 simultaneous users

Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th- and 21st-Century America
Covers the popular culture of the 20th Century and first decade of the 21st Century.

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
In-depth reports and background information on major current topics and policy issues.
Covering such topics as: social programs, health, social trends, criminal justice, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Complete summaries, pros and cons, bibliographies and background information are included in each report.; Full-text reports; charts; 1923 - present

Decades in America
Provides a survey of North America in the twentieth century, with sharp focus on each decade. Content covers events, movements, people, and trends in popular culture, literature, art, sports, science, technology, economics, and politics in both the United States and Canada.
America Decades
Cross-disciplinary source for researchers who need to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history.

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text of major newspapers with separate resources for environment, government, statistics, and legal information
Online access to current and back issues of major newspapers, journals, newsletters, and news sources from around the world. Full-text of legal materials (court cases, legislation, statutes, regulations, law reviews, and more). Congressional information back to 1789.; Full-text; Varies by title; 1980 - present

-Unaddressed questions from Mentimeter:

Could we use popular sources if the person is an “expert” in their field?
- If you plan on using them in a research assignment, I think it ultimately still depends on your instructor’s discretion. However, having popular sources written by experts does give you some valuable tools! Firstly, you can assume that this author has probably written more extensively on the subject you’re interested in, and maybe even in scholarly journals, that you could then search for based on their name. Secondly, the articles they cite in the popular source may be of a higher quality/academic caliber, so you could use them as jumping-off points for further research as well.
If we have a really long article, do you have any tips for gleaning the important information, or do you just have to go through it?
- Here's a few links below that give more info on how to skim longer academic articles: