Online Resources for SOC/WS 430
Dr. Ebert Wallace -- Fall 2007


What is Scholarly Literature?
Types of Periodicals Scholarly vs. Nonscholarly Literature


Finding Scholarly Sociology Journal Articles:
Sociological Abstracts (SocAbs)
Topic 1 descriptors:
birth   --   names of specific countries   --   [cesarean or caesarean as keyword]
Topic 2 descriptors:breast feeding or lactation   --   working mothers   --    family work relationship   --   workplaces   --   policy   --   names of specific countries
Topic 3 descriptors:midwifery   --    birth   --   traditional medicine   --   alternative medicine   --   names of specific countries   --   [doula, CNM, or lay midwife as keywords]
Topic 4 descriptors:family work relationship   --   working mothers   --   working women   --   working men   --   workplaces   --    policy   --   dual career family   --   names of specific countries   --   ["parental leave" as keyword anywhere]
Topic 5 descriptors:childcare services   --   family work relationship   --   policy   --   workplaces   --   names of specific countries
Topic 6 descriptors:health care   --   health researchnbsp;  --   body   --   lesbianism   --   ethnic groups    --   minority groups   --   black americans   --   asian americans    --   arab americans   --   hispanic americans   --   ["women of color" as keyword anywhere]


Finding Scholarly Health/Medical Journal Articles:
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Medline**
**Use this version of Medline to link automatically to any fulltext articles WIU has.


Finding Scholarly Public Policy Articles:
International Political Science Abstracts


Other Resources:
WIU Legal Resources Page WIU Journal List (Citation Linker)

Click on the Journals tab and enter the name of the journal to see if we have access to it.

Contact me at mfskab@wiu.edu
Krista Bowers Sharpe