Sociology Final Project
Information Sources
Educating yourself about the current research on your topic is crucial in sociology. You will have access to several electronic resources. In addition, books, newspapers, and magazines can also be utilized as sources. You will have to choose THREE sources from which to gather information. One must be an authentic research study. On your tri-fold presentation board, you will be expected to summarize pertinent information from each of the sources.
How to Find Research Studies
Peer-reviewed and scholarly journals differ from magazines. Magazines are aimed at particular audiences and contain articles that are written with a focus on every day news or popular topics.
Peer-reviewed and scholarly journals are written by academic experts for an academic audience. Many journals require that articles be submitted for review by a group of peers – academic experts who read the articles and determine if they will be included in the journal. Sometimes the editors of journals commission scientists to write on a particular subject. Research studies are published in scholarly journals as well as on the web.
EBSCO
The EBSCO family of databases has two databases in which you might find articles on social issues: The Professional Development Collection and The Advanced Placement Source.
Note: Research is a subject heading and you can use this to your advantage to find research studies.
Add the word Research to your search. Choose Subject from the drop down box.
GaleNet
GaleNet has many excellent resources including the Encyclopedia of Sociology and the Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media.
Gale Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is a large database containing professional journal articles, magazines, and news articles.
Do you need pictures?
Use AP Images or Britannica ImageQuest.
AP Images has photographs taken by professional photographers from around the world. These are the same pictures that illustrate newspapers and magazines.
Directions for AP Images:
After clicking the thumbnail of the image, click the download button.
Click download again.
Click on the link to the image.
Save the image to your U drive.
Insert the image into your document or presentation.
MLA Citation for AP Images:
Last name of photographer, First name of photographer. “First four words of the caption…” AP Images. The Associated Press. Submit date day month year. Web. Date of access day month year.
Britannica ImageQuest has more generic photographs and can be searched by description. For example, you could search for "boy crying" and get a variety of results.
Saving Britannica Images:
Click on the link under the picture.
Click on Save in the pop up box.
Navigate to your U drive.
Click on Save.
Minimize Britannica Images and navigate to your U drive by clicking on My Computer.
You will see a zipped folder icon.
Double click on the zipped folder icon.
Click once on the image icon.
Click on “Move this File” on the list to the left.
Navigate to your U drive.
Click OK.
The file will now be accessible outside of the zipped folder and you will be able to insert it into your project.
The MLA citation is available right on the Britannica Images page.
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