SOCI 1301 @ NLC Library  

HANDOUTS

    Library Essentials

    Types of Periodicals

    Using Online Databases

    Developing a Search Strategy

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG

What is a "scholarly journal article" and why would you use one?

Scholarly vs. Popular Articles 

HAVE A CITATION? FIND THE ARTICLE! Use:

• A to Z Online Journal Locator

WANT ARTICLES ON YOUR TOPIC? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

   Databases by Subject - Sociology

SEARCH STRATEGIES

• Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.
• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• Truncation - root + variants (*) 

OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???

•  PDF or HTML in database
• A to Z Online Journal Locator
• In-District Borrowing & 
  Interlibrary Loan
• World Cat

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

NEED HELP? Contact Us!

Call: (210) 486-5388

Email: nlc-reference@alamo.edu

Library Instructor: Julie Nichols