Cross Cultural Human Development -- Hum Dev 342
Dr. Jill White
If you have any questions about Library resources for this or any other class don't hesitate to connect to our Research Assistance page to find out how to contact a reference librarian.
The purpose of this guide is to familiarize you with Library resources to meet the source requirement for the research paper. The details are below.
Step Two: Locate at least eight sources about your topic. Each of the sources you cite in your paper must meet the following requirements. They must be scholarly works; in other words, they must be peer-reviewed. They must be primary sources, meaning that they are written by a scholar about his or her own research and/or theory. Secondary sources are those that someone writes about someone else's research, and they are not acceptable for this assignment. Your sources are going to be journal articles, books, or book chapters. The best way to find them is to find one good article or book about your topic, and then use the bibliography of that source to find other sources. You may also use electronic guides to help you find sources. If you are in doubt about one of your sources, ask me. But a good rule of thumb is to see if the book was published by an academic press (University of ___ Press, Routledge, SAGE Publishers, etc.), and journals that are peer-reviewed will have a list of editors or an editorial board on the front or back fly. They may also specifically say that they are peer-reviewed or give a description of the review process.
Course Readings on Electronic Reserves
Reference Resources for Topic Generation and Background Information
The Library has many encyclopedias and background sources for human development and anthropology (third floor). You are not able to check these sources out but you can photocopy pages of interest. These resources will hopefully inspire topic ideas and they will also provide good introductory information and bibliographies of quality sources that you can then locate. Below are the two relevant call number sections that you can browse.
Anthropology -- GN
Human Development -- HQ
Of course there may be other useful sources in other call number ranges depending on your topic so don't hesitate to stop at the reference desk if you have questions.
FIND IT!
When searching in databases you will quickly find out that not everything is in full text. If you find just a citation (no electronic full text) click on the title of the article, and then the FIND IT button 
to determine if the article is in full text in another database, in our print journal collection on the fourth floor, or available for one dollar through interLibrary loan. If you have questions don't hesitate to contact the reference desk.
Finding Articles in Scholarly / Peer-Reviewed Journals in the area of Human Development / Anthropology
Below are the four best resources offered by the Library for searching for articles in the area of human development. Although the first three databases contain only articles and information about book chapters that are peer reviewed, the third source contains a mix of scholarly and popular articles. For more information on distinguishing the difference between the two connect to http://www.uwgb.edu/Library/research/guides/scholarly.html.
For links to additional databases connect to the Human Development Subject page at http://www.uwgb.edu/Library/databases/humandev.html
- PsycINFO
Description: PsycINFO (R) contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology,
business, and law.
Coverage: 1872 -
- Sociological Abstracts
Description: The Sociological Abstracts database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts (SOPODA) is also included as part of this database, providing additional literature on policy issues addressing violence, abuse, neglect, aging, health, energy, environment, housing, education, women and development, disaster preparedness and risk assessment.
Coverage: 1963 -
- JSTOR
Description: JSTOR database is unique because the complete backfiles of core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which reach back to the 1800s. The database now contains over 2 million pages and new titles and fields are being added constantly (approximately 100,000 pages are added to the database each month).
Coverage: varies from title to title, but approximately from the 1800s to 1994.
- Social Sciences Full Text
Description: Indexes and abstracts over 400 English language periodicals. Topics include anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, criminal justice and criminology, economics, family studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, social work and public welfare, sociology, urban studies, women's studies, and related subjects.
Coverage: 1983 -
Finding Articles in Scholarly / Peer-Reviewed Journals in the area of Anthropology
Instructor Recommended Resource -- AnthroSource
- AnthroSource
Instructor Description: A site administered by the American Anthropological Association and allows searching of all the AAA's publications for 150 years. You will not be able to get the full text, so you will need to use the Find Your Citation! service listed below to figure out how to get the articles. The engine will also pull up newsletters, and things of that sort, so be careful about that.
Find Your Citation!
As is mentioned, tracking down materials listed in the bibliography of a relevant article is a great way to get more sources on your topic. Once you have a bibliography you can use the Find Your Citation service to determine if we have the article in electronic format, if we have the article in our print collection, or if you need to InterLibrary loan the article. You can also check for the availability of journal titles and book titles.
Human Relations Area File
The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) contains books, periodical articles, manuscripts, and dissertations and theses on cultures of the world. They are a valuable research tool for archaeologists, anthropologists and sociologists. Researchers in geography, ethnomusicology, fine arts, and ethnobotany may also find relevant sources in this database. HRAF contains nearly one million pages of information on the cultures of the world -- past and present. The long-range goal of the HRAF project is to compile most of the material that deals with cultural anthropology and ethnography. HRAF is a developing collection and is NOT complete.
HRAF now comes in two formats:
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Microfiche - for those sources added before 1994. For information on how to search the fiche collection connect to the online guide.
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Web (eHRAF) - for those sources added 1994 and after. To access the electronic HRAF connect to the Anthropology page and select it from the list of resources.
Finding Books in the Cofrin Library and Beyond
Searching the catalog is a good start, but you may want to see what other libraries in the state have on your chosen topic (Madison is sure to have a great deal more on almost any topic than we do). Universal Borrowing will allow you to search other UW libraries and request items to be delivered in about 2-4 days. You can also use WorldCat to search worldwide and have items sent here in 7-10 days. InterLibrary loan for books is free!
Cofrin Library Catalog -- Find books owned by the Cofrin Library.
Universal Borrowing -- Borrow books from other UW libraries.
WORLDCAT -- Find books in libraries worldwide.
Citring Your Sources
American Anthropological Association