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• Learning Outcomes
• Print Reference Resources
• Locating Books

• Locating Journal Articles
• Search Engines, Subject Directories, and Relevant Websites
• Citing Sources

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Use the Library catalog to perform simple searches to locate reference materials and books on your topic
• Find full text print and/or electronic articles using various library databases
• Use search engines and subject directories to locate relevant websites
• Locate style guide help sheets to assist you in properly citing materials

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SOCA 319 Death and Dying

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Encyclopedia of Aging (REF HQ1061 .E534 2002) contains 415 alphabetically arranged articles by leading scholars overviewing all aspects of aging through biology, medicine, economics, law, psychology, sociology, and history. Recommended in "The Best of the Best Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2003.

Encyclopedia of death (HQ1073 .E54 1989) includes approximately 130 articles, discussing such topics as cremation, death anxiety, funerals, grief, living wills, mortality rate, murder, near-death experiences, stillbirth, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Encyclopedia of death and dying (HQ1073 .E543 2001) covers concerns of different cultures and religions, as well as themes in literature and history. There are also entries on controversial current issues such as abortion and assisted suicide.

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying (HQ1073 .M33 2003) includes 300 alphabetically arranged articles on issues pertaining to de

 

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Locating books in this library: Use the Library Catalog to find books owned by the UWP library. Use one of the catalog's keyword search options. Then look at the subject headings used in the records you retrieve. Is there one that describes what you're looking for? If so, click on it to find other books on your topic.

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Try using some of the following subject heading roots to locate relevant materials:

• Death
• Grief
• Bereavement
• Thanatology
• Terminally Ill
• Right to Die
• Euthanasia
• Children and Death
• Suicide
• Loss (Psychology)
• Widows/Widowers.

Electronic Books: The Library's collection of electronic book is accessed though netLibrary. It includes approximately 5,000 recently books published scholarly books, which can be accessed online. The full-text of these books is searchable.

Books in other libraries: To find books and other materials from public, school, and academic libraries across Wisconsin, search BadgerCat. To locate materials in libraries worldwide, try a search in WorldCat.

UW System Search: UW System Search/Universal Borrowing (UB) allows you make arrangements yourself to borrow materials from other UW libraries. All of the 13 UW libraries participate in this program. UB is built on the idea that the UW System libraries together are now one virtual library.

Using the UWP library catalog, you can simultaneously search other UW libraries to determine if the item you want is available. Simply select the "Multi Library Search" link at the top of our library's catalog and conduct your search. If the item is available from another UW library, you can complete an online request form, which will be transmitted directly to the owning library. The owning library will retrieve the material and send it to the UWP library. A courier service runs between the UW libraries five days a week and delivers the requested materials. You can use the UB service to request books and A/V materials, however, requests for periodical articles and for books/media items not owned by the UW Systems should still go through the traditional InterLibrary Loan process.

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You will likely need to use a periodical index to find articles in other journals that we own electronically or in print. The indexes listed below will help you find citations to journal articles and other publications on Asian Americans. You may search by subject headings, keywords, or by author.

Step 2: Now that you have a citation to an article, does the Library own the journal?

After you've found a citation to a journal article in which you're interested, click the FindIt! button to see if the library has the journal in either print or electronic form. If the Library doesn't own the item you will still be able to request it from InterLibrary Loan.

Conversely, you can check the UWP Periodicals List to see if the Library subscribes to the journal in either print or electronic format.

Off-campus access: These databases are licensed by the Library for the use of the University's students, faculty, and staff, and can be accessed from off-campus. If you are asked to login, you must enter your UW-Parkside email username and password. Your email account must have been previously activated.

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The following Web sites are reliable resources for topics concerning death and dying:

Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life is a report presented in 1997 by the Committee on Care at the End of Life, whose members were drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. It was funded by the Project on Death in America initiative and approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council.

The Association for Death Education and Counselingis an organization of more than 2000 members in the field of death, dying and bereavement. Membership includes mental and medical health personnel, educators, clergy, funeral directors, and volunteers.

Finding Our Way: Living with Dying in America is a fifteen-week series published in 160 newspapers nationwide in 2000. Each article explores a subject that faces terminally ill individuals, their caregivers, families, and communities. Besides personal stories, there is information and resources on end-of-life issues.

Project on Death in America was a grantmaking initiative which distributed $45 million in awards to organizations and individuals working to improve care for dying patients and their families. It was established by George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute. Its mission was to transform the culture and experience of dying and bereavement in the Unived States.

Sociology of Death and Dying is part of an extensive sociology website created and maintained by Dr. Michael C. Kearl, professor and chair of the sociology department at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Includes links to other reliable websites on the political and social issues of death.

You will also want to use search engines and subject directories to locate relevant information from the web.

• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Academic Info
• Internet Public Library
• DMOZ Open Directory Project

You'll may also want to simply use a standard search engine like Google, Google Scholar, or Yahoo! Make sure to take advantage of any search engines advanced search options where you may be able to limit your search to specific domans, languages, filetypes, and more!

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Your instructor has recommend the following style guides for use when citing sources you have used on your paper/project:

ASA style guide (Reference Desk HM73 .A54 1996) presents the style recommended by the American Sociological Association. A copy is available at the Reference Desk. This style guide is also available online at the following URL: http://www.calstatela.edu/library/bi/rsalina/asa.styleguide.html

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Reference Desk BF 76.7 .A46 1994) presents the APA style. How to Cite References Using APA Style ,an online guide prepared by this library, is also available in paper format in the guide rack near the Reference Desk.

The MLA handbook for writers of research papers (Reference Desk LB2369 .G53 1999) provides the recommendations of the Modern Language Association for formatting papers and references. How to Cite References Using MLA Style , an online guide prepared by this library, is also available in paper format in the guide rack near the Reference Desk.

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