Special Topics in Secondary Education: Social Studies

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810.624 Special Topics in Secondary Education: Social Studies

810.614 Methods of Teaching in Secondary Social Studies

This page provides library information and resources useful to students enrolled in these courses during spring 2007.
Librarian for Education: Andrea Bartelstein

I. Topic analysis, search strategy, search terms

Identifying and refining a research topic
Identifying relevant information sources
Brainstorming search terms
Constructing effective searches using operators ("and," "or," "not")

II. Finding articles

Below are selected databases that index articles, as well as other types of publications, in fields such as history, economics, political science, and other social studies areas. Articles may or may not be available full text online and may or may not be owned by JHU.
STOP! Before you can access these JHU-licensed databases from home, you must set up your home computer for off-campus access.

America: History and Life (All US JHU)

Historical Abstracts (All JHU (incl. International))

EconLit (All US JHU)

PAIS International (All US JHU)

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (All US JHU)

Social sciences full text (also part of OmniFile full text mega) (All US JHU)

Find more databases by subject

III. Finding books

Access to books and other full-length materials (i.e., not articles) owned by the JHU Libraries. What to do if you need something we don't own.

IV. Evaluating information on the Web

Anyone can publish on the Web -- how do you determine the validity of information you find? Is it suitable for your purposes?

V. Citing sources

APA format and lots more. Try RefWorks!

VI. Other useful links

JHU Libraries research guides: Introduction to finding sources in the JHU Libraries and beyond.
Using Primary Sources on the Web. History Section, Reference and User Services Association, American Library Association.
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography. Cornell University Library.

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