Conduct+library+research+in+the+social+sciences

ENL 102 Researching in the Social Sciences
Sample procedures for conducting a successful search in the social sciences.

Database Search
 * New Search**
 * 1) Database Search
 * 2) Articles & Databases
 * 3) Specialized Resources: Social Sciences
 * 4) Select SocIndex (offers coverage of all subdisciplines of sociology, including anthropology, criminal justice, political science, social work and social psychology)
 * 5) Limit to Peer Reviewed
 * 6) Kenneth and Gergen and saturation
 * 7) Three Results (two of which seem relevant to our project)
 * SUGGESTIONS OF THE POSTMODERN SELF: VALUE CHANGES IN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, 1976-1996. By: Ovadia, Seth. Sociological Perspectives, Summer2003, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p239-256, 18p, 3 charts, 3 graphs; (AN 10257698)
 * Following Allen and Turner's suggestion "to bring data to bear on the claims of postmodern theory," this article evaluates one aspect of Kenneth Gergen's theory of social saturation. In The Saturated Self, Gergen proposes that the postmodern self can be seen in the increase in the number and diversity of values that individuals hold to be important. This "populating of the self" also leads to an abandonment of modernist ideas about truth and absolute knowledge. Using data from a nationally representative sample of American high school seniors, I test Gergen's theory about change in the values of individuals. Between 1976 and 1996 the importance of most values in the survey has increased, with only one of the fourteen values (finding meaning in life) declining in importance. These results support Gergen's theory of social saturation and provide an example of an empirical evaluation of a postmodern theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
 * Technology, Saturation, and The Population Problem By: Wood, Julia T.. Communication Quarterly, Fall1992, Vol. 40 Issue 4, p422-423, 2p; (AN 18448527)
 * Comments on Kenneth Gergen's book "The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life." Information on the early chapters of the book; Concept of social saturation for Gergen; View on social saturation.
 * 1) Journal Locator
 * 2) Title Equals "Sociological Perspectives"
 * 3) The library does not hold this volume.
 * 4) Put in request for interlibrary loan
 * 5) Journal Locator
 * 6) Title Equals "Communication Quarterly"
 * 7) The Library does not hold this volume.
 * 8) Put in request for interlibrary loan
 * New Search**
 * 1) Database Search
 * 2) Articles & Databases
 * 3) Specialized Resources: Social Sciences
 * 4) Select SocIndex
 * 5) multiphrenia (limit to peer reviewed)
 * 6) 1 hit
 * Messing Around With Identity Constructs: Pursuing a Poststructural and Poetic Aesthetic By: Rolling Jr., James Haywood. Qualitative Inquiry, Aug2004, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p548-557, 10p; DOI: 10.1177/1077800403261855; (AN 13918450)
 * 1) Journal Locator
 * 2) Search reveals that the library has the journal but not the correct issue
 * 3) Interlibrary loan
 * New Search**
 * 1) Articles & Databases
 * 2) Specialized Resources: Social Sciences
 * 3) Select SocIndex
 * 4) kenneth and gergen (limit to peer reviewed)
 * 5) 124 hits
 * 6) Relevent Links
 * SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION AS AN ETHICS OF INFINITUDE: REPLY TO BRINIKMANN By: Gergen, Kenneth J.. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Apr2006, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p119-125, 7p; DOI: 10.1177/0022167805284446; (AN 20542968)
 * **Linked to Full Text**: Download
 * 4. QUESTIONING CONSTRUCTIONISM: TOWARD AN ETHICS OF FINITUDE By: Brinkmann, Svend. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Jan2006, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p92-111, 20p; DOI: 10.1177/0022167805281231; (AN 19346097)
 * **Linked to Full Text**: Download
 * 1) The Self in the Age of Information By: Gergen, Kenneth J.. Washington Quarterly, Winter2000, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p201-214, 14p; DOI: 10.1162/016366000560656; (AN 2755352)
 * Search in Journal Locator
 * Search in Academic OneFile
 * Change "year" to 2000
 * Select issue 23.1
 * Select "Full Text" for "The Self in the Age of Information."
 * Select "Download" / HTML
 * Save