4.00 Literature Review and Note Taking

A review of the literature (preliminary bibliography items) may:

1. indicate what research, both theoretical and empirical, has been previously conducted on this topic;

2. assist in delineating the specific focus of your paper(s);

3. suggest a theoretical framework for your interpretation of findings;

4. suggest measures of concepts used in the research; and,

5. suggest the need for additional analysis of previous studies.

   Your literature review should include a summary of: (a) general areas of agreement, (b) general areas in which there are questions, and (c) specific questions your paper addresses.

   Write a summary of relevant background materials for each of your sources. This will facilitate the literature review in your final paper.

   (See Hodges and Whitten, 34c.)

   You will find the following periodicals and works good sources for information in sociology, anthropology, and geography. If you can not find these in the library, ask for them at the reference desk on the second floor.

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   4.01 Basic Reference Sources

   Abstracts in Anthropology
   Alternative Press Index
   Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
   Annual Review of Public Health
   Annual Review of Psychology
   Crime and Delinquency Abstracts
   Criminal Justice Abstracts
   Current Geographical Publications
   Dissertation Abstracts
   Ethnographic Bibliography of North America
   GeoAbstracts
   Humanities Index
   International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
   Monthly Catalogue (U.S. Government Printing Office)
   New York Times Index
   PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
   Psychological Abstracts
   Reviews in Anthropology
   Social Science Citation Index
   Social Sciences Index
   Social Work Research and Abstracts
   Sociological Abstracts
   Standard Periodical Directory (pp. 61-4)
   Ulrich's International Periodical Dictionary
   Women Studies Abstracts

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   4.02 General Journals

   American Behavioral Scientist
   Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
   Environment and Behavior
   Futures
   International Social Science Journal
   Philosophy of the Social Sciences
   Journal of Popular Culture
   The Public Interest
   Public Policy
   Regional Science Perspectives

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   4.03 Anthropology/Archaeology

   American Anthropologist
   American Antiquity
   American Ethnologist
   American Journal of Archaeology
   American Journal of Physical Anthropology
   Anatolian Studies
   Annual Review of Anthropology
   Anthropologica
   Antiquity
   Archaeology
   Biblical Archaeologist
   Biblical Archaeology Review
   Current Anthropology
   Ethnology
   Handbook of Middle American Indians
   Handbook of North American Indians
   Human Organization
   Journal of Anthropological Research
   Journal of Archaeology Science
   Journal of Field Archaeology
   Journal of Near Eastern Studies
   Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute
   Language in Society
   Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
   Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (incorporating Man)
   Minnesota Archaeologist
   Oceania
   Practicing Anthropology
   Wisconsin Archaeologist

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   4.04 Criminal Justice

   Crime and Delinquency
   Federal Probation
   Issues in Criminology
   Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science
   Journal of Police Science and Administration
   Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
   Law and Society Review
   Police Chief
   Trial

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   4.05 Geography

   American Cartographer
   Area
   Association of American Geographers. Annals
   Canadian Geographer Cartographia
   Economic Geography
   Geografisk Tidsskrift
   Geografiska Annaler
   Series A: Physical Geography
   Series B: Human Geography
   Geographical Journal
   Geographical Magazine
   Geographical Review
   Geography
   Institute of British Geographers. Transactions
   Journal of Cultural Geography
   Journal of Geography
   Journal of Historical Geography
   Landscape
   Progress in Human Geography
   Progress in Cultural Geography
   Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
   Soviet Geography
   Urban Geography
   Weatherwise

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   4.06 Sociology

   • Web Resources
     • Sociology -- The New St. Martin's HandbooK
     • WWW Virtual Library -- Sociology -- David Kincheloe
     • A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace -- Michael C. Kearl
     • SocioWeb

   • Hardcopy Resources
     • Acta Sociologica
     • Administrative Science Quarterly
     • American Journal of Sociology
     • American Sociological Review
     • Annual Review of Sociology
     • British Journal of Sociology
     • Demography
     • Environment and Behavior
     • Human Relations
     • Industrial Relations
     • Journal of Conflict Resolution
     • Journal of Marriage and Family Living
     • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
     • Journal of Social Issues
     • Journal of Social Psychology
     • Organization Behavior and Human Performance
     • Population Bulletin
     • Population Index
     • Public Administration Review
     • Public Opinion Quarterly
     • Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol
     • Rural Sociology
     • Social Forces
     • Social Problems
     • Social Psychology Quarterly
     • Social Research
     • Society
     • Sociological Abstracts
     • Sociological Inquiry
     • Sociological Methods and Research
     • Sociological Quarterly
     • Sociology and Social Research
     • Sociology of Education
     • Urban Affairs Quarterly

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     4.07 Non-Print Media

     Have you considered non-print sources such as cassette recordings, video programs, films, lectures and interviews? For more information on non-print audiovisual sources consult the staff of the Learning Resources Center (165 Library). See also section 3.01:5.

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     4.08 Humanities

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     4.09 Classics

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     4.10 American Studies

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     4.11 WWW Sites