Research Guides: CORE 1000: The Behavior of Social Justice: Home

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Background Information on Social Justice Issues

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
A growing collection of reference books. Subjects include history, philosophy, religion, science, business, careers, literature, law, medicine, education, and more. Great place for background information on a variety of topics and may help with search term brainstorming.

Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice by Gary Anderson (Editor); Kathryn G. Herr (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412918121
Publication Date: 2007
This Encyclopedia is designed for readers to understand the topics, concepts, and ideas that motivate and shape the fields of activism, civil engagement, and social justice.
Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice by Sherwood Thompson
ISBN: 9781442216068
Publication Date: 2014
This reference is a comprehensive and systematic collection of designated entries that describe, in detail, important diversity and social justice themes.

Sources for Peer-Review Articles

Some databases will include the full-text of articles, but others will include thebutton which links to full-text when available and if not available, gives you the option to request articles for free through Interlibrary Loan's Illiad service.

SLUth - Search Plus This link opens in a new window
Includes over 100 library databases! Find journal articles across all disciplines, plus newspaper articles, books, ebooks and more.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
1952-present. Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related social and behavioral science disciplines.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Search one of the largest abstract and citation databases for scholarly materials on science, engineering, technology, and medicine along with some social sciences and humanities. Includes many Behavior Analysis journal articles.

20 Minute Rule

Have you already spent 20 minutes search and you feel like you're hitting a wall? Stop what you're doing and contact your librarian!

Research takes time, and when you're working on research for a paper you might spend hours researching and try many, many searches before you're done. But you shouldn't spend hours searching and finding nothing. If you spend 20-30 minutes on your research and you're not finding anything remotely relevant, please stop what you're doing and contact your librarian! I can help you develop search search strategy, and maybe choose another database more suited for your topic.