SWK 377: Eco-Social Lifeways in Costa
Rica: Pura Vida!
Instructors:
Lucy Lawrence and Ellen Querin
Library Support: Chris Nugent
Library Research: The
Basics:
For a refresher on how to do
library research
go to Painless
Library Research
To evaluate what you find on
the Web
go to Evaluating
Web Resources (from Widener University). Look in the
left-hand column under "evaluate web pages" for relevant links.
A fun way to learn this is using the The Internet
Detective. Give it a try!
To recognize and avoid
plagiarism
work with these sites:
Plagiarism,
its nature and consequences (from Duke University Libraries)
Plagiarism,
what it is and how to recognize and avoid it (from Indiana
University)
To get instructions for citing
in
APA style
use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association, located in the library reference section (R 808.06615
P976 2001)
or connect to a page from Duke University Libraries that shows you how
to cite a variety of materials, using APA Style.
For an even simpler approach, use the Landmark
Citation Machine.
To find books
connect to the library
homepage and choose Books, Videos
and CDs at the top of the list. Then select Our Library Catalog.
Also search for online books. The link is right below the
Our Library Catalog link.
If we do not have the books you need, look in WorldCat for books anywhere in
the
world. The link is located below the link to ebooks.
To
find journal articles
use one or several of our 150 databases. You can see
them on the library
homepage by selecting Articles
and Databases.
Which ones will work best
for you depends on your topic. A librarian can also help you with
selecting the ones best suited for your research needs.
To
get books and journal articles from other libraries
use our Interlibrary Loan Service.
Journal artilce: Ceck our holdings first by using JournalFinder. Then
follow the system as it guides you to the article or to an interlibrary
loan form.
Book: Go to WorldCat.
Look for the book and use the ILL button to request it from another
library.
Note that it may take one week or longer for the materials to get
here.
Also, make sure you do not have any overdue books or outstanding
fines. Everything must be cleared up before interlibrary loan
requests are processed.
Basic Info on Costa Rica:
CountryWatch
Statesman's Yearbook
Online
Countries
and their Cultures (from the Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Journal Article Review Assignment:
Connect to any of these databases. Possible search
terms are:
Globalization and Costa Rica
Social Problems and Costa Rica
Environment and Costa Rica
Family and Costa Rica
_________(the social issue of your choice) and Costa Rica
Academic
Search Premier
OmniFile Full Text
Proquest Research Library
MasterFILE Premier
Contemporary
Women's Issues
Social
Sciences Package. This package allows you to search several
relevant databases at the same time.
Website Review Assignment:
The organizations listed below deal with international
social
welfare issues:
Childs
Right Information Network
Directory
of Development Organizations
Directory of Humanitarian
Organizations--find on ReliefWeb
Food
for the Hungry: World Crisis
Network
InterAction
--American Council for Voluntary
International Action
ICSW: The International Council on
Social Welfare
ICASO: International Council of
AIDS Service Organizations
Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS
Netaid--"Join
the fight against poverty."
OECD:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
UN Department of Economic and
Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy and Development
UNHCR: The
UN Refuge Agency
UNICEF: The United Nations
Children's Fund
United Nations Development Programme
World Health Organisation
Media Centre
GlobalHealth.gov
WorldBank
International Monetary Fund
See also Finance
and Development, the quarterly magazine of the International
Monetary Fund. You can search for info on Costa Rica.
A Few Costa Rica Resources:
Poverty
and Conservation Info (to get to info on Costa Rica, browse the
case studies by location).
Fighting
sex tourism and sex slavery in Costa Rica.
Last updated: September 3,
2008
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