SOC/WGSS 472: Sexual Fields
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- Researching your "groups" and sites"
General search strategies applicable for everyone!
When searching in the specialized sociological and education databases, be certain to include the word student somewhere in your search, and/or the statement (college OR university) plus the statement (roman* OR sex* OR dating OR casual OR hook*) --here are a few example searches:
"fraternity part*" AND (roman* OR sex* OR dating OR casual OR hook*)
(bar OR tavern) AND students AND (roman* OR sex* OR dating OR casual OR hook*)
"dating apps" AND (college OR university) AND students AND (roman* OR sex* OR dating OR casual OR hook*)
"black female college students" AND (roman* OR sex* OR dating OR casual OR hook*)
(queer OR "gender non conforming") AND "college students" AND (roman* OR sex* OR dating OR casual OR hook*)
Search statement strategies for your "group"
Search statement strategies for your "group:"
- sorority
- fraternity
- "queer students"
- "lgbtq students"
- "latina students"
- "student athletes"
- "female athletes"
- "male athletes"
- "first generation"
- "religious upbringing"
- "international students"
- (men OR male)
- (women OR female)
- "gender non-conforming"
- (straight OR heterosexual)
- "long distance relationship"
- (black OR "african-american")
- (white OR caucasian)
Search statement strategies for your "site"
Search statement strategies for your "site:"
- "local bar"
- "social life"
- "dating app"
- "student club"
- "student organization"
- "social media"
- "fraternity part*"
- "affinity group"
Identifying Empirical Research
Words featured in descriptions of publications that likely indicate empirical research:
- research
- results
- data
- variables
- hypothesis
- sample
- proof
- methods
- survey
- interview
- experiment
- observation
- analysis
- study
Discovering & Accessing: Scholarly Articles
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCovers the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Publications from 1952 - present.
- Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new windowIndex to content from core journals in all areas of the social sciences. Provides lists of sources cited, plus publications citing the original article. Also known as SSCI. Publications from 1900 - present.
- ERIC/Education Resources Information Center This link opens in a new windowIndex to journal articles, government studies, books, dissertations, and other material on education and related fields that combines citations of sponsored reports and over 1000 journals. The ERIC database is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education. Covers 1966 to the present.
- Education Full Text This link opens in a new windowIndexes more than 400 domestic and international English-language periodicals and yearbooks. Subjects include administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, and government funding. Covers 1984 to the present.
Interlibrary Loan/ILL: Articles and Books
To request articles or books/book chapters or other materials not available at F&M, use Interlibrary Loan/ILL 
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