January 3

Topics:

Course Overview
General Social Sciences Resources

Required Reading:
Herron, chapter 1 General Social Sciences

Brittain, J.M. 1979. "Information services and the structure of knowledge in the social sciences." International Social Science Journal, 31(4), 711-728.

Hobohm, Hans-Christoph.  1999.  "Social Science Information & Documentation - Time For A State of the Art?"  INSPEL, 3 : 123-130.

Willey, Susan. Winter 2001-2002. "Academic research in the cyberspace age." Thought and action journal: NEA Higher Education Journal.

Garfield, Eugene. "How to use the Social Science Citation Index."

Optional Reading:

Li, Chapter 3 Access to Sources
Li Chapter 4 Sources of Information

Garfield, Eugene. "The Citation Index as a Search Tool."

"Guidelines for interpretation of ISI data."

January 10

Topics:

Education Bibliography

Guest speaker: Laura Lillard, Education Librarian, University of Washington Libraries

DUE: General Sources Question Set

Required Reading:

Herron, chapter 9 Education

"ERIC's indexing and retrieval: 2001 update." IN Thesaurus of ERIC descriptors, 14th edition, 2001.

Research Information Network.  2006.  Researchers and discovery services: behaviour, perceptions and needs: Executive Summary.  Full report available - As your interests dictate, you may wish to review specific sections referred to in the Exec Summary as they appear in the full report.

Optional Reading:
Li, chapter 11 Education

Wednesday January 17

Topics:

Psychology Bibliography

Guest Speaker: Laura Barrett, Psychology Librarian
University of Washington Libraries

DUE: Education Sources Question Set

Required Reading:

Herron, Chapter 10 Psychology

"Psychology." IN Gould, Constance C. and Handler, Mark. 1989. Information Needs in the Social Sciences: An Assessment. RLG, pp. 33-38. OUGL RESERVE

Finding information on psychological tests. Science Directorate of the APA. 1991. Available online and Suzzallo Reference BF176.F56 1991

Optional Reading:

Li, Chapter 16 Psychology

January 24

Topics:

Sociology Bibliography
Statistical Research Materials

Guest speaker: Tina Xian, Data Archivist, Center for Social Sciences Computation and Research (CSSCR).

Tour of CSSCR with Fred Nick and Tina Xian

DUE: Psychology Question Set

Required Reading:

Herron Chapter 8 Sociology

Gray and Geraci, "Complex reference services: data files for social research." The Reference Librarian, no.48, 1995, pp.131-151.

Maier, Mark H.  1999.  Chapter 12 Public Opinion & Polling & Chapter 13 Conclusions,  IN The Data Game: Controversies in Social Science Statistics.  Armonk, NY : M.E.Sharpe, Inc.,  238-274.

Center for Social Science Computation & Research (CSSCR) web site

Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research (ICPSR) web site

"Sociology." IN Gould, Constance C. and Handler, Mark. 1989. Information Needs in the Social Sciences: An Assessment. RLG, pp 27-31. OUGL RESERVE

Optional Reading:

Li, Chapter 17 Sociology

Any additional topical chapter from Maier, The Data Game.  Table of Contents included with pdf of required chapters.  Book on reserve in OUGL.

January 31

Topics:

History & Biography Bibliography

DUE:
Sociology Question Set
Statistics Question Set

Required Reading:
Herron, chapter 5 History

"Chapter One, The Source: The Basis of Our Knowledge About the Past" IN Howell, Martha and Prevenier, Walter. 2001. From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 17-42.

Optional Reading:
Li, chapter 13 History

Tosh, John.  1991 (2nd ed.).  Chapter 2 The Raw Materials & Chapter 3 Using the Sources, IN The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of Modern History.  London : Longman, 30-71.

February 7

Topics:
Political Science Bibliography

Guest Speaker:

Elaine Jennerich on The Reference Interview.  Author of The Reference Interview as a Creative Art.  2nd edition, 1997.

DUE: History/Biography Sets

DUE: Final Project Proposal

Required Reading:

Herron Chapter 2 Political Science

"Political Science." IN Gould, Constance C. and Handler, Mark. 1989. Information Needs in the Social Sciences: An Assessment. RLG, pp.15-24 OUGL RESERVE

Kuhlthau, Carol C. 1991.  "Inside the Search Process: Information Seeking from the User's Perspective."  Journal for the American Society for Information Science, 42 (5): 361-371.

Straw, Joseph E. 2000. "A Virtual Understanding: The Reference Interview and Question Negotiation in the Digital Age." Reference & User Services Quarterly, 39(4): 376-379.

RUSA Reference Guidelines

1. Guidelines for Information Services.
2. Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers
3. Guidelines for Implementing and Maintaining Virtual Reference Services

Optional Reading:

Li Chapter 15 Political Science

February 14

Topics:
Anthropology Bibliography

DUE:  Political Science Set

Required Reading:Herron, chapter 7 Anthropology

"Anthropology." IN Gould, Constance C. and Handler, Mark. 1989. Information Needs in the Social Sciences: An Assessment. RLG, pp.41-48. OUGL RESERVE

Optional Reading:
Li, chapter 8 Cultural Anthropology

February 21

Topics:

Economics Bibliography

Guest Speakers:  Cher Ravagni & Heather McCleland Weisser, Seattle Public Library

DUE: Anthropology Question set

Herron, Chapter 3 Economics

"Economics." IN Gould, Constance C. and Handler, Mark. 1989. Information Needs in the Social Sciences: An Assessment. RLG, pp. 5-13 OUGL RESERVE

Auger, C.P.  1994.  "The Nature and Development of Grey Literature."  IN Information Sources in Grey Literature, 3rd ed.  London : Bowker Saur, 1-16.

"Evaluating and measuring reference service."  IN Saxton, M.L. and
Richardson, R.V. Jr. 2002.  Understanding Reference Transactions:
Transforming an Art into a Science.  New York : Academic Press, 33-53.

Optional Reading:

Li, Chapter 10 Economics

Wednesday February 28

Topics:

Interdisciplinarity, e.g. Geography, Women's Studies, American Ethnic Studies

DUE:

Economics Question Set

Required Reading:Herron, chapter 11 Geography

"What to look for in atlases."  IN Sader, Marion, ed. 1989.  General Reference Books for Adults: Authoritative Evaluations of Encyclopedias, Atlases, and Dictionaries.  (Bowker Buying Guide Series).  New York : RR Bowker Company, 149-157.

Klein, J.T. 1996.  "Interdisciplinary needs: the current context.  Library Trends, 44 (2), 134-155.

Klein, J.T. 1990.  Chapter 2 The Interdisciplinary Archipelago.  IN Interdisciplinarity: History, Theory, and Practice.  Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 40-54.

Optional Reading:

Li, chapter  12 Geography

March 7

In class presentations of your final project – describe the audience you are addressing in your Guide and introduce us to the unique and to the core resources for this subject area.  Presentations are to be 10-15 minutes and relatively informal.

DUE: Final project

Monday March 12 by 5 p.m. is the latest date/time that I will accept final projects.  Paper copies not turned in to me during the last class session may be delivered to the Map Collection, Suzzallo Library Basement during our open hours.

Parts I and II of this project must be turned in to me in paper format.  Part III, the Guide itself, may be paper or web-based.  If electronic, make sure I know where to find it as part of your paper submission.