Reminder: Sociology Resources Website

Just a quick reminder about the online library guides that we have for Sociology. Let me know if you would like one created specifically for one of your courses. I am more than willing to work with you to make that happen!

http://guides.boisestate.edu/sociology

Library Resources Guides

I apologize for the delay in updating this site. Busy, busy, busy - as I am sure you all are.

If you haven't heard about these already, the library has developed new online resource guides for most subject areas.

All guides can be viewed from here: http://guides.boisestate.edu/

The specific guide for Sociology can be viewed here: http://guides.boisestate.edu/sociology

Please feel free to link to these for your classes. Let me know if you would like any changes to be made or if you would like me to create one for your specifc course.

Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008

The U.S. Census Bureau has given us an early Christmas present... The Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008!!! Hooray! Just what I have always wanted. Seriously, this is one of my favorite resources. It is the beginning point for almost any statistical question we get at the reference desk. I am sure you can find some value for your discipline within its pages. A good tip to this resource is to look for your topic in the index. Remember the index is referring you to table numbers not page numbers.

Press Release from Census Bureau (which has a little blurb about the demand for digital items) : http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/011095.html

Direct access to Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

The library should be getting a print copy of this awesome book soon. So be on the look out.

Semester Finals and Projects

The semester is nearing an end and Boise State students are scrambling to study for finals and complete projects and papers. Please take a moment to remind your students that the Albertsons Library will be open 24 hours during Finals Week. Also let your students know it is okay to ask for help from a librarian at the reference desk. That is what we are there for. Feel free to have your students contact me directly if they need individual help.

As always, let me know how the Library can help support your students, or how I can help with your classes and research.

New Technology and Youth Aggression

I caught this online and thought I would share it with you...

A Center for Disease Control panel has written up its findings in the Journal of Adolescent Health concerning electronic aggression by youth. It is in the journal's December 2007 supplement and it is online for free (unfortunately other access to this title is not).

Check out the link here to access it: http://www.jahonline.org/issues

As they say:

"Although many different terms-such as cyberbullying, Internet harassment, and
Internet bullying-have been used to describe this type of violence, electronic aggression is the term that most accurately captures all types of violence that occur electronically. Like traditional forms of youth violence, electronic aggression is associated with emotional distress and conduct problems at school."

See the link below for more info on the topic of electronic aggression:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/electronic_aggression.htm

New Online Reports

For all you researchers that are interested in statistics these recently released online reports may catch your attention.



From: National Center for Health Statistics

Drug Use and Sexual Behaviors Reported by Adults: United States, 1999-2002

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/07newsreleases/druguse.htm



From: Population Reference Bureau

2007 U.S. Population Data Sheet Reveals Newest Labor Force Estimates and a Profile of Scientists and Engineers

http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2007/2007USPopulationDataSheet.aspx

http://www.prb.org/pdf07/USDataSheet2007.pdf



Also of general interest may be the CIA's release of the "Family Jewels" documents of past misdeeds and the like:

http://www.foia.cia.gov/

also: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/index.htm

Sociology Journals in the DOAJ

Did you know there are 61 Sociology journals available online in the Directory of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org)?

The DOAJ is a website dedicated to open access of scholarly content. They cover "free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals". Currently there are 2697 journals available in the directory with 805 titles searchable at the article level.

DOAJ journals with full-text content are indexed in the Albertsons Library Journals List (http://journals.boisestate.edu/). So don't worry, these titles will be included in your search when you or students use Library resources.