Sources outside of the University Albany Libraries where a person can keep current on social welfare topics after graduating and moving into the field.

1. Social Work Research
after graduation

2. PROVIDED BY
UALBANY LIBRARIES

3. LIBRARIANS
• Ask Us! IM service
http://library.albany.edu/help/im/
• Email service dewref@albany.edu

4. Contact the Social Work Librarian
(that’s me!)
• elasdabergman@albany.edu <-your best bet
• GoogleHangout: lasda.bergman
• Skype: lasda.bergman
I’m happy to
help with any
questions!

5. LIBRARY WEB SITE
• LibGuides
• Online Reference Sources
• e-Discover has guest access
– Includes Social Work Abstracts
• http://library.albany.edu

6. • 30 day loan period for circulating books
• 25 item limit at any given time
• Items may be renewed twice
• UAlbany ID card or Drivers License can be
(re)activated for this purpose
COURTESY BORROWER STATUS

7. COURTESY BORROWER
ACCESS INCLUDES
• Books and materials on Reserve
• Interactive Media Center (IMC) Classes
• Borrow Equipment from IMC

8. Unfortunately…
• Courtesy Borrowing Does Not Include
– Interlibrary Loan
– Off Campus access to library databases
available for faculty, staff, and students only
(but you can use the databases as a guest if
you come to any UAlbany library)

9. PROVIDED BY UALBANY
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

10. ALUMNI DATABASES
• Academic Search Alumni Edition
– From Ebsco (which we know and love )
• Some business databases
http://library.albany.edu/services/alumni/databases.html
Need to join the Alumni Association

11. STAYING IN
NEW YORK STATE??

12. SUNY OR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE LIBRARIES
• On site use of databases
• Sometimes reciprocal borrowing for alums
• Not always remote online access

13. PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
• Access databases from home
– Public library card and PIN
• Ex: Albany Public Library offers:
– Health Reference Center Academic
– Academic OneFile (similar to Ebsco)
• For abstracts in eDiscover/Google Scholar, use
Public Library ILL to get full article

14. NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY
GET A NYS LIBRARY BORROWERS CARD!
• PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS
• Public Administration Abstracts
• Ebsco Academic Search
• Apply for card!
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/borrowers/residents.htm

15. GREAT STUFF
ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

16. RESEARCH DATABASES
• PubMed http://pubmed.gov
• SumSearch http://sumsearch.org/
• ERIC http://eric.ed.gov/
• Thomas http://beta.congress.gov/
– (now called congress.gov)
• Science http://www.science.gov/

17. KEEP CURRENT
• Social Science Research Network
http://ssrn.com/ (health care, policy, legal)
• Journal ToCs (keep current, set up alerts)
http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/

18. OPEN ACCESS
Free scholarly articles through Open Access
• Public Library of Science (PLoS)
– http://www.plosone.org/
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
– http://doaj.org/
• Some publishers have partial OA

19. BOOKS
• Google Books
– http://books.google.com
• e-Books Directory
– http://www.e-booksdirectory.com
• Project Gutenberg
– http://www.gutenberg.org
• WorldCat
– http://www.worldcat.org/

20. Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com
Go to Settings ->Library Links to get local
library information

21. Click this

22. Connect GS to your local
library to see if it’s worth a
visit!

23. TIPS FOR EXPERT
GOOGLING

24. Force terms
• Quotes
• intitle:
• intext:

25. Limit by Domain
• site:

26. Limit by filetype
• filetype:
For site: you use the dot after the colon: .gov, .org, .com , etc.
For filetype: there is no dot. Just pdf, doc, xls, ppt, etc.

27. Limit by year
Look in left hand
navigation for search
options, also
advanced search on
main Google Scholar
search box

28. Find on Page
• CTRL-F

29. More Googling Tricks
http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/

30. Questions?
• elasdabergman@albany.edu email me!
• Twitter: @UAlbanyDeweyLib
• Blog: http://library.albany.edu/dewey/