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LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD -- USEM 1000
RESEARCH RESOURCES

SPU Catalog

• Books:
  • Think of synonyms or singular/plural for keywords if you are having trouble finding something useful.
  • May want to begin with broad keyword search (especially when limiting search).
  • May want to limit keyword search by: (1) Location: Reference; or (2) Material Type: Video/DVD/Film.
  • Look for applicable subject headings in catalog records to use as links to more books on that topic.
• In-house paper and microfilm periodical holdings by title of periodical.

SPU Reference Resources

• Crime State Rankings 2002: Crime in the 50 United States   [Ref. HV6787 .C735 2002]
• Encyclopedia of Associations   [Ref. AS22 .E5 2003 v.1, pt. 1 - v.1, pt. 3]
• Encyclopedia of Child Abuse   [Ref. HV6626.5 .C57 2001]
• Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice   [Ref. HV6017 .E52 2002 v.1-v.4]
• Encyclopedia of Education   [Ref. LB15 .E47 2003 v.1-v.8]
• Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues   [Ref. GE10 .E52 2000 v.1-v.3]
• Encyclopedia of Family Life   [Ref. HQ534 .E53 1999 v.1-v.5]
• Encyclopedia of Health & Behavior   [Ref. R726.5 .E53 2004 v.1-v.2]
• Encyclopedia of Housing   [Ref. HD7287 .E53 1998]
• Encyclopedia of Mental Health   [Ref. RC437 .E53 1998 v.1-v.3]
• Encyclopedia of Sociology   [Ref. HM425 .E5 2000 v.1-v.5]
• Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs   [Ref. HT123 .E5 1998 v.1-v.2]
• Statistical Handbook on the World’s Children   [Ref. HQ767.9 .K38 2002]
• Statistical Portrait of the United States: Social Conditions & Trends   [Ref. HA214 .S84 1998]

Periodical Indexes & Image/Full Text

• Off-campus login required from SPU Databases web page.
• EBSCOhost databases:
  • Academic Search Premier (general) -- indexing & abstracts; some image/full text.
  • ERIC (education) -- indexing & abstracts; seamless access to some image/full text from other EBSCOhost indexes for periodical articles.
  • Health Source: Nursing Academic (health sciences) -- indexing & abstracts; some image/full text.
  • MEDLINE (health sciences) -- indexing & abstracts; seamless access to some image/full text from other EBSCOhost indexes.
  • PsycINFO (psychology) -- indexing & abstracts; some image/full text.
• ProQuest databases:
  • Research Library Complete (general) -- indexing & abstracts; some image/full text.
  • Washington State Newsstand (newspapers) -- indexing & abstracts; full text.
• CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Press database:
  • CQ Researcher Online (politics, social issues) -- abstracts; full text reports.
• OCLC FirstSearch databases:
  • PAIS International (politics, public affairs; 1972-<>) -- only indexing & abstracts; NO image/full text; PAIS Archive also available from 1915-1976.
• CSA databases:
  • Sociological Abstracts (sociology) -- only indexing & abstracts; NO image/full text.
• E-Journal Portal (direct access to SPU's image/full text periodical collection; indirect access through databases).

Obtaining Resources from Other Libraries

• Summit Borrowing -- obtain books through Orbis Cascade Alliance library consortium within 3 working days. Access through SPU catalog or directly through consortium Summit union catalog.  Borrow only books with Summit Borrowing.
• WorldCat -- an SPU database showing the books held in library collections throughout the U.S.  Borrow only books with WorldCat.
• Interlibrary Loan ("ILL") -- use if no other ILL requesting feature available.  Borrow both books and photocopies of periodical articles from libraries in U.S.