Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 while you’re waiting… Search MORRIS for a book on this topic: body modification as a deviant subculture Info Lit @ Mac

Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005

while you’re waiting…

Search MORRIS for a book on this topic:

body modification

as a deviant subculture

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Tips for effective searching

Finding books in MORRIS

Finding Scholarly Articles in e-Resources


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When you searched for body modification

as a deviant subculturewhat did you type in?



1. Break your topic into keywords/major concepts

body modification deviant subculture



2. brainstorm for synonyms (& use “or” to join them together)

body modification or tattooing or piercing



3. use truncation (*)

body modificat* or tattoo* devian* subculture*


Truncation, or WildcardTruncation, or WildcardTruncation, or WildcardTruncation, or Wildcard

• finds different endings• e.g. devian* finds deviant

deviance deviants


Truncation TipsTruncation TipsTruncation TipsTruncation Tips

• don’t truncate too far back:e.g. dev*

• gets words like develop, devotion

• don’t truncate too close to the ende.g. deviant*

• misses words like deviance



4. Use and/or to join your keywords

(body modificat* or tattoo*) and devian* and subculture*







MORRISMORRISMORRISMORRIS

• Keep your search simple “body modificat*”

• Start with a title keyword search• Check out & click on good subject headings• Find a good book? Browse in the Call

Number area


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• Status In or Out? Check shelf, Checked out,

Non-circulating•Forms: Recall, Storage, etc. tab

• Collection & Call No. Book Location Guide







• article = published in a journal, magazine, newspaper

• article database = 1000s of articles, all in one database

• some full-text, some not searchable by keyword

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Examples of Article DatabasesExamples of Article DatabasesExamples of Article DatabasesExamples of Article Databases

• scholarly: Sociological Abstracts Social Sciences Index

• news/magazines: LexisNexis CPIQ


A word about access…A word about access…A word about access…A word about access…

• You can access article databases from anywhere!

• Log in with your MAC ID when requested


Finding ArticlesFinding ArticlesFinding ArticlesFinding Articles

• Start with Sociological Abstracts:go to library homepage http://

library.mcmaster.caclick “e-Resources”click “Sociology”click “Sociological Abstracts”


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• Quick search:

(body modificat* or tattoo*) and deviant and subculture*


Do we have the article? full-text might be available in the database If not, click

Search the database(s) for articles on your topic.

Do we have the article?Do we have the article?Do we have the article?Do we have the article?


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Tips for effective searching keywords, synonyms, truncation

(*), “and”/”or”

Finding books in MORRIS Keyword search, check “Subjects”

Finding Scholarly Articles in e-Resources keyword search, click “Get it!” for

full-text


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Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 while you’re waiting… Search MORRIS for a book on this topic: body modification as a deviant subculture Info Lit @ Mac