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Boolean Searching
(from University at Albany Libraries) 

Evaluating Resources
(from Milner Library at Illinois State U.) 

Citing Sources

Understanding Call Numbers

Plagiarism:  How to Avoid It (from Indiana University at Bloomington)

HDF421: Adolescence Research Guide

Plagiarism and Information Ethics

Quick quiz
http://www.uwec.edu/markgrjs/plagiarism/Plagiarism.ppt

Ethical Challenges in Information Gathering
http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/holly.hellerross/Ethics/EthicalChallengesRelatedtoInformationGathering1.doc

Student Academic Honesty at Plattsburgh (Revised Fall 2008)
http://www.plattsburgh.edu/offices/academic/provost/academichonesty.php

Citation Help

MLA & APA:
http://www.plattsburgh.edu/library/instruction/citationguides.php

Need Background Information? Don't know where to start?

Use Reference Books!
(Free Photocopying of Reference Books)

 Reference Books Available Online

Virtual Reference Library database

CREDOReference database (Formerly XReferPlus)

Also Useful...

Online Tour of Feinberg Library

A Brief Guide To Finding Information

Finding HDF Books

The Feinberg Library Catalog can lead you to books on your topic!

Hint: Useful subject searches include: Teenagers, Youth, Adolescence, Teenagers and Death, Teenagers with Social Disabilities, Problem Youth, Generation Y, Teenage Consumers, Teenagers -- Services for -- United States, Teenagers -- Social Networks, Teenagers -- Social Conditions -- United States

If our library doesn't have what you want, search WorldCat to search other libraries.  Our new ILLiad system lets you borrow anything you find there.  Your request is delivered to you here for free!

Finding Journal and Magazine Articles

Try these HDF databases to find articles on subjects related to Human Development and Family Relations.  You can also go to the subject database menu on the library homepage and click on Human Development & Family Relations OR Nursing OR Nutrition OR Psychology OR Social Work OR Sociology.

Major Subject Databases:

SOCIndex with Full Text

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Education Research Complete

PsycARTICLES

PsycINFO
Professional Development Collection
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
Health Reference Center
CINAHL Plus with Full-Text

 

How To Use PsycINFO at Feinberg
How To Use Education Research Complete and other EBSCO databases

Useful General Full-Text Databases:
ProQuest Research Library
Academic Search Premier

Getting To Journal Content:
Journals AtoZ --  online directory of journals with full-text available.  
How To Guide

Finding Journals: A Brief Guide

Government Agency Websites

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(type bullying in their search box for example)

New York State Education Department

National Center for Education Statistics

Government Agency Websites

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(type bullying in their search box for example)

New York State Education Department

National Center for Education Statistics

Top Search Engine for HDF

iBoogie

Evaluating Web Sites Hint: Think A-A-O-C-C!