HLTD04H3 Chapter : HLTB10- Pgs 239-333
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Online bibliographical databases @ university libraries are a valuable source of references. > the best one for students is sociological abstracts. > use boolean combinations of and , or , and not . Bibliographies you find in articles help you find additional sources to examine. Social sciences citation index is a tool that looks forward f/ the original article to later ones that cite it, revealing what others think of it. > to some profs. , it s a measure of how often they have been cited, thus it s a crude indication of merit = more citations, better researcher. The rule of thumb is to stop searching when the same items keep on appearing; this is like the idea of theoretical saturation in qualitative research. The existing literature should be explored to identify:
