Tip sheet is available online at library home page > Distance Education Services > Research Tip Sheets.
Online Library Resources
In-depth assistance is available at How To Do Library Research on the Distance Ed Library Services page (see the Handouts and Demonstrations).- go to the Library
Catalog to search for books/videos/DVDs, etc.
- enter your term(s) and select the index you want to search (author, title, subject, keyword)
- your search may bring up journal titles with online links; click the "ENMU Portales online access" link to go to our Full-text Online Journals (see Full-text Online Journals, below, for instructions)
- to find journal articles, use a periodical database
- the library database links do not always work from within Blackboard, so it's best to go directly to the library home page or the library’s Periodical Databases page and select one of the databases listed below (click the letter that begins the database name at the first alphabetical list in the upper right)
- if you are off campus, type your ENMU ID# at the remote authentication screen
Databases for Sociology/Social Work/Criminal Justice Research
- Academic Search Premier--scholarly, full text
- JSTOR--scholarly, full text except current issues
- PsycINFO--scholarly, limited full text
- CQ Researcher--social issues, full text
- InfoTrac Criminal Justice--scholarly, full text
- Academic OneFile--scholarly, full text
- Wilson/OmniFile--scholarly, full text
- Abstracts in Anthropology--social work; scholarly, abstracts only, capture journal citations and check the Full-Text Online Journals for journal articles
- Annual Review of Sociology
- Annual Review of Psychology
- Westlaw--law, full text
- Directory of Open Access Journals
Full-text Online Journals
If you are unable to locate full-text material in the database you are searching, try using our Full-Text Online Journals, at the second alphabetical list in the upper right of the Periodical Databases page:- click the 0-9 link and type journal title in the Search box; if journal is available, click a link and then "Search Within this Publication" (type article title in search box or perform an open search)
- or, click a year/volume/issue link that corresponds to your citation and search the issue's table of contents for your article title
- or, go directly to our Full-text Online Journals in Sociology/Criminal Justice/Social Work to see the specific journal titles we have available
If you are still unable to locate your material, you may place a request for it (see Requesting Material, below.)
Sociological Web Resources
2011 Statistical Abstract of the United StatesBureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Census Bureau
Data Collections
Genderstats
General Social Survey
Google Public Data Explorer
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Murray Research Archive
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Pew Research Center
Research Resources for the Social Sciences
SEARCH--National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics
Social Gerontology and the Aging Revolution
Sociology of Death and Dying
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Stats
Web Center for Social Research Methods
Child Trends
USHHS's Administration for Children and Families
See the Internet Resources page for general and reference works, and eBooks.
Requesting Material
Register with the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system and create your personal ILLiad account. Go to the Interlibrary Loan link and click on the ILLiad Log In/Register link on the left-hand sidebar. Click on the "First Time Users click here" link and register with the system. Enter your ENMU email address, create an ILLiad username of your own choosing, and enter your ENMU ID number as your ILLiad password. Return to the same ILLiad Log In/Register link and logon to ILLiad to use the system.- if you are taking classes on the main campus, check Golden Library's holdings first, before submitting a request. If your item is unavailable online or in the library, you may place an ILL request.
- if you are a distance education student and do not come to the main campus for your classes, you may request anything not available full-text online via ILL, including items from Golden Library's catalog.