Generally, by limiting your search to Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed sources, you will be able to find what is required for your Capstone paper. However, on occasion (such as when you're searching Google Scholar), you might not be certain if the article is peer reviewed. Go to the Ulrichs database (listed below) to find out if the article is peer-reviewed.
Good for: Finding information about serials published worldwide.
Contains: Directory of periodicals.
The Interlibrary Loan department is here to help UNLV students, staff, and faculty access information that is not available from the UNLV Libraries. We are able to obtain most books, articles, conference papers, government publications, and dissertations through our network of lending libraries.
In order to register for and use our ILLiad Document Delivery system, you must have an active library account with no fines on it.
When you are searching for your research, try a wide variety of keywords, such as the following:
(See PowerPoint for more details on searching databases)
Good for: Selecting from a list of EBSCO databases to use for researching various subjects Contains: Database descriptions and links
Good for: Conducting academic research on all subjects.
Contains: Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
Good for: Researching social gerontology, health care, public policy, employment, and consumer issues.
Contains: Abstracts.
Dates covered: 1978-present.
Good for: Researching child development and adolescent studies.
Contains: Current and historical scholarly literature.
Good for: Dissertations and theses.
Contains: Citations, abstracts, and full text of dissertations and theses.
Dates covered: Citations from 1861, abstracts from 1980 for dissertations and 1988 for theses, full text from 1996 for UNLV items and 1997 for most others.
Good for: Researching family science, human ecology, human development, and social welfare.
Contains: Journal articles.
Dates covered: 1970-present.
Good for: Researching lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.
Contains: Index to literature, plus journals, magazines, regional newspapers, and monographs/books.
Good for: Finding registered clinical social workers.
Contains: Listing of registered clinical social workers.
Good for: Finding information on public policy, social policy, and the social sciences.
Contains: Index to literature.
Dates covered: 1972-present.
Good for: Saving, organizing and formatting citations in your personal database.
Contains: Bibliography manager.
Good for: Finding abstracts of research in social work, human services, social policy, and community development.
Contains: Abstracts of published scholarship.
Dates covered: 1979-present.
Good for: Researching sociology and related disciplines.
Contains: Index to literature.
Dates covered: 1895-present.
Good for: Finding citations and abstracts of sociological research.
Contains: Citations and abstracts from journal articles, books, and association papers.
Dates covered: 1963-present.
Good for: Researching contemporary sociology, ethnic studies, gender studies, social theory, the sociology of sport, and the sociology of work.
Contains: Journals.
Dates covered: 1987-present.
You can set your browser to have Google Scholar link to full text articles in UNLV Libraries' databases from any computer you use. You will see UNLV Find Text link at the bottom of the citation or a next to the title. If you are using Google Scholar from a campus computer it should automatically recognize you as a Western user.
To set Google Scholar up for off-campus access:
Let's say you discover a great article through an author's bibliography. How do you find out if UNLV has access to it? Below are the steps to locate a journal article with a citation.
Citation example:
Title: Preventing Teen Pregnancy & Academic Failure: Experimental Evaluation of a Developmentally Based Approach
Author: Joseph P. Allen, et al
Child Development Vol. 68(4) Aug. 1997 pp. 729-42
To find out if we have access to this citation, go to the A to Z List of Journals link, then type in the name of the journal: Child Development
You will then be directed to the databases that include access to the specific journal:
Full text available at: EBSCOhost MLA International Bibliography With Full Text
What is RefWorks?
RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic software package that enables you to:
"New" RefWorks Instructions