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Mandatory first assignment, it was pretty hard but she is easy on the grading. She also gives this assignment as pass/ no pass ...

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Name: Daniela Merabi Library Research Exercise Library Catalog This search will show you books available in the library. 1. For the book called, On the Run: Fugitive Life in the American City who is the author, and what is the call number? The author is Alice Goffman Call number is HV9956.P53 G64

2. Using the [View Call # Locations] button, what floor of our library is this book located on? It says available at Main Library 3rd floor books, Love library 3rd floor (LL-3)

WorldCat This database accesses books in all the library catalogs in the world. You will be able to find books that our library does not have, but can often get through inter-library loan. 3. On Worldcat, search for a book called Crumpled Paper Boats by Anand Pandian. Who was the publisher of this book, where was it published, and when? It says the publisher is Durham. It says it was published in Duke University Press in 2017. 4. Using the same search in SDSU Worldcat, does our library hold this item? How do you know? If not- how do you get a hold of it [walk me through the steps you would use] The San Diego State University library does not hold this item because as I scroll down to the bottom it indicates an option to see which libraries hold the book according to your zip code. Although the SDSU library doesn’t have the book, it shows other close by libraries that someone can access the book from. In this case, there is; UCSD library, UC Irvine library, USC, UCLA and a few more. Below is a screenshot of the locations.

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The author of this book is Alan Dundes. The SDSU library does hold this item and I know this because on the bottom of the screen it says which libraries have this item and SDSU is listed on the list. Someone can get a hold of it by going to the SDSU library or calling them in order to access the book. Otherwise, they can find it at the Love library on the 4th floor. I have attached a screen shot indicating that the book is available at the SDSU library.

JSTOR This database archives academic journals and full issues are usually available on JSTOR after about 5 years. For more current issues, you will have to use other databases like Academic Search Premier or Project Muse. 1. Using JSTOR’s browse function, find the journal Critical Sociology. In 2014 [(40)6] who is the author of the first full article? James M. Thomas 2. Using JSTOR’s search function, where did Victor Rios publish “Reframing the Achievement Gap” in 2012? [Give journal title, volume, and issue number] When I use this website, the most information I can get is that its published by Sage publications Inc. The journal title is “q & a: reframing the achievement gap”. It says volume 11, issue number 4. Project Muse This database archives academic journal articles immediately and allows full text access from the current issue through the past 5 years or so. Several sociology journals are available here.

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3. Using the browse function in Project Muse, find Social Text. In the Winter 2003 issue 21(4), what is the title of the article by Nancy Shaw? The name of the article is “Cloning Scapegoats Martha Stewart Does Insider Trading”. 4. Using the search function, do a keyword (content) search for “Pablo Escobar” Who published an article in Hispania on this topic in 2013, and what is the title of the article? Peddling Pablo: Escobar’s cultural Renaissance Academic Search Premier 5. Using Academic Search Premier, a keyword search for “Mardi Gras” returns 1276 results. Try limiting this search to only those results that have “Mardi Gras” in the title. How many results to you return? In what journal was the first result (by Christopher Horell) published? I get 265 when I limit the search to title only. The title is “Introduction: The Mardi Gras Shipwreck Project: The Story of an Early Nineteenth-Century Wooden-Hulled Sailing Ship.” The source is Historical Archaeology. Sep2017, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p323-328. 6p. 6. Using Academic Search Elite, find a journal article written by me. What was the title of the journal it was published in? What happens in the first few sentences? The title of the journal is “Watching the World Cup from the Infectious Disease Ward”. It was found in Anthropology and Humanism. It was difficult to find the first few sentences and abstract through the search engine. The first few sentences talk about burying people fast in Brazil. You first thought it had to do with religion but later realized it was about the tropical climate.

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