Books

Trident Technical College’s Learning Resources Center (LRC) has over 90,000 volumes covering all curriculum subject areas. Books (and other resources) can be located at one of three Trident campuses (Main, Palmer, and Berkeley), or in TTC's Online library available via the Internet.  Several titles on the list are also available through the TTC’s electronic library, netLibrary.  The entire book can then be read online.  Additional titles of interest in the area of gerontology, elder abuse, and aging can be located using different subject/keywords in both the online catalog and netLibrary. In addition, the LRC is a member of the Charleston Area Library Consortium (CALC).  Through this membership and interlibrary loan, additional materials from area libraries are also available. Use the LRC’s online library catalog to search Trident’s collection and the collections of other area libraries.  

Online Sources

The following online databases are available through the Trident Technical College Learning Resources Center and will be most helpful in SOC 230. Additional databases are found on the LRC web page www.tridenttech.edu/library.htm   Databases can be accessed on and off campus.  Access off-campus requires a current Library ID number (13 digit bar code number found on your Trident ID card).  

SIRS

• An online database updated daily, SIRS provides valuable information on social issues, economics, business, politics, global issues, scientific developments, health, history, government, culture, the arts and humanities.
•  Full-text articles and Internet Websites are provided. 
•  Also provides daily news articles, maps of the world, historic documents, suggested hot topics, and much more. 
• You will have the option of printing the article or emailing it to yourself for later use. 
• For additional Help and other features (i.e. advanced searching), click “Help” on the menu. Follow the link to the “Help Index.”

PROQUEST DIRECT

• Access to full-text articles on career and technical education AND nursing journals
• Database - Using the drop-down feature , you can limit the types of databases that you search (Multiple Databases, Education-Career and Technical Education, or Medical Sciences-ProQuest Nursing Journals
• Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed - Check this box if you wish to limit the search only to scholarly (i.e., academic) journals.  Peer-reviewed means that the article is reviewed and approved by peers (experts) in that same field before it is published

INFOTRAC  

• Select the Database best suitable for your search.  Most Infotrac Databases work the same.  For journal articles in Sociology suggested database is Expanded Academic ASAP.
• You will have the option of printing the article or emailing it to yourself for later use.
• For additional Help and other features (i.e. advanced searching), click “Help” on the menu located in the left side margin.  Follow the link to the “Help Index.”

The following Sociology journals are found in the LRC’s online databases

• Ageing International
• American Journal of Sociology
• American Sociological Review
• Annual Review of Sociology
• Contemporary Gerontology
• Contemporary Sociology
• Gerontology
• Journal of Aging Studies
• Journal of Applied Gerontology
• Journal of Black Studies
• Journal of Cross-cultural Gerontology
• Journal of Sociology
• Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
• Mortality
• Research on Aging
• Social Education
• Social Justice
• Social Science Journal

Internet Websites

When selecting a web site to use as a source, look carefully over it to determine if it is a good one to use.  Some things to look for:  the authority or who created the web site and their credentials, a date it was created or updated, and a point of contact for the maker of the web site (email, address, etc).  There are many domains, but some of the more common one are:  edu – education, org – organization, com – commercial or company and gov – government.  We suggest that you try to use sites with domains of .edu, .org, and .gov. 

More Resources

The Research link from the library’s web page provides resources such as an MLA and APA citation guide, web site evaluation guide, and statistical information.  You will also find specific course resource pages and subject guides.