http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib Social Sciences information resources and news from Hagerty Library Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:38:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Does your program  require that you use APA Style for the research papers you write? Did you go out and buy the brand new 6th Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association? Yes? Well, I have some bad news for you. It seems that the first printing of the 6th ... http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib/?p=88 Ever hear a news story on the radio about a new bill introduced in Congress and wonder what the bill actually proposes? Well, I do.   Let me show you a quick way to find out just what that bill says. The easiest way is to use Thomas (thomas.loc.gov), the legislative ... http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib/?p=73 Welcome back everyone! This Fall I'm trying something new.  I am offering online office hours with Adobe Connect. Twice a week (starting September 24th), on Mondays and Thursdays from 3pm to 4pm, I will be online in a virtual meetingspace ready to help you with your research needs.  Here is the link: ... http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib/?p=70 The Wilson Center is, right at this moment, running a live webcast of its panel discussion of KGB officer turned journalist Alexander Vassiliev's newly released notebooks.   Drawn from the KGB archives, these notebooks offer an unprecedented look into Soviet espionage activities in the US from 1930-1950.  Some topics discussed will ... http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib/?p=44 Primary day in Philadelphia is Tuesday, May 19th.  Do you know who is running? What ballot issues are up for the vote?  If not, Philly good government organization the Committee of Seventy has a web pages devoted to introducing the candidates and ballot issues.  You can find it here. No related ... http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib/?p=41 If you haven't yet tried Zotero, a free, open source citation management system (CMS) for the Firefox browser that is similar to RefWorks and Endnote, this would be a good time to give it a shot. The Zotero 2.0 beta already syncs citations and notes remotely and, if you have a ... http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib/?p=39 As part of it's very interesting "Remade in America: The Newest Immigrants and their Impact" series, the New York Times has put up a fascinating interactive map that displays the country of origin for the foreign-born population by county. This is pretty cool in itself but the demographics fun is multiplied ... http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib/?p=36 The New York Times has an interesting web feature up right now that presents a timeline of all of the presidential Inaugural addresses from 1789 on.  While that is pretty useful in itself, this site is particularly interesting because it shows you a tag cloud of the frequently used words ... http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib/?p=34 Or just the results? With the Roper Center's iPoll, you not only get to see the results, you can also see the actual questions asked and the results for each one. iPoll can be searched by keyword.  Say, maybe something like "Sarah Palin AND Tina Fey" and we can see the question, ... http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib/?p=30 Click here to search PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost) It's a trusted and familiar resource for finding scholarly articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in Psychology but could a different interface make it easier to use?  That's exactly what I want to find out. Now through November 21st, 2008 we have a trial ... http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/drexelsocialscienceslib/?p=25