Course-Specific Research Pages

GE Cluster 24ABC: Work, Labor, and Social Justice in the U.S.

This page will help you identify, locate, evaluate, and use information for your course, effectively and ethically.

This page is composed of the following sections:

• Getting Started
• Topic Overview
• Books
• Articles
• Periodical Shelving Locations
• Evaluating Web Sites
• Links
• Using Information Effectively and Ethically

Getting Started

• How to Narrow or Broaden your Topic
• Selecting the Right Source

Topic Overview

• CQ Researcher
  Each single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
• Dictionary of American History (10 volumes) 3rd ed. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003.
  The Library owns the print and the online version.
  College Library Reference Wall: E174 .D52 2003
  A standard source to find background information to historical names, places, events and concepts.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica (UCLA only)
  General encyclopedia licensed for use by the UCLA students, staff and faculty.
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
  Frequently asked questions for the Smithsonian Institution.
  Look for the articles under "American Social and Cultural History - Work and Labor History"
• Encyclopedia of American Economic History:
  Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas  (3 volumes)
  College Library Reference Wall: HC103 E52
  Lengthy essays covering all aspects of United States economic history including women, ethnic minorities, immigrants, labor groups, work and social mobility.
• Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History (UCLA only)
  1,000 entries presenting overviews of eras, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.
• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences and Behavioral Sciences
  A scholarly encyclopedia covering anthropology, economics, geography, history, law, political science, psychology, psychiatry,
  psychology, sociology, and related fields.
• St. James encyclopedia of labor history worldwide:
  Major events in labor history and their impact
  College Library Reference Wall: HD4839 .S74 2004
  Provides in-depth analysis of more than 300 key events in labor history over the last 200 years, focusing on the relevance of these events to both the labor movement as a whole and to societal changes around the world.

Books

• Find books at UCLA using the UCLA Library Catalog.
• Learn how to use the catalog.
• More information on finding books
  For more information to find books at UCLA or other local libraries.
• Useful subject headings and call numbers.
  (Note: Information on these topics may be scattered
  among several call number areas.)
  • Classes of labor including women, children and minorities: HD 6050 - 6350
  • Information technology: HC 79, HD 5715.2, HM 851, T 58.5
  • Labor market, labor supply: HD 5701-6000.9
  • Service industries: HD 9981.5
  • Social history and conditions: HN 1 - 995
  • Social justice: HN 65
  • Trade unions and labor unions: HD 6350 - 6940.9
  • Women, employment and economic conditions: HQ 1419, KF 3555
  • Working class: HD8031, HD 8066
• Tips and Tricks
• How to Evaluate Books

Articles

• Find article indexes by subject

Useful article indexes

• Alt-Press Watch
• America, History and Life
• Expanded Acadmic ASAP (learn how to use) (UC only)
• Lexis-Nexis Academic (learn how to use) (UCLA only)
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional (UCLA only) 
• Lexis-Nexis Statistical (UCLA only)
• PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) (learn how to use) (UC only)
• Social Services Abstracts (learn how to use) (UC only)
• Sociological Abstracts (learn how to use) (UC only)

• How to evaluate journal articles

Periodical Shelving Locations

Locate magazines, journals and newspapers in UCLA libraries.

• Locate periodicals at UCLA using the UCLA Library Catalog.
• Map to UCLA libraries

Evaluating Web Sites

Remember that anyone can put up a web page. Think critically when choosing web pages for research.

• Test your web critical thinking skills with "Hoax?" exercises.

Now what do you think of these?

• Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment
• Center for Labor Research and Education
• Co-op America

Links

Links to web sites, libraries, publications, electronic journals, and more.

• Economic Report of the President
  For Economic reports from the Presidents of the United States from 1995 - 2001
• The Internet Public Library: Business and Economics
• The Internet Public LIbrary: Reference: Census Data and Demographics Resources
• Internet Scout Project
  Quality websites selected weekly by librarians and subject experts. Use the advanced search with the subject headings listed above.
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
  Web sites selected and reviewed by librarians. See subject: "Society and Social Issues"
• U.S. Bureau of Census
  Source for population, demographic, educational and economic statistics of the United States.
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Important government agency whose purpose is to act as that principal resource for the Federal Government in labor economics and statistics.
• UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources in Economics
  Sites selected by Roberta Medford, UCLA Social Sciences Bibliographer.
• UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources in Public Policy and Social Research
  Sites selected by Roberta Medford, UCLA Social Sciences Bibliographer.

Using Information Effectively and Ethically

• How to Write a Research Paper
• UCLA Academic Integrity (UCLA Dean of Students)
• Citing and Documenting Sources
• Bruin Success with Less Stress
• How to Cite (APA and MLA Styles)
• Research and Documentation Online