University of the
Pacific Library
3601 Pacific Avenue
Stockton, CA 95211
Information:
(209) 946-2431
| Elizabeth Griego featured as part of Pacific Reads! Stop by the Library and find out why Elizabeth Griego, Vice President for Student Life, recommends the book, Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies...[More] Posted Mon, November 17 2008 |
| Electronic Delivery of Interlibrary Loan Articles Articles ordered through ILL can now be delivered to you via email...[More] Posted Wed, October 08 2008 |
| Trial Databases: ProQuest/CSA Through the end of October, the library has access to free trials of dozens of ProQuest databases...[More] Posted Tue, September 30 2008 |
| “Pacific Reads” Book Display Launched Check out the Library's new ongoing exhibit featuring Pacificans and their favorite books. ..[More] Posted Fri, September 26 2008 |
Librarian: Craig Hawbaker
The library has a number of reference books of potential use for research in this area. For example:
Using PacifiCat, search by combining keywords such as “welfare and policy” or “poverty and policy and economics” or “affirmative action” or “work and rights.”
The same keywords you used to search for books may be too broad or inclusive when searching for journal articles, and as a result you may retrieve too many articles or items that appear irrelevant to your topic. Try to think of synonyms or related terms that more significantly describe your topic. For example, welfare is a broad term. A better keyword might be minimum wages or Aid to Dependent Children (ADC). Economics is also a broad term that encompasses many aspects of our daily lives. Try instead terms such as pollution or labor supply or employment. Searching with the “correct” keywords is an important step in finding good articles.
Use the following databases to find scholarly articles on your topic:
Web sources you can trust!